Well this is an absolutely ridiculous pitch. Falling apart before a ball is even bowled. You usually only see "with lots of cracks and worn parts" mentioned on Days 4 and 5, even on high-wear pitches. If this match actually makes it to Day 5 then the pitch will be a joke at that point.
Code: Vipers 1st Innings JE McGrath lbw b Popovic 14 39 1 0 JRE Luffman ct Burridge b Read BS 51 105 5 1 T Delonge ct Taylor b Rocker 95 178 8 1 J Torres b Hornby 55 112 3 1 R Gee ct Read J b Taylor 119 184 11 1 SLO Graham b Taylor 44 70 5 2 JM Hughes ct Burridge b Taylor 0 3 0 0 GJ Weaver ct & b Tyson 39 79 2 0 WC Welker b Tyson 0 1 0 0 DA Eggman b Read BS 8 22 1 0 GR Smith not out 0 0 0 0 Extras (byes 1 leg byes 23 no balls 8 wides 1) 33 Total (10 Wkts 130.5 Overs) 458 Fall of Wkts 53 124 236 244 347 347 443 443 456 458 Rocker 15 4 46 1 2 0 Tyson 26 3 73 2 5 0 Popovic 12 0 50 1 1 0 Taylor 30.5 0 135 3 0 1 Read BS 30 3 80 2 0 0 Hornby 10 1 30 1 0 0 Gemmell 7 1 20 0 0 0
Code: Gamblers 1st Innings MC Burridge run out 51 120 2 1 A Vago ct Gee b Eggman 0 2 0 0 BG Herd ct Graham b Smith 36 65 3 0 BL Hornby ct Welker b Eggman 13 31 0 0 BJ Gemmell ct Weaver b Welker 11 29 1 0 L Popovic lbw b Welker 55 94 6 0 BS Read ct Luffman b Hughes 3 7 0 0 J Read not out 50 100 4 1 L Tyson b Eggman 1 3 0 0 BJ Taylor ct & b Smith 14 23 2 0 JU Rocker ct Graham b Smith 0 3 0 0 Extras (byes 5 leg byes 4 no balls 3 wides 1) 13 Total (10 Wkts 79.0 Overs) 247 Fall of Wkts 1 76 104 110 126 131 217 222 247 247 Eggman 17 2 41 3 1 1 Weaver 14 4 27 0 2 0 Smith 14 2 42 3 0 0 Welker 21 2 71 2 0 0 Hughes 13 1 57 1 0 0 Vipers lead by 211 runs on first innings.
Code: Vipers 2nd Innings JE McGrath ct Popovic b Taylor 122 214 14 0 JRE Luffman b Tyson 2 9 0 0 T Delonge b Rocker 129 207 15 2 J Torres ct Read J b Read BS 5 15 1 0 R Gee b Taylor 0 2 0 0 SLO Graham b Taylor 27 65 1 0 JM Hughes lbw b Read BS 0 7 0 0 GJ Weaver lbw b Taylor 19 44 1 0 WC Welker not out 17 37 0 0 DA Eggman ct Rocker b Read BS 3 9 0 0 GR Smith ct Vago b Taylor 1 4 0 0 Extras (byes 4 leg byes 18 no balls 4 wides 1) 27 Total (10 Wkts 101.3 Overs) 352 Fall of Wkts 5 261 276 276 278 278 319 340 351 352 Rocker 13 1 50 1 0 0 Tyson 14 1 49 1 4 0 Taylor 30.3 4 102 5 0 0 Read BS 27 5 70 3 0 1 Hornby 9 0 29 0 0 0 Gemmell 8 0 30 0 0 0 Gamblers need 564 runs to win.
Code: Gamblers 2nd Innings MC Burridge ct Graham b Eggman 1 2 0 0 A Vago ct Eggman b Weaver 8 13 1 0 BG Herd ct Luffman b Welker 30 51 3 1 BL Hornby b Eggman 5 19 1 0 BJ Gemmell ct Smith b Weaver 6 20 0 0 L Popovic b Welker 10 32 1 0 BS Read ct Graham b Smith 13 30 1 0 J Read ct Torres b Welker 16 18 3 0 L Tyson not out 13 28 1 0 BJ Taylor ct Luffman b Welker 0 4 0 0 JU Rocker ct Weaver b Welker 1 3 0 0 Extras (byes 0 leg byes 0 no balls 3 wides 1) 4 Total (10 Wkts 36.1 Overs) 107 Fall of Wkts 2 14 27 51 52 77 77 101 101 107 Eggman 11 0 31 2 1 0 Weaver 10 3 25 2 2 0 Welker 10.1 2 27 5 0 0 Smith 5 0 24 1 0 1 Vipers won by 456 runs.