Derek Pringle looks back at his good, bad and indifferent experiences of one of England’s least favourite venues
The WACA – it’s even pronounced like it is meant to hurt. And for England it has. Their record there, one win, nine defeats and three draws since 1970, is about as bad as it gets for teams at a single venue in Test cricket.
There are reasons for this poor showing, some masquerading as excuses. The WACA pitches, made from a special kind of clay sourced from a place called Bulli Creek, have been the quickest and bounciest in cricket history.
It is quite usual t...