Groundsman

Currently the most Important ASPECT of the Game :

is supervised by the most Uneducated and Cheapest paid STAFF !

with a silly name like Groundsman  :-[

Opissss with his 300k U,S $$ salaray should take a college course in Soil and Geology !

At Bourda Green in Guyana :

we had a Doctor of Geology look after our 22 yard strip of Loam and Grass  8)

loam
lōm/  noun

Geology : a fertile soil of clay and sand containing humus.

a soil with roughly equal proportions of sand, silt, and clay.

What kinda Pitch you really want BCL  ??

Rasta Groundsman learned about Soil in Kindergarten ....hahahahaha 

                 

Brian Lara did Warn Charlie with a gesture  !  ::LOL::

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/con...89891.html

[quote author=TRINIDADDY link=topic=90277.msg567516#msg567516 date=1402065062]
[size=10pt]These groundsmen need to learn how to maintain a fast, bouncy pitch. You can't just roll and wet the night before. You need to be monitoring the grass every day, twice a day, and cutting and rolling for months before each game. Only then will you get a real cricket pitch. [/size]
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Send an e mail to the WICB 

[quote author=Kwami link=topic=90238.msg567325#msg567325 date=1401944850]
[size=10pt]By god these people are stupid .
Soil is pretty much the came the world  over and the importation of soil will make no difference whatsoever.
I could have told them that pitches in tropical countries are flatter than those in temperate countries because of  many factors .
Atmospheric conditions is one but the most important factor is acceleration due  to gravity
Gravitational forces are slightly stronger in the tropics and as such the bounce would not be that great and therefore pitches would tend to  be lower and slower.
I haven't yet  figured out how the earth's magnetic field would also have an effect[/size]
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forget magnetic field , think Tectonic Plates and Tsunami 

Guyana ships Mud , Loam and Sand to Caribbean countries.

Sand is for their Beaches.... 8)

NEW DELHI: The Feroz Shah Kotla pitch for the fourth and final Test between India and Australia has come under criticism from the former players, who have termed the track as a "three-day" wicket.

The pitch, which has cracks on it, saw some balls keeping low, while others flying off after hitting the deck. There was sideways movement from the cracks when pacer Ishant Sharma was bowling from the Old Club house end.

[Quote from: Kwami on 06/05/2014, 01:07 AM]

By god these people are stupid .
Soil is pretty much the came the world  over and the importation of soil will make no difference whatsoever.
I could have told them that pitches in tropical countries are flatter than those in temperate countries because of  many factors .
Atmospheric conditions is one but the most important factor is acceleration due  to gravity
Gravitational forces are slightly stronger in the tropics and as such the bounce would not be that great and therefore pitches would tend to  be lower and slower.
I haven't yet  figured out how the earth's magnetic field would also have an effect[/quote]

[quote author=ketchim link=topic=90283.msg567556#msg567556 date=1402071261]
forget magnetic field , think Tectonic Plates and Tsunami 
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Forget all of the above ........ Groundsmen have or should've a basic knowledge of the turf in the regions they live in and know what they can or cannot do to adjust the conditions. It's not rocket science  ::yawn::...... darn just do a google search ...

Even a simple gardener knows what to do to adjust soil conditions horticultural wise in different climates ......

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[quote author=Calypso link=topic=90283.msg567651#msg567651 date=1402148368]
It's not rocket science  ::yawn:: ......
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Fair enough BUT Soil samples and Geology is 

ge·ol·o·gy  jēˈälÉ™jÄ“/  noun

the science that deals with the earth's physical structure and substance, its history, and the processes that act on it.

• the geological features of an area.
  "the geology of the Outer Hebrides"
  the geological features of a planetary body.