Australia's triumph over South Africa inside two days has caused plenty of debate across the cricket community, with all eyes on The Gabba curators for an extremely bowler-friendly pitch.
In less than 150 overs during the first Test in Brisbane, 34 wickets fell between the two sides as the hosts took a 1-0 lead in the three-game series.
Many fans and experts raised their eyebrows when the pitch was first unveiled, with plenty of grass left on that was always likely to assist the bowlers more than the batsmen.
But the question now is whether or not a two-day Test match is good or bad for cricket?
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South African captain Dean Elgar was highly-critical of the pitch and believes it was unsafe for batsmen.
"You’ve got to ask yourself the question - is that a good advertisement for our format?" he said in his post-match press conference.
"Thirty-four wickets in two days – pretty one-sided affair, I would say. I am a purist of this format and we want to see the game go to four or five days.
"And the nature of it, how it started to play with some seriously steep bounce with the old ball, you are kind of on a hiding to none as a batting unit.
"If you think about it, only two or maybe three batters, applied themselves half-decently and scored runs. I don’t think it was a very good Test wicket.
"I said [to the umpires] how long does it go on for until it potentially is unsafe? It was never to try and change or put a halt to the game, no doubt. That’s where the umpire’s discretion comes into play, not us as players.
"I am not a curator, I wouldn’t know how to prepare a cricket pitch but it was interesting to see how quickly this one actually did start divoting, and how quickly the ball sped up, especially the new ball...and also today, the older ball was flying through which shouldn’t be really happening.
"The divots had quite a big role to play with the sideways movement and up and down and that steep bounce, which is quite something to face."
Eglar's criticism of the playing conditions were echoed by Indian great Virender Sehwag, who took to social media to condemn the work from the Brisbane ground staff.
142 overs and not even lasting 2 days and they have the audacity to lecture on what kind of pitches are needed. Had it happened in India, it would have been labelled end of test cricket, ruining test cricket and what not. The Hypocrisy is mind-boggling . #AUSvSA
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) December 18, 2022
But on the contrary, Aussie skipper Pat Cummins didn't have too many concerns - which shouldn't come as a huge surprise after he finished with a five-wicket haul in the second innings.
"Personally, I don't mind when the groundsman err on the greener side occasionally," he said.
"I’ve played a lot of Test matches when they’ve erred on the flatter side, so I think it was the same for both teams.
"If you're going to lose the match, you’d probably try anything, wouldn’t you. There was some sideways movement, a little bit of up and down bounce but it was fine.
"There's no balls jumping off a length or anything like that...no way [was it dangerous]."
The man who was at the forefront of the preparation of the pitch - David Sandurski - was also quizzed on his thoughts of the Test.
But speaking to News Corp, Sandurski refused to defend the wicket and admitted it wasn't up to Test standard.
“The proof is in the pudding,’’ he said.
"The scorecards are there. You can’t deny it. It is obviously not good enough for a match of this magnitude.
“I am obviously disappointed. No-one wants to have a two day Test. All the signs in the preparation pointed towards it being a reasonable wicket.
"Two really good bowling line-ups have exposed every bit of that wicket that they could.’’
Following the early finish at The Gabba, Australia and South Africa will now have a seven-day break before the annual Boxing Day Test in Melbourne begins.