What is an ideal cricket ground size according to you?

[karan316]

I think the boundaries should be at least 80m long from the pitch.

 

[Hurricane]

i would pretty well think something exactly like Westpac Stadium

 

[Maximas]

The OPs measurements sound about right to me

 

[Spikey]

whatever the scg is

 

[benchmark00]

 

[Spikey]

that seems ideal, although if they decided to add 5 meters to it as part of a ground redesign i would not mind

 

[The Battlers Prince]

pitch to boundary without the rope. Or at least, only a metre in

 

[Hurricane]

pitch to boundary without the rope. Or at least, only a metre in

Please make your posts linear.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Please make your posts linear.

I like that grounds are different sizes. I don't however, like the ropes being in. So, that's to say in answer to the original question, ideally.

 

[karan316]

Isn't it also important to create a pitch according to the ground size? A very big ground with a slow and low pitch creates an imbalance because it is anyways difficult to play your strokes or get underneath the ball on such pitches. Whereas on a small ground with proper bouncing pitch, it becomes too easy for the batsmen.
For bigger grounds the pitches should have even bounce allowing stroke making. For smaller ones the wickets should be slow and low(or a green top with too much movement) so that the bowlers can also have a say.

so should the pitch be according to the ground size for a better balance between bowling and batting? You cannot change the sizes of all grounds, but creating a pitch according to the playing area would be a good idea. (m saying it keeping in mind the different formats, ODIs and T20s are becoming more and more favorable to the batsmen. For tests, obviously you can have any wicket which can produce a result)

 

[Prince EWS]

For smaller ones the wickets should be slow and low so that the bowlers can also have a say.

Yeah; bowlers love slow and low wickets...

 

[Furball]

He didn't ask about AFL grounds.

 

[karan316]

Yeah; bowlers love slow and low wickets...

No they don't. But for the shorter formats, on smaller grounds, it would make it more difficult for the batsmen to score runs, and you won't see a very high total. Slow and low wickets are usually useless for tests, u cant score runs nor the bowlers can pick easy wickets, but it can be interesting for shorter formats as it becomes very tricky for the batsmen.

Something like this
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-england-2012/engine/current/match/565809.html

even a very green top would do, but there shouldn't be a normal even bouncing pitch for smaller grounds.

 

[Maximas]

I don't necessarily think the ground size should determine the state of the pitch, it's ok to have some grounds where it's easy for batsmen, as long as there are other grounds where it's more difficult, whether it's due to the pitch or the ground size. You want variety IMO, not uniformity, even if it seems sometimes the ball/bat balance is thrown out a bit at times, or else it becomes predictable and formulaic.

 

[Red]

According to me? Very short boundaries for the horizontal bat shots.

 

[BeeGee]

For Tests/FC:
If all run fours are common then the ground is too big. If threes are rare then the ground is too small.

For LO:
Who cares, anything.

 

[Jono]

He didn't ask about AFL grounds.

SCG isn't a great AFL ground ftr.

In fact, the state of NSW doesn't have any really good AFL grounds.

 

[Prince EWS]

The state of NSW doesn't really have AFL tbh.

 

[Jono]

Odd thing to say considering the state of NSW and its newspapers had AFL headlines during NRL grand final week.

 

[GIMH]

The state of NSW doesn't really have AFL tbh.

Pretty much the only thing the place has going for it, well that and Home and Away