Revisiting the WACA, the world's most isolated cricket ground
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- The WACA Ground might be old-school and resistant to change, but it has its own, unique charm
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Why are you showing Adelaide Oval?
That's Adelaide Oval not Perth Stadium, also the WACA ground will still host lesser international matches
Be nice if you could show the new stadium instead of Adelaide Oval
I loved to see the pace and bounce of WACA
sitting on that hill, drunk out of your mind in 40 degree heat... Well the optus stadium cannot provide that
They made mistakes in the video! They kept showing the Adelaide Oval redevelopment. At the end when you saw stands with white canvas roof encircling most of the ground. The last arena shown in the video is Adelaide oval. Perth is a different city almost 2000km away. Perth Stadium now used for international cricket is a $60k stadium ($55k for cricket). With stands totally surrounding the ground like the MCG.
I just hope WACA makes the comeback
Some of the fastest pitch in world: Jo'burg, Perth & Auckland.
Heartbreaking to see my best ground isn't hosting any international match..
Omg, that’s Adelaide oval, not Perth Stadium, you can’t even get that right. 🤦♂️
Loved watching test matches here... Let's hope Perth stadium creates similar history
In parts shows Adelaide Oval instead of Perth Stadium, when talking about where international cricket is played in Perth. Error in video.
Two of the stands you could see on the right side of the screen have been removed. Also a light tower. Also the ground has been lengthened to try to play footy in winter. So grass hill smaller at each end. Now only 10,000 capacity, A pool is supposed to be put in for the public where the Inverarity stand was. Plus a convention style pavilion and playground where the 3 storey prindiville stand was. Perth Stadium (Optus) is a brilliant cricket ground that was designed specifically for cricket and football. So outstanding for viewing. Only negative is that it could better open out to the south west to capture the famous Fremantle Doctor, a breeze that cools down Perth and cricket watchers in summer and also allows the ball to swing.
It got cracks in after the redevelopment of the WACA surface. They did an excellent job resurfacing it and laying down the pitch and drainage. Unfortunately too good! The pitch kept on drying up too quickly as it basically doesn't rain in Perth. This year we've basically gone 3 months without a rain shower. Probably in 5 months its rained about 3 times. Also, in winter it was used for AFL football. To stop it being wet and muddy during winter footy season, they used a large tent to keep it dry. Apparently that cause a fungus or some disease in the grass, which caused a problem in Perth for a couple of years. There you go.
New ground is awesome
Long live the waca ground
Waiting for tommorow test #indvsaus
it's in new Optus Stadium
I would still love to see test match here.
this stadium replaced by another beautiful optus stadium
Haha Adelaide oval looks nice .
Cricket sucks...
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