1998 West Indies vs England, 1st Test at Kingston | Match Abandoned Due to Bad Pitch | Full Highlights.
The first Test between the West Indies and England was abandoned in Kingston, Jamaica, yesterday after an hour's play on the opening day when the pitch was deemed dangerous.
After 10.1 overs, England, who chose to bat first, had crumbled to 17 for three as fast bowlers Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh took advantage of an newly laid pitch which provided plenty of pace but hugely variable bounce.
The difficult conditions were eventually deemed dangerous after England physiotherapist Wayne Morton had been forced to go on to the field six times to treat injuries, mainly to the batsman's fingers.
"There was a bit of war out there and you always fear for a batsman's safety,'' he said. ``You don't often see too many apologies from West Indian fast bowlers but they seemed pretty embarrassed by it."
As early as the third over, one of the umpires, Srin Venkataraghavan, got in touch with match referee Barry Jarman to alert him to the dangers.
Former England all-rounder Ian Botham was more forceful in his condemnation of the pitch. "I was fearful that someone would be killed out there,'' he told reporters.
Rousseau said efforts would be made to try to rearrange England's tour in order to accommodate the Test at another venue.
Lara was also hopeful that the Test could be rescheduled. "Cricket has to be played on a fair surface,'' he said.
Former Test fast bowler Michael Holding said: "I've never seen a pitch as dangerous as that. The people responsible should be brought to task."
Those people are presumably groundsman Charlie Joseph and Jamaican chief executive George Prescod, who supervised the preparation of the relaid pitch.
Balls spat and shot off the cracked and spiteful surface, and, propelled at blinding pace by Walsh and Ambrose, batting soon became a dangerous exercise.
Stewart and Graham Thorpe had seen enough when Thorpe was hit for the second time. He went off for an X-ray on the middle finger of his left hand, with England 17 for 3 and one ball of the 10th over delivered.
Atherton knew the pitch would be poor, but not that poor. "It was dangerous. It was clear before the match that the pitch had been laid unevenly. That's why we saw the unevenness of the bounce," said Atherton.
Jarman said: "The reason for the delay in calling it off was because of the many English fans who had come to watch the Test. They'll be terribly disappointed - and so are the players, but the last thing they want is to wind up in hospital."
Brian Lara
Alec Stewart
Mark Butcher
Mike Atherton
West Indies vs England
Sabina Park
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The first Test between the West Indies and England was abandoned in Kingston, Jamaica, yesterday after an hour's play on the opening day when the pitch was deemed dangerous.
After 10.1 overs, England, who chose to bat first, had crumbled to 17 for three as fast bowlers Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh took advantage of an newly laid pitch which provided plenty of pace but hugely variable bounce.
The difficult conditions were eventually deemed dangerous after England physiotherapist Wayne Morton had been forced to go on to the field six times to treat injuries, mainly to the batsman's fingers.
"There was a bit of war out there and you always fear for a batsman's safety,'' he said. ``You don't often see too many apologies from West Indian fast bowlers but they seemed pretty embarrassed by it."
As early as the third over, one of the umpires, Srin Venkataraghavan, got in touch with match referee Barry Jarman to alert him to the dangers.
Former England all-rounder Ian Botham was more forceful in his condemnation of the pitch. "I was fearful that someone would be killed out there,'' he told reporters.
Rousseau said efforts would be made to try to rearrange England's tour in order to accommodate the Test at another venue.
Lara was also hopeful that the Test could be rescheduled. "Cricket has to be played on a fair surface,'' he said.
Former Test fast bowler Michael Holding said: "I've never seen a pitch as dangerous as that. The people responsible should be brought to task."
Those people are presumably groundsman Charlie Joseph and Jamaican chief executive George Prescod, who supervised the preparation of the relaid pitch.
Balls spat and shot off the cracked and spiteful surface, and, propelled at blinding pace by Walsh and Ambrose, batting soon became a dangerous exercise.
Stewart and Graham Thorpe had seen enough when Thorpe was hit for the second time. He went off for an X-ray on the middle finger of his left hand, with England 17 for 3 and one ball of the 10th over delivered.
Atherton knew the pitch would be poor, but not that poor. "It was dangerous. It was clear before the match that the pitch had been laid unevenly. That's why we saw the unevenness of the bounce," said Atherton.
Jarman said: "The reason for the delay in calling it off was because of the many English fans who had come to watch the Test. They'll be terribly disappointed - and so are the players, but the last thing they want is to wind up in hospital."
Brian Lara
Alec Stewart
Mark Butcher
Mike Atherton
West Indies vs England
Sabina Park
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