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Perth Stadium (Optus Stadium)
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Milang_Panthers
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Was at cricket training tonight and the topic of going to the match came up. Most agreed (apart from the few that are WACA members) that they would've gone and that they love the pitch but weren't keen to spend the day baking and would stay home instead. Kind of sucks that the weather has been pretty good for a few weeks and then the week of the test it just heats up again. 
Drop ins are baaaad and nothing will ever replicate the WACA pitch. It'll be a sad day when the first test delivery is bowled at the new stadium.
I wonder if they should rip down the roof for summer and replicate the baking sensation you get at the waca
Might be better than the crap served up in this Test.
No one is going to miss the WACA test if they keep providing pitches like this one.
Yeah. This version of the WACA wicket is quickish and dead flat.
13 for 1000. We could have made anything if we wanted and Williamson got bored batting was so easy.
The batters are pissed off if they don't get 200.
A drop in might get a result. And they are getting better.
13 for 1000. We could have made anything if we wanted and Williamson got bored batting was so easy.
The batters are pissed off if they don't get 200.
A drop in might get a result. And they are getting better.
Kiwis making a game of it, so much for the pitch soothsayers.
I'm starting to question whether it's actually the pitch that's the problem or whether they've just got a bad batch of Kookaburras. They've changed the ball too many times this test. In both innings shortly after the 80th new ball they changed a dodgy new ball to another brand new ball, and both times that new ball sparked something. New Zealand was able to take a string of wickets early on day 2, and Starc's inspired spell that was reminiscent of the WACA of old was also after they changed the new ball again in the 85th over.
As good as the +250 individual scores have been to watch. This test has been a shambles. Crap pitch, crap balls and a sight for sore eyes when you look at those run down stands in the background empty and those that are there are just baking like hot pockets
Edit: O and the sight screen drama
Edit: O and the sight screen drama
Freight Train
Maccas footy aficionado
The security guarding the sightscreens were a f**king joke. Paid no attention and saw quite a few idiots jump through during overs.
Should get a great view from the lower part of the second level.
WACA members area?
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Read an article on AFL.com about how no expense will be spared about the turf to be used. Along the lines of $8million.
It also went on to note that the roof will cover 85% of the ground - will there not be the same issues as Etihad Stadium in growing the grass etc. And also im curious for when it rains - will there be a 15% patch of the ground that will get rained on and the rest be perfect dry weather footy?
It also went on to note that the roof will cover 85% of the ground - will there not be the same issues as Etihad Stadium in growing the grass etc. And also im curious for when it rains - will there be a 15% patch of the ground that will get rained on and the rest be perfect dry weather footy?
Umm, I think they would mean 85% of the seats not the actual ground.
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http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-11-18/perth-spends-big-for-top-surface-at-new-stadium
"The new 60,000-seat stadium will have a roofline covering 85 per cent of the arena, meaning lights will be used to help the grass grow."
I read that as covering a portion of the grass too
"The new 60,000-seat stadium will have a roofline covering 85 per cent of the arena, meaning lights will be used to help the grass grow."
I read that as covering a portion of the grass too
What a embarrassingly defensive comment. You do realise that people are rightfully complaining about the ridiculous imbalance between bat and ball right? Whether or not New Zealand neutralised the match doesn't change that fact.
In an ideal world I wanted the WACA to remain the premier cricket venue in WA, but if the legendary pitch isn't there then really there is no point. It just is very poorly set up for spectators - an issue that could have been resolved had there been some foresight from the venue administrators prior to the conception of the idea for a new stadium.
Does it mean shadow though? If that's the case, the rain isn't going to turn the stadium into abominable conditions.
You address some of the bigger issues - IF Smith was an aggressive captain, IF Smith had the same regard for a result as Clarke/Steve Waugh, the game would not have fizzled .... that crickets administration is not being held to account by the sporting media, pilloried is how we should be discussing the coverage of crickets ruling class. They should be answering the flat track issue.
I agree totally with this:
In an ideal world I wanted the WACA to remain the premier cricket venue in WA, but if the legendary pitch isn't there then really there is no point
Arena being the seats, not the grass. Of course, lights would be used to grow the grass regardless... Even without any roof having a stadium that tall would mean the northern grass wouldn't get any light at all over the winter months.
RussellEbertHandball
Flick pass expert
85% means 85% of seats will be under the drip line of the roof, which means given the angle of the sun over the day part of the grass will spend most of the day in the shade and those areas will need artificial light to help grow the grass.
From Dockland stadium specs
http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=120
Etihad Stadium features a retractable roof ensuring perfect conditions at all times. It opens and closes in less than 20 minutes and even with the roof open, 98 percent of patrons are sitting behind the drip line of the roof. When the roof is closed, the ceiling height to the underside of the support structure is 24 metres (78 feet) and to underside of the fixed structure is 35 metres.
http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=120
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There's people out there who like batting, and think it's the place of the bat to dominate (attack) and the ball to try and stop them (defend), too.
