match referee david boon

The International Cricket Council: The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Tuesday that the pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur for the second Test of the ICC World Test Championship series between Bangladesh and New Zealand has been rated as "unsatisfactory" according to the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process.

Match Referee David Boon submitted his report to the ICC expressing the concerns of the match officials and after consulting with the captains of both teams. Following the assessment, the venue has received one demerit point.

Boon expressed the concerns in his report calling the pitch to be 'under-prepared' with inconsistent bounce and balls bursting from the surface'.