sport news The surprising way SCG Test is paying tribute to Shane Warne - as pitch stuns ... trends now

sport news The surprising way SCG Test is paying tribute to Shane Warne - as pitch stuns ... trends now
sport news The surprising way SCG Test is paying tribute to Shane Warne - as pitch stuns ... trends now

sport news The surprising way SCG Test is paying tribute to Shane Warne - as pitch stuns ... trends now

Revealed: The surprising way the SCG Test is paying tribute to Shane Warne - as pitch stuns experts and Alyssa Healy says 'I've never seen anything like it in my lifetime' SCG pitch expected to turn for Third Test between Australia and South Africa Will be spin friendly for veteran Nathan Lyon as well as the recalled Ashton Agar Aussie women's cricketer Alyssa Healy tipped SCG deck to 'crumble quickly' Curators using pitch No.3, first time since Shane Warne's farewell Test in 2007 

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Numerous cricket commentators have been left shocked by the extremely state of the SCG pitch ahead of the Third Test versus South Africa - but the wicket also doubled as a tribute to late spin king Shane Warne.

Australian women's star Alyssa Healy labelled the deck 'really dry', felt it 'could crumble pretty quickly' and that she 'had never see anything like it in her lifetime'. 

Fellow Fox Sports cricket expert Kerry O'Keeffe also tipped the spinners to dominate as the Aussies chase a clean sweep in the series.

In what could be a nod to Warne, game day officials in Sydney opted to roll out pitch No.3 for the first time since the spin king's

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