Australia's most embarrassing cricket ground gets slammed by Big Bash League fans: 'There are high school ovals in better condition'
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Cricket fans have blasted the condition of Marvel Stadium for the Big Bash match between the Perth Scorchers and the Melbourne Renegades, labelling the wicket 'a goat track'. The Renegades squeezed out a two-wicket win over Scorchers on Monday night to end a six-match losing streak to the West Australian team.
Chasing the Scorchers 8-143, the Renegades were well placed at 3-96 in the tenth over but lost 5-44. Captain Will Sutherland scored the winning runs with one over to go. Social media fired up over a patchy looking outfield which looked well below its best following a university graduation ceremony last week attended by tens of thousands of people, plus several recent concerts from Pearl Jam and Coldplay among others.
One X user posted: 'Did someone break into Marvel Stadium and spray poison all over the grass? It looks like a goat track, how embarrassing.'. Cricket fans have taken aim at the condition of Marvel Stadium for the Big Bash match between the Perth Scorchers and the Melbourne Renegades.
. Another replied: 'There are high school ovals in better condition. A third wrote: 'For professional cricket…this is worse than some local grounds! I've never seen an Aussie ground in as bad condition.'. Scorchers coach Adam Voges labelled the pitch 'substandard' after the match.
![[Renegades player Tom Rogers said the surface wasn't as bad as it seemed]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/24/03/93446905-14223291-Renegades_player_Tom_Rogers_said_the_surface_wasn_t_as_bad_as_it-a-38_1735009717647.jpg)
'Maybe the wicket dries out a bit, the roller goes on it, but clearly the wicket played differently in the second innings to what it did in the first,' Voges said. 'It's a shame the bat flip had such an influence in the game but clearly it did in this fixture.
