I was struck by how calm the guys were before such a major event - cool as cucumbers!
used in the UK. Everyone’s so environment conscious, not wanting to spray if it’s not absolutely necessary. If they’ve got Fusarium, they’ll try and feed it out rather than spray. We use a lot of wetting agents and fertilisers back home, but you can’t wash fertiliser in if you don’t have an irrigation system. Lack of irrigation limits all sorts of things.” “The whole trip was amazing. Visiting the Oval and Lord’s just two days prior to international cricket was an honour and a privilege. Gordon Moir at St. Andrews also took time out on the Friday during The Open to show us his machinery and irrigation system. Visiting World-class venues was great, but the hospitality shown to us by everyone involved in our
itinerary was amazing and we're extremely grateful to them for making our trip such a success.” Since returning home the
group has presented their findings to relevant institutions and are using the knowledge gained to trial such things as fibresand in goalsquares and the possibility of importing the hovercover. They’re also spreading the word about how we can share knowledge from across the globe. Rob’s looking forward to welcoming the party of British grounds managers that’ll be visiting Australia in 2007, adding: “The hospitality will be reciprocated of course…but you can bring the Ashes!”
Above: Freddie and KP in training with members of the World XI at the grounds of Wesley College, Melbourne prior to the first One Day game.
Below: Muttiah Muralitharan, Daniel Vettori, Brian Lara, Shoaib Akhtar, ‘Freddie’ Flintoff and Makhaya Ntini listen to Kevin Pietersen ... probably talking about ‘that’ innings at the Oval!
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