THE Edgbaston pitch used in Somerset’s washout draw with Warwickshire this week has been reported to the ECB.
The dry wicket offered some indifferent bounce, with 16 wickets falling on day two before days three and four were washed out, and was reported by the umpires to ECB liaison officer Tony Pigott.
Warwickshire director of cricker, Dougie Brown said: "It was not the type of pitch we wanted.
"There was cracks but was it dangerous? No.
"We all know here that Gary Barwell is the best groundsman in the country by a mile. He was preparing this pitch 14/16 days ahead, as always, and when he started it was in snow and ice.
"Then the weather flipped on its head and suddenly it was very hot, so the drying process was accelerated by the weather.
"When the cricket liaison officer said the pitch had been reported we were incredibly surprised."
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