🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England v Ireland ☘️ 1st ODI - Headingley



Sadly it looks like the weather will save YCCC having to refund the extortionate amounts people have paid for this as it looks like it should brighten up. Mind you, if they're daft enough to pay it...
 
Always strikes me how amateur the 'field covering' arrangements are in what is a multi-million pound business. Cover the pitch, get some big tarpaulins from B&Q and a bloke with some sponge on a roller. You'd think in 2023 they'd have a way of covering the whole field when it rains in the lead up and during the game. The farce of not playing because the bowler's run-ups are wet is always possible. Prevent rather than mop-up.
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Hettonlass said:
Because it is more convenient to let the soil in the outfield absorb the rainwater. Covering the entire field and then collecting and disposing all the water from top of the covers is far more cumbersome
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Convenient or just lazy? Then there's the 'If there is no more rain, play will begin in 45 minutes' shite.

Gravity would help. Have a sloping cover emptying into gutters. They've spent millions at Headingly but not on increasing the prospect of play.
 
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Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Convenient or just lazy? Then there's the 'If there is no more rain, play will begin in 45 minutes' shite.

Gravity would help. Have a sloping cover emptying into gutters. They've spent millions at Headingly but not on increasing the prospect of play.
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The OP has just nabbed their reply from a different website and passed it off as their own :lol:


Because it is more convenient to let the soil in the outfield absorb the rainwater. Covering the entire field and then collecting and disposing all the water from top of the covers is far more cumbersome. Most international grounds these days have good draining systems, so the outfield can be ready within 30-60 minutes once the rain stops.
The pitch and practice pitches are made of clay/mud and Super Soppers don't work on it. This area is known as “the square”. The square, along with the bowler run-up area (on both ends), are considered to be the main area of play. These areas get covered when there is rain.
Of course there are times when the rainfall is too heavy/persistent and the rainwater on the outfield cannot be cleared in time due to the sheer volume of water. Such instances result in the match getting called off due to “wet outfield”.


https://www.quora.com/In-cricket-wh...nstead-of-just-covering-a-small-portion-of-it
 
Hyltons finest said:
The OP has just nabbed their reply from a different website and passed it off as their own :lol:


Because it is more convenient to let the soil in the outfield absorb the rainwater. Covering the entire field and then collecting and disposing all the water from top of the covers is far more cumbersome. Most international grounds these days have good draining systems, so the outfield can be ready within 30-60 minutes once the rain stops.
The pitch and practice pitches are made of clay/mud and Super Soppers don't work on it. This area is known as “the square”. The square, along with the bowler run-up area (on both ends), are considered to be the main area of play. These areas get covered when there is rain.
Of course there are times when the rainfall is too heavy/persistent and the rainwater on the outfield cannot be cleared in time due to the sheer volume of water. Such instances result in the match getting called off due to “wet outfield”.


In cricket, why don't they cover the whole ground when it rains, instead of just covering a small portion of it?
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Cumbersome an uncharacteristic word
 

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