‘We don’t want teams bowled out for 180’, says Steve Birks

"Looking at the surface, it has looked like a decent bat-first wicket"

“Looking at the surface, it has looked like a decent bat-first wicket”

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In preparation for the first Test between England and India, Nottingham curator Steve Birks has announced that the pitch at Trent Bridge currently has eight to nine millimetres of grass on it in order to ensure teams aren’t “bowled out for 180”.

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