Talk:Cricket pitch

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Contents 1 Imperial measurements 2 Protected Area 3 Merge proposal 4 Direction? 5 how to 6 bulli ? 7 No references

[edit] Imperial measurements

Great article what about tying in the traditional Imperial maeasurements. The length of a cricket pitch is One Chain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.176.223.193 (talk • contribs) 13:21, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I've added that a cricket pitch is 1 chain in length. Graham87 10:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Protected Area

Can anyone find a good picture showing the dimensions of the protected area of a cricket pitch which complies with all of wikipedia's copyright policies?

[edit] Merge proposal

Madmedea 00:26, 27 December 2006 (UTC) As Types of cricket pitches does not appear to meet the Wikipedia standard could someone with good subject knowledge take any of the unique information that is there and merge it into cricket pitch??

For what it's worth, I agree with the merger proposal. Flyguy649 16:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

As far as I can tell there is nothing to merge. The source article information is already in this article but in more detail (e.g., why a pitch slows). So I've changed Types of cricket pitches to a redirect QuiteUnusual 17:05, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Fine with me.... I just didn't know enough about cricket pitches to make the call! Madmedea 21:53, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Direction?

Is there anything in the direction in which a pitch lies? i've noticed recently that quite a few are north-south, and this would sem to make sense as the amount of sunlight received would be even, but i also know a couple (though less important and good ones) that are east-west. could a definite answer be included in the article? Movingpictures100@hotmail.com 14:31, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

I think the reason is that late in the day the sun is low in the sky. With a pitch lying E-W, the sun will be in the batsman's eyes when the bowling is from the west end. During the middle of the day, when the sun is roughly south, it's high enough in the sky for this not to be a problem with pitches lying N-S. That's based on my own reasoning. I don't have a citation to support it, I'm afraid. JH (talk page) 22:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] how to

the instructions on how to cultivate a pitch need to be rewritten to comply with [1] Goldfinger820 02:46, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] bulli ?

"bulli" ?? I know what this means but surely it is not generic.Merkanmich 02:58, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No references

I have added the "original research" and "no footnotes" templates because the article has absolutely no references. Also, the section about pitch construction reads like a original research. Pls provide valid references for the claims made in the article.Gprince007 15:58, 16 October 2007 (UTC)