Sri Lanka: ECB pitch consultant to conduct course (17 December 1998)
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) consultant of pitches, Harry Brind, will conduct a course and seminar for local curators and groundsmen who are engaged in the preparation of pitches at venues where international and major tournament matches are
17-Dec-1998
17 December 1998
Sri Lanka: ECB pitch consultant to conduct course
The Daily News
England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) consultant of pitches, Harry
Brind, will conduct a course and seminar for local curators and
groundsmen who are engaged in the preparation of pitches at venues
where international and major tournament matches are played.
The five-day program commences today at Hotel Taj Samudra at 8.45 a.m.
with nearly 70 participants grouped in three categories.
At the final stage of his visit, Brind will conduct a program in
Colombo for the benefit of those who are engaged in the preparation of
pitches in the following areas:
Pre-season work on the square; pitch preparation; after match repairs;
summer maintenance; end of the season renovation; and maintenance of
machinery.
Brind who counts nearly 30 years experience as a head groundsman at
Essex and Surrey, was awarded the MBE for his loyal and dedicated
service. He has been pitch consulant to the ECB on a part time basis
from 1988 to 1994.
During his stay in Sri Lanka, Brind will also inspect the pitches in
Galle, Kandy, Kurunegala and Colombo where international matches and
BCCSL major tournament matches are held.
Anuruddha Polonowita, vice president of the Board of Control for
Cricket in Sri Lanka and its consultant on pitches for the past six
years, will be the course director.
A BCCSL release states: "A recent assessment by the Board on the
condition of pitches at various venues where major tournaments are
being staged revealed that the maintenance process in most of the
venues is far below the expected standard.
"The Board having taken a serious view on the prevailing situation
therefore decided to enhance the knowledge of the curators and
groundsmen who are directly engaged in the preparation of pitches at
venues where international and local matches conducted by the Board
are being staged.
"Under the direction of the BCCSL president Thilanga Sumathipala,
Polonowita, during an official visit to England this year made the
Board's positive thinking a reality by obtaining the services of
Brind, who has been released by kind consent of the ECB for a period
of two weeks".
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)