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Headingley’s pitch was the one one to be rated as ‘Very Good’ by the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC), which has launched the scores for the pitches and outfields through the recently-concluded five-match Take a look at collection between England and India. The series-opening match was performed in Leeds, which the hosts gained by 5 wickets. The score for the pitch at The Oval, the venue for the thrilling fifth and ultimate Take a look at, has but to be launched by the worldwide administrative physique.
Pitch and Outfield Rankings for Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy 2025
| Match | Venue | Pitch Ranking | Outfield Ranking | End result |
| 1st Take a look at | Headingley, Leeds | Very Good | Very Good | England gained by 5 wickets |
| 2nd Take a look at | Edgbaston, Birmingham | Passable | Very Good | India gained by 336 runs |
| third Take a look at | Lord’s, London | Passable | Very Good | England gained by 22 runs |
| 4th Take a look at | Previous Trafford, Manchester | Passable | Very Good | Draw |
| fifth Take a look at | Kennington Oval, London | TBA* | TBA* | India gained by six runs |
*as of August 9, 2025
The surfaces used for the high-octane collection fared higher than these on which the 2023 Ashes was performed. Throughout that collection, not one of the 5 pitches obtained a ‘Very Good’ score. In truth, two of these (Edgbaston and Lord’s) obtained a score of ‘Common’. The 2024-25 version of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy had a contrasting assessment as 4 of the 5 pitches had obtained a ‘Very Good’ score.
How are pitches rated by the ICC?
Up till 2023, there have been six classifications offered for the panel on the ICC to fee pitches: Very Good, Good, Common, Beneath Common, Poor and Unfit. Nevertheless, the sane has been restricted to solely 4 tiers: Very Good, Passable, Unsatisfactory and Unfit.
Talking of the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy, the collection ended on stage phrases after India’s six-run win on the Oval. Shubman Gill (754 runs in 10 innings) and Mohammed Siraj (23 wickets in 9 innings) emerged because the main run-getter and main wicket-taker of the action-packed collection, respectively.
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