Cricket Grounds: The Evolution, Maintenance and Construction of Natural Turf Cricket Tables and OutfieldsCovering all aspects of cricket groundsmanship, this text sets the maintenance of modern cricket grounds in historical context by a survey of the groundsman's art since the 1600s. The work details the history of groundsmanship either side of World War II, looking at the modern role of agronomists and other scientists in the study of cricket surfaces. Subsequent topics include: the assessment of an existing table; pitch preparation; mechanized maintenance operations; fertilizer and top dressing; weed, moss, worm and pest control; renovation and repair; and care of the outfield. A chapter is devoted to the planning and construction of new grounds. |
Contents
Cricket grounds and groundsmanship | 7 |
Groundsmen and scientists | 44 |
Modern cricket table maintenance | 70 |
The preparation of wicket strips for play | 96 |
The maintenance of the cricket table | 111 |
The maintenance of the cricket table | 133 |
The maintenance of the cricket table | 155 |
The maintenance of the cricket table | 183 |
The cricket outfield | 193 |
Cricket ground construction | 204 |
APPENDICES | i |
a personal account | viii |
с The design and physical features of the recently relaid | xv |
E Problems of the Melbourne test cricket pitch and their | xxvii |
F Objective assessment of turf cricket pitches using an impact | xxxvi |
Common terms and phrases
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References to this book
Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf Kevin A. Handreck,Neil D. Black,Neil Black Limited preview - 2002 |