What hybrid pitches will do to cricket

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Join us as we delve into a little-known chapter of cricket history when Test cricket was being played on matting wickets, even influencing then U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower. Discover how the hybrid wickets that are being used today could transform the game. Learn about the trials, tribulations, and potential future of these innovative pitches, and what it could mean for cricket at all levels.
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[@adeadgirl13]

Hybrid pitches might be good as a temporary measure but if we really care about the environment we need to go full electric pitches sooner rather than later.

[@rihitjamb3757]

Thats genuinely a good one 😂

[@abhinashkumar3161]

😂

[@nazalmoideen]

I was genuinely wondering what on earth an electric pitch was for a few seconds 😂

[@cr7_hacker]

😂😂

[@ykatari]

For a moment I thought you were suggesting to have an electric mesh beneath to keep the grass warm during cold seasons

[@silentHunter123]

Jarod on a dirty whiteboard is a vibe

[@reki4279]

screw consistency. i want nature and chaos.

[@powerfish1127]

amen to that

[@je7647]

Yeap Richie had a point. You don't play test cricket on astro

[@harshnisar]

Hey Jarod, (love these trees!), can you make a video to explain all the variables in pitches, like grass, moisture, dust, soil, weather, rollers, age, cracks, drop-in, hardness, dew, rain, frost, sunshine and all others that I missed? Appreciate it!

[@rmukundan4089]

I was so satisfied all the words on the board were circled red finally

[@Aman-Singh2808]

You know it's gonna be a banger when Jarrod comes out with a dirty whiteboard.

[@niranjand4238]

Talking about science, why don’t ICC have an R&D team. Well, it makes sense to have one.

[@Lmao-truth-5670]

money not available consumed by big three mostly by the one selfish Giant BCCI

[@simonbradbury5181]

Politics ≠ Service

[@niranjand4238]

@@simonbradbury5181 what does that supposed mean here

[@rohanp56]

There is a simple solution to this, reduce no of matches. And spread it to new venues.

[@ykatari]

There is something called ROI for a ground

[@rodneyblackwell7477]

I remember playing on matting wickets in Melbourne. As the mat came in two pieces there was a section in the middle where you had a bit of concrete exposed and you had an edge of the mat. If the bowler hit that it was called a no ball but you could still get a nasty unpredictable delivery.

[@saddamandler7681]

Jarrod do you have a PO Box I can send some whiteboard cleaner to? (Love your work!)

[@dsouzs2]

Maybe its the only way we could get the fast pitches from the 80s for Test cricket

[@rihitjamb3757]

Mate pitches haven’t changed a lot from the 80s, we had flat and bowling friendly pitches in both eras

[@xfire9840]

Have you not seen the pitches produced in test cricket in recent times? Completely hard to bat on

[@Jaymz001]

Most international grounds have some form of football played on during the off season. That's the real issue with pitches. We haven't got drop in pitches completely figured out.

[@vedantkulkarni7507]

Hey Jarrod, just to make you feel better, I'm going to suggest that it's not true that world is getting a lot hotter !! As always, amazing content and a good (hotter than 20 years ago) day to you

[@ykapilarora4]

It got lot of advantages and other side of coin , it supports pace and a 130 bowler feels much fast , perhaps 140-150 and as rightly pointed causes injuries.

[@iseabbv]

The Gloucestershire bowling attack featured two players who regularly hit 90mph and another who gets high bounce

[@neilcameron7705]

Here's an analogy: For those of us who can remember the pre mobile phone days and comparing it to now. Mobile phones today are obviously very cheap compared to the phone lines we had in the old days, but there's no doubt that the quality of communication is worse. Hearing people on a mobile is nowhere near as good as hearing a person on a landline. Similarly, hybrid pitches may be terrible, but if they're cheap enough, they will be introduced. This leads to cheap but awful cricket.

[@shivansh8791]

Hearing on landline was better than hearing on currently available mobile phones? Was that supposed to be sarcasm? Mobile phones allow all kinds of communication, audio and video and quality is obviously very superior due to more connectivity and internet. Comparing it to landline is baffling...

[@MarcTamlyn]

In the early days of new technology like this, the lack of regulation makes a certain amount of sense. You don't want to restrict development into a particular type of hybrid wicket which turns out to be the wrong kind.

