ICC Match referee rates Nagpur pitch 'poor'

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In a major embarrassment for BCCI, the ICC rated the track at Nagpur which hosted the third Test between India and South Africa as "poor", triggering a review of the performance of pitch under ICC Pitch Monitoring Process. In accordance with Clause 3 of the Process, ICC Match Referee Jeff Crowe submitted his report to the ICC expressing the concerns of the match officials over the performance of the pitch.

Ashwin hits out at Hoggs

New Delhi: Ravichandran Ashwin and Rodney Hogg were engaged in a war of words with the former Australian pacer saying that the Indian spinner was successful against SA mainly due to spin-friendly wickets.

Hoggs too joined the chorus. "@ICC @ashwinravi99 @BCCI Ashwin have a look in the mirror and ask yourself were the recent wickets a bit too spinner friendly," he wrote on his twitter handle.

"@RMHogg @ICC @BCCI sure,let's just share the same mirror or should I order twoIJIJ" the Chennai lad wrote on Twitter.               

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