How do we remove the portable cricket wickets, and where do they go?

An exclusive, behind the scenes video showing how the portable cricket pitches are removed from the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). Includes an interview with arenas operations manager Cameron Hodgkins and some never before seen footage of the MCG!

[@shashankrao23]

Australia is truly secular in sports they treat all sports with same grace .... A wonderful way of life

[@nvndkmr399]

Here after badrinath saying about pitch removal in India Pakistan match commentry in this stadium...

[@sourabhgour8466]

Super

[@sriley064]

Ruined test matches,should exclude the mcg from test status

[@goosebumps-gg3gs]

Illegal activity spotted

[@TheFykle]

bit of overkill for a damn cricket pitch aint it :/

[@deebadubbie]

Australians love their sport, and take it very seriously; their science and technology advancements are among the best in the world; they are very creative and enthusiastic people! Combine all of this, and you find that Australia brings in the most innovations in cricket! Wish we in India could be leaders, instead of followers.

[@irfanusman3963]

Aussies bring great technological advancements in cricket 🏏 making the sport one of the advanced sports in the world.

[@ankitshrestha4229]

Bruce Wayne was asking for his bike.

[@AliKhan.1247]

Good one m8

[@SHAURYA181]

For all commenters here- pitch is removed so that AFL and rugby matches can be played here at MCG because MCG Is government owned stadium.

[@willsocietyacceptmecauseio1276]

Government should give this stadium to Australia cricket board

[@nehankaranch2149]

@@willsocietyacceptmecauseio1276 but afl is more popular in here, afl has more people that watch so they need to change it

[@willsocietyacceptmecauseio1276]

@@nehankaranch2149 I know that but if you know history than you will see that only cricket deserves it

[@nehankaranch2149]

@@willsocietyacceptmecauseio1276 ??? afl has always been played on the mcg way more than cricket, sure it was started as a cricket stadium, but afl quickly became more popular and now gathers way more crowds. Cricket is a dying sport in australia while afl is a thriving one. 99% of cricket fans here are immigrants from india, in schools cricket isnt played. Cricket is dying and we need to accept that its just not feasible to give it to the cricket board

[@willsocietyacceptmecauseio1276]

@@nehankaranch2149 lol who tf said you cricket is dying there? R u drunk?

[@compilerrun5516]

Money is not everything, bcci should learn from cricket Australia.

[@jamiesmith6706]

Walking around inside MCG at night would be so sick!

[@wahidbhuiyan7966]

Yes.....pogam fight....

[@muditf2004912]

we in India, despite being the richest cricket board, still sweeps the pitches with jhaadu in international cricket matches ..

[@nileshp1347]

Lack of vision and imagination.

[@Ghkk933]

muditf2004912 india is rich cricket board because icc give them much money than other countries

[@prateeknath1557]

we might have a rich cricket board but we still are poor in imagination n commitment.!!

[@benday3043]

It's your only big sport isn't it And with the population you have that helps alot

[@MohitKumar-nj8ms]

@@Ghkk933 lol....are u a fool....India generates revenue for ICC not the other way around

[@andrewrussell7379]

My wife didn't believe me but now she does.

[@NurullahNow]

Andrew Russell :p good

[@rohitguria5770]

Andrew Russell tell her that you the only guy in this universe who loves her blindly 😉

[@allthingsoffunatf3408]

Andrew Russell ,😊😊🏏🏏

[@bilawalbatti4691]

AUS TEAM FROM 1999-2015 DOMINATED EVERYWHERE INCLUDING INDIA..IRRESPECTIVE OF TOSS CONDITIONS...GROUND COUNTRY CROWDS...NOTHIN MATTERED TO THEM......THATS WHY THEY ARE, WERE AND WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS THE MOST RUTHLESS AND DESTRUCTIVE FORCE IN HISTORY OF CRICKET

[@sanketwalunj6580]

And from this is where Christopher Nolan got the idea of batmans bike

[@malikharish6640]

India, a beautiful country with disgrace politicians...

[@zainarshad3906]

limo bat mobile lol

[@timothyconnolly6910]

Yeah... nobody liked how it played for the Boxing Day test. Maybe just stick to AFL and Sydney can have two tests

[@SamDoesGamez]

Adelaide*

[@07sanjeewakaru]

MCG is the stadium...

[@user-rs1990]

Batman Tumbler Tires!

[@kirkitkakeeda]

While in India we still pull the plastic sheet during rain

[@awgkiwi]

Ha, and New Zealand. Mostly.

[@prashantdalai7247]

Well they might do the same in case of rain, this procees is too timetaking to use in rain

[@deus_ex_machina_]

They mention in the video that this process takes two nights. And even if you could drop it in instantly, the rest of the ground would still be waterlogged. Check out SubAir systems for a solution to waterlogging.

[@yashbhosle98]

The ongoing match between ind vs aus at perth stadium also has the same situation with its pitch... Stuffs like these are done to get extra pace and bounce on the pitch

[@parthmhatre3537]

No australia mey Cricket kye grounds paar Football, Aur Rugby vegera bhi khella jata hey issiliye Dropping pitches used ho jati hey

[@bumblequiz]

What the purpose of drop in wicket? Is it done to cater other sports?