[@yaseen9756]

If nations like Pakistan/Bangladesh/Afghanistan want to get better batsmen matting wickets in the early stages of player development is very good for reflexes etc and then move to turf wickets but downfall is hardly any footwork is required

[@abirhossen9063]

ICC should invest on developing bat & ball made out of synthetic materials that will has similar characteristics of the existing one's.

[@joebob2311productions]

I find it hilarious that Jarrod included the Australia had an issue with Pakistan using matting wickets then coming down to the end he said we live in a world that still hates drop in wickets and Australia is a prime example of a country that uses drop in wickets

[@brenthargreaves7085]

my sons game moved from a potentially slow and unreliable grass wicket to an artificial.Its seamed and lifted off a length and the ball was swinging like a banana. My sons team was rolled for 30 odd the next team were 4 down for ten a few dropped slips and gully catches and the game was done! Usually that very pitch was docile! concrete based well used grass carpet

[@etzared8908]

Interesting and insightful, as usual!

[@yaseen9756]

If bowler doesnt have pace matting wickets a paradise for batsmen ,spin is of no use batsmen simply hit through the line

[@ykapilarora4]

Next … A video on local synthetic pitches in Sydney suburbs , I can help with pictures of dangerous patches council does , makes us feel people with no knowledge of cricket are in charge of those wickets.

[@yaseen9756]

Hybrid pitches is the way to go ,Asian teams struggle away they need 2-3 months to get use to the wickets in Australia; England and South Africa but there is no time due to the number of fixtures on the calendar thus get mediocre cricket where home nations Australia; England and SA usually win easily

[@kenoliver8913]

I've always thought that one of the great things about artificial pitches of all types is that you can make one end different to the other. I reckon I'd pay to see a Test match where one end is a greentop and the other like a subcontinental dustbowl :-) .

[@rw-xf4cb]

If going hybrid why not just go astro all the way - especially in the USA!

[@tdubs9726tw]

Weren’t the European sub regional qualifiers for the T20WC played on Astro?

[@mkadam010]

This is some epic content !!!

[@richardrobinson1651]

The BCCI will advocate for dual wickets. Flat as a tack roads, when they are batting. Dusty minefields when they are bowling.

[@swiggsoclock]

Good areas, kimbo

[@ankurchauhan2445]

Please clean your "white" board

[@xyzda2484]

😅did Jarrod rebrand or something? The channel seems ...... Not so familiar

[@rw-xf4cb]

Tennis very few grass probably just Wimbledon and then you have Clay at Roland-Garros rest are now astro. Probably see astro cricket with 1000 run innings at 7 or 8 per over but.....

[@aetd106]

Not Astro for tennis - they played on "carpet" for a number of years for certain events but modern hard Court events are played on acrylic surfaces. Local tennis is often on an Astro or matting type court but nothing too high end

[@mr8I7]

I'm not a tennis fan but all the tennis tournaments I can think of here in England are all grass. Those being Eastbourne and Queens.

[@davidfsans]

Sorry...aint hybrids £8000 ish per pitch, and then after a while you gotta dig it up and start again....might be fundable at professional level but not at club cricket

[@chicklechives]

Cricket is the last organic sport. Leather, willow, grass, dust, cork, yarn. Even jelly beans are too unnatural for cricket.

[@0525tharindu]

sounds like a horrible idea for red ball cricket

[@GrowYourOwnLife]

All pitches will be the same all over the world. So wont cricket will become sterile?

[@-_-ruaifi-_-]

Make a video on bangladesh whitewashing pakistan in pakistan

[@vibhor5015]

Are kehna kya chahte ho??

[@Reub-nf5yr]

Anpadh ho kya?

[@whoisbhauji]

simply not true

[@HelixRsix]

God u talked about nothing for how long who cares just play cricket stop the bs

[@Morhaw]

Don’t like it then don’t watch

[@cr7_hacker]

Looks like u didn't understand anything

[@nazalmoideen]

@@HelixRsix Why would you click on a video about hybrid pitches and then complain when the guy talks about hybrid pitches?

[@user-wv4lq7hm6k]

another non-issue made into a big issue by Jarrod... seriously, give a rest to that pea brain... this will sort itself out with time, like all new changes to cricket eventually do.

[@HelixRsix]

God u talked about nothing for how long who cares just play cricket stop the bs