The Hundred.

[bednobs]

just watching the above and one on=f the commentators indicated that different (first class) grounds have different sized boundaries - is that right?

[bobbinwales]

Yes,

[JimF]

https://cricketmastery.com/cricket-ground-sizes/

Same with football grounds.

[bobbinwales]

Jut like football pitch's arent al the same. Theres pronab;y a mib and max permitted boundary size as with football

[bednobs]

football pitches arent the same?

[ToraToraTora]

yes, like rugby and football pitches.

[ToraToraTora]

football and rugby pitches have minimum and max lengths an widths but they are not the same. They cannot be square.

[bobbinwales]

//football pitches arent the same?//
Correct. Wembley for example is much bigger than first divsision grounds, some are much smaller. Sometimes home teams narrow or widen there pitch depending on the opposition or chosen tactics/style of play

[bednobs]

i just find it really odd - it seems unfair somehow. What if you have a batter who is excellent at putting 6's over the short boundary, and then all of a sudden she has to hit it further for the same result?
how can you practice football/rugby set pieces if you don't know the length/width? or is it small enough to make no difference really>

[New Judge]

No. From memory I believe they must be between 100 and 130 yards long and between 80 and 100 yards wide. I'll look it up to check.

[ToraToraTora]

football pitch can be 100-130yds long, 50-100yds wide but must be longer than it is wide.

[bobbinwales]

Its the same for both teams. The boundary wont be changed during a game. In cricket they also mover the batting strip several times a season , sometimes up to maybe 30 metres, so as to let it regrow

[bednobs]

also just noticed the oval invincible bloke replacing the bails - is that a 100 thing or can teams do that in test cricket too>

[bednobs]

you often hear area expressed in "football pitches" as in " an area the size of 12 football pitches was burnt to the ground" so i though it was a standard measurement!

[tonyav]

Here you go, bednobs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/rules_and_equipment/4200666.stm

[New Judge]

I was wrong. I had the length correct but the width can be between 50 and 100 yards. The touch line must be longer than the goal line, so a square pitch is not permissible.

For international matches the permitted dimensions are 100-120 yards by 70-80 yards.

[Buenchico]

>>> football pitches arent the same?

The Laws of the Game state that the length of a football pitch can be anywhere between 90m and 120m, with a width anywhere in between 45m and 90m. (A pitch can't actually be square though, at 90m x 90m, but it can be very close to it, at say 91m x 90m. Equally, it can be long and thin, at 120m x 45m, so the shapes of football pitches vary quite a lot).

Individual competitions though are entitled to fix the sizes of their pitches, with the Premier League opting for 105m x 68m. (The Spurs pitch is shorter though, at only 100m, as there's not enough space in the ground to accommodate a full-length pitch).

Pitches for international matches have to be between 100m and 110m in length and between 64m and 75m wide. Sheffield Wednesday's pitch used to be a maximum size international pitch but it's now been reduced in size. (I ran a line at Hillsborough back in the 1980s. I kept thinking "I must be near the centre line now", as I ran sideways along the pitch, only to find that I was nowhere near it!)

[Buenchico]

Returning to cricket grounds, a batsman playing at the MCG in Australia might have to send a ball 90m to score a boundary, whereas if he was playing at Eden Park in New Zealand he'd only need to send it about 55m.

[bobbinwales]

On the subject of football pitches they look immaculate now on TV but I played on some pitches (training and over 35s tournaments nothing professional) that looked flat from the stands but there actually like running up or down a hill and you can only see the goalkeepers head at the far end

[Buenchico]

^^^I refereed a match at Bramall Lane, Bob, expecting it to be in immaculate condition. The groundsman had put so much sand on the pitch, to soak up the rainwater, that it was like playing on the sand/mud when the tide's gone out at Southend-on-Sea ;-)

[William51]

Yes. Not all cricket grounds have the same size boundary. Also the playing pitch can be in a different place every few matches due to the pitch needing to be left for its surface to recover, this means it can be several yards nearer to one boundary than the other side.