Thread: Pacier Pakistani Pitches Proposed
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Old 18-06-2007, 06:28 AM in reply to pie_chucker's post starting "If the Pakistani board introduce..."
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Seems like the PCB is really serious about it this time too. http://content-rsa.cricinfo.com/paki...ry/298207.html Interesting this comment:
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Originally Posted by Shafqat Naghmi, PCB
Our problem is that in Pakistan the soil has more clay content than sand and that combination makes it sure that the wickets are soft and offer little bounce. The proposal we have received from the university says that they can find a workable solution for this problem provided the Board released funds for some research work they intend to carry out
The PCB is preparing to spend some 80 million rupees (1.3 million USD) on the re-laying of pitches.
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