New Zealand: Timaru wicket needed 'one more day' (16 November 1998)
The Timaru cricket wicket at the centre of an abandoned first-class match last week probably needed only another day of preparation, say South Canterbury officials
16-Nov-1998
16 November 1998
New Zealand: Timaru wicket needed 'one more day'
The Christchurch Press
The Timaru cricket wicket at the centre of an abandoned first-class
match last week probably needed only another day of preparation, say
South Canterbury officials.
"It was almost there. It was probably a day away," South Canterbury
Cricket Association executive director Noel Dellow said yesterday. He
expected a meeting with New Zealand Cricket this week after the
Pakistan A-Northern conference series match at Aorangi Park was
abandoned on the second of its scheduled four days.
It was the first time a first-class match had to be abandoned in New
Zealand because of the wicket.
Dellow said the wicket had dried out quickly after a lot of recent
rain in Timaru. He believed an extra day to water the pitch down
would have made it acceptable.
Dellow said he hoped it would not affect Timaru's chances of hosting
future first-class games.
Volunteers ran the sport in Timaru and it was important that NZC
encouraged them to ensure the sport maintained a base throughout the
country.
Source :: The Christchurch Press (https://www.press.co.nz/)