After 36 wickets fall in two days in the fourth Ashes Test, BBC Sport looks at why 10mm of grass was so important at the MCG.
The surface at Melbourne's MCG has come in for heavy criticism after 20 wickets fell on day one of the Ashes Test ...
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Why Is A Cricket Pitch 22 Yards?

Cricket’s most iconic measurement, the 22-yard pitch, has a fascinating historical explanation rooted in 18th-century England ...
Why is everyone so worked up about the length of the grass, how does it make life difficult for batters, and what does it ...
For cricket, a pitch is not just a ground to play on—it's a winner of matches. It can be a green seamer or a dry turner—the pitch gets to call the shots as to how the match turns out. We'll walk you ...
SAN RAMON — Considerable exactitude goes into making a good cricket pitch, but a lot of it is just the way the ball bounces. Literally. Members of the San Ramon Cricket Association have been ...
Cricket matches usually end because one team scores more runs than the other. On December 27, 2009, in Delhi, the pitch ended ...