Since the Wanderers Test got completed, ICC match referee didn’t rate the pitch as “unfit” which would have got it five demerit points. (Source: AP) Since the Wanderers Test got completed, ICC match referee didn’t rate the pitch as “unfit” which would have got it five demerit points. (Source: AP)The ICC on Tuesday expectedly rated the Wanderers pitch used for the third cricket Test between India and South Africa as ‘poor’ and received three demerit points in the process. “Andy Pycroft of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees has rated the Wanderers Stadium pitch as “poor” and, as such, according to the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, it has received three demerit points, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced today,” ICC stated in a media release. Since the Wanderers Test got completed, ICC match referee didn’t rate the pitch as “unfit” which would have got it five demerit points.

Source: Indian Express January 30, 2018 12:45 UTC