CAPE TOWN: The Indian group may not stumble upon the kind of jump they are expecting from the Newlands monitor all through the first Test in opposition to South Africa on January five as the worst drought in a few years has made it tough for the groundsmen to arrange a pitch that fits the home group.
According to a record, people have been requested to not use more than 87 litres of water each in line with day.
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Newlands has borehole-water provide however groundsman Evan Flint told ESPNcricinfo that issues may get tough.
"With the pitch, we have been ready to hold on watering it as standard on a daily basis with borehole water. But the outfield, we have best watered it twice per week so it's a little bit drier and maybe no longer as lush as we might love it.
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"The problem is that we wish to leave live grass on the wicket, thin grass, so that there's pace, however we need to be sure the ball doesn't grip and switch. Ideally, what we need is a bit little bit of rain in the morning and then solar in the afternoon and I do not know how many days we will get that for," Flint mentioned.
The curator is still hopeful that he can prepare a hard-bouncy monitor.
"Everybody is pretty transparent on what they want. We have tweaked a few issues in the case of looking to get recent green grass and we also are working on getting the wicket challenging, so we're rolling it, however we have to keep the grass alive at the same time," Flint mentioned.
"It will help the bowlers out in the beginning however it isn't going to be the Wanderers or Centurion."
According to a record, people have been requested to not use more than 87 litres of water each in line with day.
READ ALSO: Bowling with Kookaburra shall be a problem: Bhuvneshwar
Newlands has borehole-water provide however groundsman Evan Flint told ESPNcricinfo that issues may get tough.
"With the pitch, we have been ready to hold on watering it as standard on a daily basis with borehole water. But the outfield, we have best watered it twice per week so it's a little bit drier and maybe no longer as lush as we might love it.
READ ALSO: Batting megastar friends Kohli, De Villiers face off
"The problem is that we wish to leave live grass on the wicket, thin grass, so that there's pace, however we need to be sure the ball doesn't grip and switch. Ideally, what we need is a bit little bit of rain in the morning and then solar in the afternoon and I do not know how many days we will get that for," Flint mentioned.
The curator is still hopeful that he can prepare a hard-bouncy monitor.
"Everybody is pretty transparent on what they want. We have tweaked a few issues in the case of looking to get recent green grass and we also are working on getting the wicket challenging, so we're rolling it, however we have to keep the grass alive at the same time," Flint mentioned.
"It will help the bowlers out in the beginning however it isn't going to be the Wanderers or Centurion."
Why Indian team may not face bouncy track in first SA Test
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