Ashes ground gets pitch penaltyGlamorgan were penalised Monday after a pitch at their Sophia Gardens Sophia Gardens is a sporting venue on the west bank of the River Taff in Cardiff, one mile north of Cardiff Arms Park and is named after Sophia Rawdon-Hastings. Daughter of the 1st Marquess of Hastings and wife to the 2nd Marquess of Bute, Sophia Rawdon-Hastings was concerned to home ground in Cardiff, the venue for the first Ashes Test between England and Australia in July, was rated "poor". An England and Wales Cricket Board  The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the governing body of cricket in England and Wales. (ECB See electronic code book. ) pitch panel including Mike Denness Michael Henry Denness (born 1 December 1940, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire) is a former Scottish cricketer who played for England, Scotland, Essex and Kent. Scotland didn't have a representative international team at the time of Denness' career, so he could only play for England at , England's captain during their losing Ashes tour of Australia back in 1974/75, was convened to consider the pitch used for the Friends Provident Trophy The Friends Provident Trophy is a one day cricket competition in the United Kingdom.[1] It is one of the four tournaments in which the eighteen first-class counties compete each season. They are joined by teams from Scotland and Ireland. one-day match at Cardiff on Tuesday, May 12 between Glamorgan and Essex.
They upeld the umpires decision the pitch had demonstrated excessive turn and should therefore be rated "poor". Glamorgan were penalised two points but the penalty won't be applied this season. Instead it will take effect in the 2010 Friends Provident Trophy. Spin is one of the few areas where England appear to have an advantage over Australia, and Cardiff - which will be staging its first Test when the Ashes opener stars there on July 8 - has long had a reputation for taking turn. That has led to widespread speculation that England, unusually for a home Test in recent seasons, will play two spinners, most likely Graeme Swann Graeme Peter Swann (born March 24, 1979) is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. He made his cricketing debut with home team Northamptonshire in 1997, before moving to Leicestershire during the 1998 County Championship. and Monty Panesar, in the Welsh capital. Australia leg-spin great Shane Warne for one believes both bowlers will be in England's Ashes side. "It's been a long time since English spin bowlers have had an impact on an Ashes series, but it looks as though that could change this summer," Warne wrote in his column in The Times last week. "Now that Graeme Swann has established himself in the team and Monty Panesar is waiting in the wings, I think there's a real possibility that England will take on Australia with two spinners in their side." 
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