Track??? Grrr....It's a pitch or wicket for crying out loud

[sifter132]

Just a quick rant about the increasing usage of the word 'track' to refer to the pitch. It's rubbish IMHO. Ravi Shastri uses it ALL the time, Sangakkara said it a lot too and I'm sure I could uncover others if I listened hard. Even the summary article for the Delhi game last night on Cricinfo says "the TRACK had given the spinners assistance".

'Track' is NOT the correct term. Track' has become subcontinent slang and it drives me up the wall. It's a fricken pitch or or a fricken wicket.


Alright rant over, but does anyone agree with me?

 

[Skater]

Not really. Track is just another word for pitch or wicket.

 

[Cricketman]

It's just another word. Nice to change things up a bit instead of using 'pitch' over and over again.

 

[SaiSrini]

I dont see anything wrong in using the word 'track' for pitch or wicket. Do you mind exactly telling why you dont agree with the usage of the term 'track' or is it just that the subcontinent slang irks you?

 

[FreddieFan]

Track is less ambiguous than wicket (which also means the stumps and bails) or pitch (which may or may not include the outfield). Admittedly, you can tell which type pitch or wicket is being referred to by context, but being specific is no bad thing.

 

[Leggie]

It's just an informal variation of 'pitch'. I wouldn't lose sleep over it.

 

[Cricketman]

People also say 'strip'. It's all good.

 

[MaD]

Boohoo, big deal:sarcasm

 

[King Cricket]

Don't really get sifter. What's wrong with using the word "track" instead of pitch? The meaning is more or less the same, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Fatal Shot]

Meaningless rant is meaningless.

 

[angryangy]

I'd like more context in the use of transport analogies. The pitch at Feroz Shah Kotla is definitely best described as a track. Maybe if it had grass on it you could call it a backyard or a garden path and of course when there's plenty of spin, it's a gravel road or maybe a rally stage. However, a well graded, even surface could be more of a sealed road. A ridiculously good batting track could be then described as a highway, freeway, or expressway, perhaps the latter depending on the pace of the pitch. A seemingly good pitch where runs don't come freely may be stuck in traffic, while a drop in wicket could be some sort of bridge or overpass.

 

[MaD]

Lol, a little over the top

 

[jkartik]

I dont see anything wrong in using the word 'track' for pitch or wicket. Do you mind exactly telling why you dont agree with the usage of the term 'track' or is it just that the subcontinent slang irks you?

second that !

 

[Iridium]

Wow, all this ranting over a word. :laugh Yikes....

 

[MaD]

Imagine if it were a sentance