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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
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Hair transplant pitch
Even the legendary Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar was confused how the newly-laid Ferozeshah Kotla track, which he described as a "hair transplant pitch", would behave during the fifth one-dayer at Delhi.
In his pitch report, Gavaskar had pointed out that it would be a tricky strip to bat on and had said that batsmen had to be watchful in the first half-hour.
"It's a hair transplant pitch with bald patches and some patches of grass. Batsmen have to watch out. I am not sure about it. Looks like a batting first pitch. Difficult to predict what it will do," he had said.
The former Test great said it was not safe for batsmen to continue batting on the unfriendly track, which had uneven bounce.
"There were tufts of grass on the pitch. Playing (there) was dangerous and physical safety of the players is important. The ball was rising from the good length, which is quite dangerous. Players like Jeff Thomson had the natural ability to bounce the ball but here it was a different case," he said when play was suspended and the officials were deliberating over the next course of action.
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/22742/gavaskar-was-confused-about-pitch
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
I know "pitch" means "a field where batsman bats and bowler bowls in Cricket", but I wonder what they mean by "hair transplant" here.
In his pitch report, Gavaskar had pointed out that it would be a tricky strip to bat on and had said that batsmen had to be watchful in the first half-hour.
"It's a hair transplant pitch with bald patches and some patches of grass. Batsmen have to watch out. I am not sure about it. Looks like a batting first pitch. Difficult to predict what it will do," he had said.
The former Test great said it was not safe for batsmen to continue batting on the unfriendly track, which had uneven bounce.
"There were tufts of grass on the pitch. Playing (there) was dangerous and physical safety of the players is important. The ball was rising from the good length, which is quite dangerous. Players like Jeff Thomson had the natural ability to bounce the ball but here it was a different case," he said when play was suspended and the officials were deliberating over the next course of action.
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/22742/gavaskar-was-confused-about-pitch
Could you please explain to me the emboldened parts?
I know "pitch" means "a field where batsman bats and bowler bowls in Cricket", but I wonder what they mean by "hair transplant" here.
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Hi He is saying that the pitch resembles a head that has had a hair transplant. In other words the hair on the head is not spread evenly over it, but is in 'batches' where the transplants have been put. There may also be some bald patches on the head.
- Hi He is saying that the pitch resembles a head that has had a hair transplant.
- In other words the hair on the head is not spread evenly over it, but is in 'batches' where the transplants have been put.
- There may also be some bald patches on the head.
- This pitch is new and the growth of grass is not even.
- In some places there is no grass at all.
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Hi
He is saying that the pitch resembles a head that has had a hair transplant. In other words the hair on the head is not spread evenly over it, but is in 'batches' where the transplants have been put. There may also be some bald patches on the head.
This pitch is new and the growth of grass is not even. In some places there is no grass at all.
He is saying that the pitch resembles a head that has had a hair transplant. In other words the hair on the head is not spread evenly over it, but is in 'batches' where the transplants have been put. There may also be some bald patches on the head.
This pitch is new and the growth of grass is not even. In some places there is no grass at all.
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