Drop-in cricket pitch uncovered at Lancaster Park. Photo: Geoff SloanThe mangled steel frame, chopped in two by excavating equipment, looks nondescript as it languishes on the old south ground at Lancaster Park. Yet during the summer of 2000-2001, the ground-breaking wicket tray encased 22 yards of New Zealand-made test cricket history. The relevance of the framing was only apparent when cricket buff Richard Gibbs, Christchurch City Council project manager for Lancaster Park, made a site visit. A section of the drop-in pitch at Lancaster Park lies uncovered and untended in the south ground.

Source: Otago Daily Times June 04, 2021 02:37 UTC