Former West Indies selector and England batter Roland Butcher expects there to be a clear distinction between the pitches in the US and those in the Caribbean at the T20 World Cup.
The tournament group stages will be played across three US venues – New York, Dallas and Florida – and all of the Caribbean.
Sri Lanka and South Africa start their group stage matches in the US before moving to the Caribbean, where the latter stages of the tournament will be played in full.
“The pitches [in the Caribbean] don’t really suit the faster bowlers,” Butcher, who was the first black player to represent England in 1980, told Al Jazeera.
“The ball was turning square for the spin bowlers in the series against South Africa, [Gudakesh] Motie got three in each of the first two games to win the matches and you’ll see a lot of that going on.
“The pitches in the US are going to be the best ones of the whole tournament. I have the feeling that they have produced Australian drop-in pitches.
“Hopefully, you will see the likes of India and Pakistan scoring a lot of runs but it’s not going to be the same when it comes to the West Indies, the scores are going to be much lower.”
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(Al Jazeera)
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