Wanderers pitch 率d 'poor'
If Wanderers Stadium gets two more demerit points during the next five years, the ground will be 一時停止するd from 行う／開催する／段階ing any international cricket for 12 months
The Wanderers Stadium pitch used for the third 実験（する） between South Africa and India last week has been 率d "poor" by match 審判（をする） Andy Pycroft.
The International Cricket 会議 発表するd on Tuesday that as a result of Pycroft's 率ing, the Wanderers had received three demerit points.
If the stadium gets two more demerit points during the next five years, the ground will be 一時停止するd from 行う／開催する／段階ing any international cricket for 12 months.
Pycroft said in his 報告（する）／憶測 that the pitch "had 過度に 法外な and 予測できない bounce and 過度の seam movement".
Pycroft 公式文書，認めるd that the pitch 悪化するd 速く, "which made batting 極端に difficult and 危険な, resulting in the 医療の staff from both the 味方するs having to come の上に the field 多重の times to 扱う／治療する their batsmen".
The umpires, who were 責任がある the safety of the players, 停止（させる）d th e match の直前に the end of the third day when South African batsman Dean Elgar was struck on the 取調べ／厳しく尋問する of his helmet by a ball which 解除するd はっきりと.
"In the end the umpires made the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to continue and the 実験（する） reached its natural 結論 on day four. However, there was still 過度の variable bounce and seam movement," said Pycroft.
The Wanderers is one of South Africa´s showpiece grounds, with the biggest 観客 capacity in the country.
It 行う／開催する／段階d the 2003 World Cup final and is 予定 to host two more high profile matches this season - a one-day international against India on February 10, for which all the tickets have already been sold, and a 実験（する） match against Australia from March 30 to April 4.
All three 実験（する） 発生地s against India failed to receive good ratings. The pitches for the first two 実験（する）s, in Cape Town and Centurion, were 率d "普通の／平均（する）" by match 審判（をする） Chris 幅の広い.
The ICC has a 事情に応じて変わる 規模 - very good, good, 普通の／平均（する）, below 普通の／平均（する）, poor and unfit.
Only one other 実験（する） pitch has been 率d "poor" in the past year, the surface for Australia´s 実験（する） against England in Melbourne. But two of the other four 発生地s were 率d "very good" and two "good".
Two of India's pitches against Sri Lanka late last year were "good" and one "above 普通の／平均（する）" while New Zealand´s pitches for two 実験（する）s against the West Indies were both 率d "good".
