India vs Australia | Marcus Harris believes grass on Boxing Day Test pitch could be misleading
Marcus Harris has stated that even though the MCG pitch has a green top, one must not judge it solely on that basis as runs can be made if batsmen show some restraint. In the last Test, that Australia won, India was swayed by the green top pitch and picked an all-pace attack for the match.
The Indian team lost the second match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by 146 runs and the decision that was pinpointed by all critics as the beginning of the downfall for India in that match was the wrong selection of an all-pace line-up of bowlers by India. Now Australian opener Marcus Harris has cautioned everyone that one should not judge the Melbourne pitch just by its green top.
"Pre-match when I saw the wicket I was really freaked out and I thought 'this game's going to be over in a day and a half and we've got blokes trying to vie for Test spots', so I went into the game with no expectations on myself and the wicket actually played pretty well," Harris told ESPNcricinfo.
"I saw this morning the wicket will probably be more similar to the South Australia game, where it had a bit more green grass on it, nipped around a bit but it was one of those wickets where if you play well you can make runs but if you bowl well you can take wickets."
Harris also revealed that the batsmen will have to be patient on the MCG pitch to score runs. He also asserted that since the Australian side has the best bowling attack in the world, they just have to make sure that their batsmen put up a good show in the third match.
"I think it'll be the same old thing of patience, the MCG is never a really quick scoring ground anyway, so that'll be the key, just realising things will take a while to evolve. Not sure the wicket will break up too much, but we'll just have to wait and see.
"Fortunately we've probably got the best bowling attack in the world so that looks after itself a little bit, but I think as batters a patience game will be the key and run rates won't be as quick as what you'd like, but that's the way it will be."
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