Kiwi curators inspect four centres

Published March 17, 2006

LAHORE, March 16: Two curators from the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute visited cricket centres in four cities to examine clay and guide the Pakistan Cricket Board how to prepare sporting wickets.

The curators inspected the pitch squares at the Qadhafi Stadium in Lahore, the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad and Peshawar’s Arbab Niaz Stadium.

They arrived back in Lahore on Thursday from Peshawar and will go to Multan and Karachi before heading home.

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