AGL 40.35 Increased By ▲ 0.15 (0.37%)
AIRLINK 129.50 Increased By ▲ 0.39 (0.3%)
BOP 6.38 Decreased By ▼ -0.22 (-3.33%)
CNERGY 4.03 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
DCL 8.44 Decreased By ▼ -0.01 (-0.12%)
DFML 42.51 Increased By ▲ 1.26 (3.05%)
DGKC 87.70 Increased By ▲ 0.70 (0.8%)
FCCL 33.75 Increased By ▲ 0.40 (1.2%)
FFBL 65.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-0.15%)
FFL 10.66 Increased By ▲ 0.12 (1.14%)
HUBC 113.06 Increased By ▲ 2.36 (2.13%)
HUMNL 16.01 Increased By ▲ 0.78 (5.12%)
KEL 4.82 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.84%)
KOSM 7.89 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.77%)
MLCF 42.25 Increased By ▲ 0.35 (0.84%)
NBP 60.63 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (0.21%)
OGDC 185.00 Increased By ▲ 2.20 (1.2%)
PAEL 25.51 Increased By ▲ 0.15 (0.59%)
PIBTL 7.26 Increased By ▲ 1.00 (15.97%)
PPL 146.75 Decreased By ▼ -1.06 (-0.72%)
PRL 24.60 Increased By ▲ 0.04 (0.16%)
PTC 16.32 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (0.49%)
SEARL 70.80 Increased By ▲ 0.30 (0.43%)
TELE 7.35 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.68%)
TOMCL 36.25 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-0.14%)
TPLP 8.12 Increased By ▲ 0.27 (3.44%)
TREET 15.37 Increased By ▲ 0.07 (0.46%)
TRG 51.47 Decreased By ▼ -0.23 (-0.44%)
UNITY 27.53 Increased By ▲ 0.18 (0.66%)
WTL 1.28 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (4.07%)
BR100 9,881 Increased By 39 (0.4%)
BR30 30,254 Increased By 217.2 (0.72%)
KSE100 92,922 Increased By 402 (0.43%)
KSE30 28,854 Increased By 67.2 (0.23%)

LAHORE: Terming his recent visit to Pakistan as very useful, Adelaide Oval’s chief curator Damien Hough said that his visit was also about exchanging ideas and collaboration.

During his recent visit, Hough visited four Test centres and worked with the ground staff, curators and coaches on pitch and outfield preparation methods. Besides inspecting the pitches and the outfield in the four cities, Hough also delivered lectures on pitch making and outfield inspection which were attended by local coaches and ground staff.

He lauded the Pakistan Cricket Board’s efforts and interest in experimenting with imported Australian soil and called it a world class approach.

Damien Hough said: “There were two parts to the plan of coming over to Pakistan, like it was about providing information and understanding on how we prepare pitches at the Adelaide Oval, the grass we leave on to assist with the pace, bounce and carry which was conveyed through presentations to the coaches and participants of the lectures at the four cities we visited. We also went on the ground and rolled out a pitch to explain how we do things.

The other part was about a visit to the different venues and to meet the grounds team and the staff and understand how they do things, the outfields, the machinery and to go home and put together a report about what I have seen. There have been a lot of positives to take away and it has been a really enjoyable tour”.

He said the engagement from the curators and the coaches was extremely positive. The challenges in Pakistan are different with regard to the environment and busy schedules for the curators but the good thing was that everyone was willing to learn and progress, it was about exchanging ideas and having a collaborative approach as a lot of things are done similarly both here and in Australia, he added.

He said: “There are a lot of things that are being done already and the curators and the ground staff are ready to learn and up skill. The commitment of the staff is exactly the same as Australia which is commendable. The machinery here is good; it is all about how to use it and about providing some advice on how it can be best used to get the results. Every year or so the equipment gets advanced.

It is the same challenge for us back home as we are always trying to update and see what new machinery we need to add because it makes our job easier and of course helps improve the surface. The experiment with the soil is outstanding, to be in a position to put it all out in the middle of your grounds is world class thinking. The work that has already been done really excites me, it shows to me that the board is constantly looking for improvement and they deserve a round of applause.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2022

Comments

Comments are closed.