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The Evolution of McLean Park
Cricket - By Editor (13 Mar 10 12:00)
A photograph of a floodlit McLean Park, commemorating its inaugural day-nighter against Zimbabwe in February 3, 1996, hangs prominently on the wall of Blair Furlong's office. - Read Article

Kevin Cooper's Skills not Utilised
Cricket - By Editor (10 Mar 10 10:10)
I couldn't agree more with Sav's column during the week calling into question whether Kevin Cooper's skills were being fully utilised by Southland cricket. - Read Article

Axe Marks put Curator on Edge
Cricket - By Editor (07 Mar 10 13:00)
Cricket pitch curators ply a mysterious trade. Testing and seeding, poking and prodding, nurturing every blade of grass like it's the last on earth, then shearing it back to something on a par with Peter Garrett's hair and crushing what's left with an industrial roller. - Read Article

Subiacio Oval Touted for Twenty20 Matches
Cricket - By Editor (16 Feb 10 9:20)
WA cricket chief executive Graeme Wood has not ruled out holding an interstate Twenty20 clash at Subiaco Oval as early as next summer. - Read Article

Burdett's No-Fuss Farewell
Cricket - By Editor (15 Feb 10 6:00)
Rather than bask in the glory of preparing his last pitch for an international match at Adelaide Oval, SACA's long-serving curator was tucked away in his office at the start of play. - Read Article

Les Burdett Talks More on his Retirement
Cricket - By Editor (06 Feb 10 21:15)
It was always going to be about the pitch. It always is with Les Burdett, for the Adelaide Oval wicket is like a third child, sitting in an exalted place just below his two beloved daughters. - Read Article

Les Burdett Has Retired
Cricket - 3 comments - By Editor (05 Feb 10 10:35)
Internationally-renowned Adelaide Oval curator Les Burdett has announced his retirement after fourty years of services to the grounds. - Read Article

Cricket in Antarctica
Cricket - By Editor (03 Feb 10 8:50)
The Prime Minister's 13 (PM13) V the Anzacs. The day was shaping up to be a glorious feast of bowling and slogging - Read Article

Day-Night Test cricket a Waste of Time
Cricket - By Editor (28 Jan 10 11:00)
Former Australia fast bowler Rodney Hogg has labeled Cricket Australia's (CA) proposed plan to introduce day-night Test cricket as "a waste of time". - Read Article

How Difficult is it to Prepare a Fair Wicket?
Cricket - By Editor (27 Jan 10 10:40)
Tired of watching the batsmen pile on the runs on lifeless wickets, Paul Moon lays into the ICC for not ensuring the bowlers are given a fair crack of the whip, specially when Test cricket is played on the sub-continent. - Read Article

ICC Pitch and Consultant Arrives for 20/20 WC
Cricket - By Editor (25 Jan 10 6:00)
With 100 days left to the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Cup Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies, ICC pitch and field consultant Andy Atkinson arrived in Guyana yesterday afternoon to work with the ground staff today at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence. - Read Article

Toss will be crucial in Hobart Test
Cricket - By Editor (14 Jan 10 6:00)
Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam believes the pitch right now has some grass on it. - Read Article

Molyneux Park New Groundsman
Cricket - By Editor (13 Jan 10 13:00)
Newly appointed Molyneux Park groundsman Wayne Walker has been honing his craft at the University Oval for the past seven years and is ready for a fresh challenge. - Read Article

Super Sopper Sucks at Queens Park Ground
Cricket - By Editor (13 Jan 10 6:00)
Southland Cricket Association groundsman Kevin Cooper has estimated at least 25,000 litres of water have been taken from the Queens Park ground during the past four days as staff attempt to get it fit for play. - Read Article

A Chat with Australian Curators/Groundsmen
Cricket - By Editor (08 Jan 10 6:35)
Mark Taylor chats with the groundsmen of Australia's top cricket ovals and finds out what makes their grounds unique. - Read Article

Greentop 'Shows the Way'
Cricket - 1 comment - By Editor (07 Jan 10 6:00)
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland yesterday strongly endorsed the lively pitch the SCG has provided for the second Test. - Read Article

Plans for Junction Oval at Risk
Cricket - By Editor (04 Jan 10 6:00)
Victoria's move to set up an elite multi-million-dollar training centre at the Junction Oval is in jeopardy, with the body unable to come to rental terms and restrictions with the ground's controlling government department, Parks Victoria. - Read Article

SCG for the Pacers
Cricket - 1 comment - By Editor (02 Jan 10 6:00)
SCG pitch curator Tom Parker said the track prepared for the match will offer "enough to the pacers" just like it did when Australia beat South Africa here last summer. - Read Article

I Should have Insisted on Trials
Cricket - By Editor (31 Dec 09 12:00)
Daljit Singh, who was sacked as chairman of the BCCI's grounds and pitches committee in the wake of the fiasco at Feroz Shah Kotla, has said his fault was in not insisting on holding practice games on what was essentially an unused wicket. - Read Article

Firmly on Track
Cricket - By Editor (31 Dec 09 6:00)
With an international cricket series fast approaching, Mike Porter has had little time to put his feet up this holiday season. - Read Article