cricket and football (soccer)

shahashim · Aug 16th, 2005, 01:08

Random question: does anybody know whether football (soccer) stadiums can also be used to host cricket tournaments? If so, does this work well?

Thanks!

crvlvr · Aug 16th, 2005, 01:41

IMHO, cricket grounds are larger than a football field. So, while you may be able to use a Cricket stadium for football, you may not be able to do the reverse.

Merchant · Aug 16th, 2005, 01:46

Depends on where. By necessity, yes. By preference, no. Wickets don't just grow overnight. Cricketers are particular about them, and certain stadiums in certain countries are thought to have wickets with certain qualities, whether they are fast or slow, better for spin bowlers, etc. The purists will tell you that Brian Lara's hitting two 400+s in the stadium in Antiga is not a coincidence.

No football franchise is ever going to allow a wicket to be cut into its midfield. The compromise is a mat to serve as the wicket. They roll these things out in the US for its fledgling pro cricket league, but you can't play a test or an ODI on a carpet.

shahashim · Aug 16th, 2005, 06:12

thanks for the responses.

Do any of you think that one could host an exhibition cricket event between two countries in a US-type of football/soccer stadium (assuming you are familiar with them)?

sadhuji · Aug 16th, 2005, 09:20

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Originally Posted by shahashim

..... Do any of you think that one could host an exhibition cricket event between two countries in a US-type of football/soccer stadium (assuming you are familiar with them)?

jagmohan dalmiya, the greaterst expert of them all, does have plans to introduce cricket to the land of baseball. he will do it - remember the matches our boys played in canada in the late nineties when ganguli was in full flow?

sticky · Aug 16th, 2005, 09:28

In Australia stadiums are used as football (mostly aussie rules) fields and cricket ovals. The MCG is a good example: as well as hosting many cricket games, it is used for footbal. They prepare the wicket elsewhere and then transplant it into the stadium - infact they prepare many of them, so they have a choice of different surfaces.

Stadium Australia is used for cricket, rugby, aussie rules and socker (and probably a whole bunch more too). I would imagine it takes quite alot of cash to be changing the surface all the time though.

crvlvr is right though, soccer pitches are smaller than cricket pitches.

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Aug 16th, 2005, 01:41	#2
crvlvr Guru Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Hollywood Posts: 4,498	IMHO, cricket grounds are larger than a football field. So, while you may be able to use a Cricket stadium for football, you may not be able to do the reverse.

Aug 16th, 2005, 01:46	#3
Merchant Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: New York Posts: 2,096	Depends on where. By necessity, yes. By preference, no. Wickets don't just grow overnight. Cricketers are particular about them, and certain stadiums in certain countries are thought to have wickets with certain qualities, whether they are fast or slow, better for spin bowlers, etc. The purists will tell you that Brian Lara's hitting two 400+s in the stadium in Antiga is not a coincidence. No football franchise is ever going to allow a wicket to be cut into its midfield. The compromise is a mat to serve as the wicket. They roll these things out in the US for its fledgling pro cricket league, but you can't play a test or an ODI on a carpet.

Aug 16th, 2005, 06:12	#4
shahashim Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: washington dc (formerly bombay) Posts: 32	thanks for the responses. Do any of you think that one could host an exhibition cricket event between two countries in a US-type of football/soccer stadium (assuming you are familiar with them)?

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