KARACHI: Australia’s expert pitch curator Damien Hough inspected the Naya Nazimabad Stadium outfield and square today and interacted with the curator and ground staff.
Details indicate that Hough paid a visit to Naya Nazimabad Stadium today following his Friday visit to the National Stadium, and inspected the pitch and the square.
Hough, the chief curator of Adelaide Oval, met with the groundskeepers and curators at the Naya Nazimabad cricket ground and offered advice on how to improvise the pitch preparation.
The PCB-appointed pitches expert had earlier visited Gaddafi Stadium Lahore and Rawalpindi Stadium as part of his tour of Pakistan.
Meanwhile, under the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) initiative to improvise the pitches, the Australian soil will also be tested in Naya Nazimabad stadium. Whereas, the soil is expected to reach next week.
It is worth mentioning here that Hough is currently on a two-week trip to Pakistan to inspect local pitches and outfields besides giving consultancy to local curators on pitch-making techniques.
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