Pitch Emporium
Not everything you need to know about Battrick pitches!
Pitch Information
The following table shows how each pitch type favours or disadvantages each type of player, ranked from +2 (very beneficial) to –2 (very detrimental).
| Batsmen | F | FM | M | Spin |
| Uneven | –1 | +1 | +2 | +1 | 0 |
| Cracked | 0 | +2 | +1 | +1 | +1 |
| Hard & Fast | +2 | –1 | –1 | –2 | –1 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | +1 | +2 | 0 |
| Flat | +2 | –2 | –2 | –1 | –2 |
| Dusty | +1 | +1 | 0 | +1 | +2 |
| Slow | –1 | –2 | 0 | +2 | +1 |
This information is theory based on observation, and should be used as a guide only. The table is useful for an at-a-glance summary of each pitch, here are some more in-depth notes about each pitch:
Uneven
- Very volatile, wickets will fall but runs can be scored quickly.
- Good pitch to use if trying to upset a stronger team.
Cracked
- Rewards orders that are a little more defensive than normal.
- Secondaries are very useful on this pitch.
Hard & Fast
- A little better for bowlers than flat, wickets can fall.
Green
- Easier batting in the middle overs than at the start - more of a contrast than on other pitches.
Flat
- Batsman's playground.
- Spinner's nightmare.
Dusty
- Easily the best spinner's pitch.
- Not as bad for batsmen as the other bowler friendly pitches.
Slow
- Helps defensive bowlers more than attacking ones.
- Good pitch if you want to neutralise your opponent's fast bowlers but still give your own bowlers something to work with.
1 Minute Pitch Decider
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Pitch Changes
So, once you know what pitch you want to use, you'll probably want to know how long it takes to change pitch? Well, SundanceJon has made just the tool you need!
You can get his Pitch Helper from his site, here.
Credits:
Thanks go to zinc for his help on this site's content, to everyone on the coders board for patching holes in my html, and to everyone in the IRC channel just because.
Pitch Emporium by karl_w_w is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
