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In this issue of SportsField Management , we delve into the topic of sporting grounds with a look at sport-specific considerations for lacrosse , rugby and field hockey fields ( see article beginning on page 28 ).

And while the focus of the article is on those sports , which are all experiencing growth in the U . S ., another sport with specific field considerations is cricket .

According to Mark Heinlein , MSc , CFB , director of technical projects and research at The Motz Group , and chairman of the American Sports Builders Association , cricket is widely

popular in Asia , Australia and Europe , but is receiving increased interest in the United States as well .

“ We are seeing more requests for information on how to build a cricket field in the U . S .,” said Heinlein .

“ Cricket is an interesting sport , because the wicket is highly specialized material ,” he said . “ You can ’ t really play cricket unless you have a cricket wicket . But when you have a wicket , that pitch becomes unavailable for other sports . It ’ s a little bit like an infield , except even more significant with regard to the hardness and the speed of the surface . It would be a bit like playing soccer or football with an infield in the middle of the pitch .”

According to Heinlein , there are now rollout wickets that are opening up the opportunity to have a large multi-field complex with a cricket field .

Heinlein added that cricket fields are huge . “ We have built full-size cricket fields that are more than 20,000 square meters , or more than 200,000 square feet ,” he said . “ So they take up a lot of space . But in these multi-sport facilities we have in the U . S ., we often have fields that are side-by-side-byside , and there is a runoff area separating them . That area is conducive to cricket in the sense that the size is there , and if there is a runoff area adjacent to two fields , a rollout or temporary wicket can be placed in there and you can play cricket . If you have a multi-sport facility in that configuration , it is pretty easy to adapt it to a temporary cricket field .” SFM

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