Using Twitter to release his tirade concerning an interrupted net session due to rain on Wednesday Dec 1 ahead of the Second Test of the 2010-11 Ashes Series, Pieterson asked his 94,000 followers.
“What should a groundsman make sure he does two days out from a Test match? Cover the nets when it rains maybe?” He ended with: “PATHETIC!”.
Adelaide Oval
Dating back to the 1870’s, the Adelaide Oval is one of the jewels in the crown in the City of Churches.
Perhaps the most historical and dramatic moments in the history of cricket were played there during a Test in 1933. England unleashed the infamous Bodyline bowling strategy against Australia’s batmen that was witnessed by a record 174,452 spectators at the oval.
Home to The Bradman Collection Museum, today, the venue seats around 34,000 spectators and still retains its Edwardian scoreboard erected in 1911.
Damian Hough, the oval’s head-curator will be over-seeing his first Test this coming match, spoke on Tuesday Nov 30 about the pitch.
Hough said the recent inclement weather had been “tricky” but is happy with the pitch and confident it will produce a good game of cricket, the oval’s website reported.
“I imagine it will be a typical Adelaide Oval pitch, I’m trying to get a result on day five,” Hough said.
“I’ve got my philosophies, which have been passed down from generation to generation at Adelaide Oval, so I’ve got my beliefs on how a pitch needs to be made.”
Adelaide Oval is a pitch that gets results, with 8 of the last 10 Test matches producing an outcome.
“I think every year we have been able to produce a sporting pitch,” Hough said.
“The characteristics haven’t changed over the years and you’ve still got the same characteristics which make an Adelaide Oval pitch unique.”
