By Andrew Alderson in Hawke’s BayOPINIONThe farce of the abandoned McLean Park one-day cricket international between Australia and New Zealand yesterday produced no winners. The core of the issue was that the drainage of the ground was not up to a suitable standard for international sport. The squelching of water under foot, hours after the significant rain had stopped at 1.45pm, was unacceptable. The council needs to look at better preventative maintenance if they want New Zealand Cricket to return to the venue, especially with an ODI looming against South Africa on March 1. Listen:New Zealand Cricket chief operations officer Anthony Crummy on the Radio Sport Breakfast4.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 02, 2017 20:26 UTC