Article posted on the GruenCric website.
- Deisler: “Spinning pitches risk making us home track bullies”
Gruenberg’s Test captain Pitkin Deisler surprised the cricketing establishment by speaking out after his team’s 31 run victory over The Licentian Isles at Merlefurt, in a match in which the ball “span from ball one”. “When we play on these turning surfaces, they play to our advantage,” said Deisler, “But it’s poor preparation for our batsmen travelling overseas where they’ll encounter swing, or our bowlers, where they won’t get the same assistance.” Relying heavily on three spinners, Deisler certainly embraced the home advantage during the Test, as well as putting up some welcome runs following a mediocre return to Test cricket from him individually, but said he hoped the forthcoming day/night Test in Hundike would “offer something different”. “We’ve won on a spinning pitch, now let’s test the whole range of our skills,” said Deisler.
Curator: “Nah, fuck that”
Blomquat Hazzawrikki, head groundsman at Yurblehutz Qinan’p’r’trenz, has reacted strongly to words from Gruenberg’s Test captain calling for a “balanced playing surface”. Saying Deisler would be “stupid” to neglect home advantage when “every other team does it”, Hazzawrikki said of the surface he was preparing that “there wouldn’t be a blade of grass left on this bitch by the time I’m done with it”.
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I've been able to put the below together though - thankyou so much to Sylestone for his cooperation with scorecards, and my apologies for just being too unwell to focus on roleplaying more.
