Eden Park's makeover
The unique polygon-shaped Eden Park in Auckland is now a thing of the past
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
The unique polygon-shaped Eden Park in Auckland is now a thing of the past. Following a makeover for the Rugby World Cup next year, the ground authorities have removed the boundary irregularities and made the ground into a more traditional oval. Andrew Alderson of the New Zealand Herald provides the lowdown on the venue.
Strokes square of the wicket will need to travel about 66m to the rope, compared to up to 70m in the past. While that sounds as if such shots have less distance to travel, the reality is that Eden Park's former shape meant some boundaries were much shorter than that - and one in particular was only 51m away. The changes have given the ground a longer average distance to score a boundary square of the wicket.
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo