Renegades clash with Scorchers called off after 6.5 overs due to unsafe pitch

Melbourne Renegades' Big Bash League clash with Perth Scorchers has been abandoned after 6.5 overs because of safety concerns over a water-damaged pitch. The ground staff in Geelong worked hotly on Sunday to dry the pitch after weighty downpour crawled under the covers for the time being. Rebels commander Nic Maddinson proclaimed the pitch still "totally soaked" at the throw and sent the Scorchers in to bat. Scorchers had arrived at 30 for 2 after 6.5 overs when umpires halted play to examine the pitch, with the apparatus deserted soon subsequently. In an explanation, Cricket Australia said: "CA will direct an exhaustive survey into the very baffling conditions that have brought about the game being deserted and a gigantic dissatisfaction for fans and players." The choice to leave the game came after worries from players over conflicting bob and extreme crease development, specifically from the Scorchers' Josh Inglis. At that point, Aaron Hardie was unbeaten on 20 off 23, while Inglis was not out on 3 off 7. "That last conveyance we saw act strangely and to us we thought it acted hazardously so that was the justification for falling off," umpire Ben Treloar told Seven. "At the point when we at first began we saw the pitch, we had a decent glance at it, [but] until you begin playing on it in some cases these things don't introduce themselves. After the initial not many overs we were very confident it would have been OK however at that point it began to go south and that last one was enough as far as we were concerned to consider it risky." Ashton Turner, Perth Scorchers' chief, said there were questions over the surface before the game started yet it merited attempting to get a game played. "Beginning of the day we realized there were a few questions over the wicket yet credit to the two groups, we made a fair go of it," he said. "We had sufficient proof to cancel the game and think the umpires pursued a truly tough decision, yet most likely the best choice "There were most certainly question marks over the idea of the wicket yet think we expected to attempt to get something going. Luckily nobody got injured and the playing conditions say that nobody needs to get injured to cancel it which I believe is good judgment." He added that authorities maybe expected to search for ways that a game may as yet carry on when a circumstance, for example, this creates. "Think we want some adaptability with the playing conditions," he said. "I've heard thoughts drifted about whether we can play from one end, presumably there is a way that we could get a round of cricket yet we want an adaptability with the playing conditions to permit that." Mavericks veteran Aaron Finch told the Fox Sports broadcast that conveyances had taken "large divots" out of the surface. "Josh Inglis said it felt perilous when he was batting," Finch said. "It's simply bobbing absurdly. In the event that that is bobbing on line with somebody's body or their head, that could [cause] a few main problems. "It's difficult to say [if it's too dangerous] when no one's been hit except for you would rather not trust that someone will get genuinely harmed." In a proclamation, Melbourne Mavericks said: "On Sunday morning, the club was made mindful that the GMHBA Arena pitch supported some water harm during Saturday's weighty downpour. Kardinia Park Arena Trust embraced work over the course of the day to work on the state of the wicket and match authorities considered the surface protected to start play. Mavericks senior supervisor James Rosengarten added: "Our most memorable considerations are with our fans - the steadfast allies we have across Geelong and Victoria. We are amazingly disheartened in this evening's occasions. "We had a significant match against the Scorchers and our fans reserve an option to feel extraordinarily let down. It ought to have been an extraordinary evening of cricket and we will examine the results of that in the not so distant future. The club will guarantee that all overall population ticket buyers are discounted"