Sangakkara Breaks His Silence On Kotla
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Speaking to reporters kumar sangakkara called kotla pitch too dangerous for playing.
"Even after 6-10 overs, we could feel that the pitch was not normal. But the match referee (Alan Hurst) said 'I cannot do anything. It was a call for the on-field umpires to take'.
"We spoke to the fourth umpire as well. We cannot, from outside, make a request to the umpire. The two on-field batsmen had to make a request," Sangakkara said after his team returned from India losing both the Test and ODI series.
"The umpires were also waiting to see whether the pitch would improve. By the 23rd over, they knew that it did not even out. Then (Muthumudalige) Pushpakumara got hit and (Thilina) Kandamby nearly got hit,"
"Kandamby spoke to the umpire who said they were also waiting for the pitch to improve but that it had not. So, it was a dangerous batting pitch to play on,"
"Even after 6-10 overs, we could feel that the pitch was not normal. But the match referee (Alan Hurst) said 'I cannot do anything. It was a call for the on-field umpires to take'.
"We spoke to the fourth umpire as well. We cannot, from outside, make a request to the umpire. The two on-field batsmen had to make a request," Sangakkara said after his team returned from India losing both the Test and ODI series.
"The umpires were also waiting to see whether the pitch would improve. By the 23rd over, they knew that it did not even out. Then (Muthumudalige) Pushpakumara got hit and (Thilina) Kandamby nearly got hit,"
"Kandamby spoke to the umpire who said they were also waiting for the pitch to improve but that it had not. So, it was a dangerous batting pitch to play on,"
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