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The Hindu
The Hindu
Sport
Shayan Acharya

ICC World Cup | The pitch has been used before, but it looked pretty firm, says Cummins

Australia captain Pat Cummins confirmed that Sunday’s World Cup final will be played on a ‘used surface’.

As reported by Sportstar earlier, the black soil pitch that was used for India’s game against Pakistan last month will be persisted with, and addressing the media on the eve of the marquee clash, Cummins referred to it as a ‘pretty good wicket’.

“I am not a great pitch reader, but it looked pretty firm. They have only just watered it, so yeah, (we will) give it another 24 hours and have a look. But it looks like a pretty good wicket,” Cummins said. “Yes (It has been used before). I think Pakistan played there…”

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