[@stavio12]

Yes, AFL is played in winter which is a popular sport in Australia and cricket in summer. Out of which 1x boxing day test, 1x one day match and 1x 20/20 is played. Some big bash games and that's it. So not much cricket even though it's called MCG. Whereas for AFL at least 1 to 2 games per week are played from march through to september.

[@jqreqrqeg7551]

afl is much more popular in australia then cricket and brings the mcg much higher profit

[@SmashMinton]

Is that batmobile

[@nirojayadeva9494]

Man thats full pitch tampering!

[@jqreqrqeg7551]

ur stupid its for afl which brings in much more money then cricket and is much more popular in australia

[@lilithia]

brilliant!!!

[@wahidbhuiyan7966]

Thats why Melbourne wickets are getting slower and slower.....

[@wayneball4510]

Will the pitch be put back to its original direction on the MCG? It's about 20 degrees off from the original alignment

[@parthmhatre3537]

Ooo Dropping pitches

[@vigneshpandiyan8567]

Who came here after Badri Abi commentary

[@sathivlog7097]

Whether MCG is a drop in wicket?

[@sunilnegi5966]

So beautiful cricket ground mg

[@busybusiness9121]

More human face than pitch itself.

[@peterparker6154]

We want technology like this in India

[@ThebestWWE654]

So that’s how Australia win their matches.

[@jimmywrangles]

That and being better than everybody else.

[@pahulgill6114]

@@jimmywrangles LMAO

[@syedusama7039]

😂😂

[@gamerboi6982]

Nah we tamper with the ball

[@TheDazza1969]

Yes have to agree.Cameron is a very good operator and knows what he is doing just have a look at the G' and it tells you he leads a very good team.

[@kanthector]

The wheels are like Bat bike

[@danielbroadbridge886]

They're still got a bit of learning to do, if this year's Ashes test is anything to go by...

[@chali139]

Ia leay he austrila sports ma agy ha ..passy lgty ha wo

[@aongho]

Gaelic football FTW!

[@GhulamMustafa-qk8dy]

Kasa stadium

[@GrumpaGladstone1809]

You've been around for some time then (:

[@sharpshooter4380]

Now I know

[@pafkiet7929]

Wow

[@shyamaldutta6328]

What the hell.....a cricket stadium has been changed to a stadium to accommodate Rugby and they are installing a portable pitch for cricket...for which it is actually made for. That's why our own national team is struggling.

[@mahendrakumarsharma450]

Sam Dutta

[@mahendrakumarsharma450]

Sam Dutta motmotmot

[@mahendrakumarsharma450]

Morar motupatluⓂ

[@jqreqrqeg7551]

its been hosting afl matches since 1859 afl had an average attendace of 50k last year at the mcg p

[@ankitsati5155]

I am sure virat is watching this

[@mohittandel6256]

Then he will say "I think we need to apply this technique so that we can play football matches at Wankhede stadium".

[@jqreqrqeg7551]

@@mohittandel6256 afl matches

[@shehryarkhan7266]

Great idea for match fixing !!!

[@rockerscorner704]

Ghwasht Khar true

[@shehryarkhan7266]

Rockers corner When you lost the toss on a highway flat batting pitch just switch it out with a green moist pacer pitch in middle of the match.. or at night for tests.

[@sivar1981]

Khawaja Yasir

[@JohnCena-ns3cg]

POIKISTANIs always think for MONEY and fixing 😂😂😂😂

[@jop.6330]

@@shehryarkhan7266 Do you even know test cricket rules? You not even allowed to water during play, let alone switch out pitch. And even if could this process takes days and even longer to prepare. You can not do this overnight

[@shahababdullah5097]

size of pitch in meters

[@aleenyt8544]

20.18 meters

[@ahsanhabib8917]

give up rugby and afl in the the mcg..Cricket is the best game ever..don't use mcg for rugby and afl

[@oshea900]

Why would you take away the sport that the MCG was originally known for?

[@truth-seeker2]

Cricket is good but Afl is most popular sport in Australia and this stadium is highlight of sport, with crowds of 50,000 -100,000 almost every game across 22 weeks, What does cricket do? 1 Test match and couple limited games at most each year, Drop In pitches good enough.

[@oshea900]

@@truth-seeker2 they can co-exist like they had for the previous 100 years. And no i dont believe it is. Drop ins are rubbish with no character. Guaranteed this next test will be flat as with 1500 runs scored on it.

[@ahsanhabib8917]

asian loves classical games and that is cricket the best game in the world..in India 52 international cricket stadiums which are 90,65,55,60,50 thousands capacity almost every stadium..and the 5 upcoming Cricket stadiums will more bigger and more facilitated.. motera stadium that will be 110000 capacity then mcg will lose it's appeal cause Motera stadium will use only for the only and one classy game CRICKET.. it will not use for LOL game like football and other sports..

[@oshea900]

@@ahsanhabib8917 the MCG will never lose its appeal. Its holds tradition here in Australia in both Cricket and AFL, which have been played there for over 150 years. People come from all over the world just to watch a game there. No new 110 or 120000 seat stadium elsewhere in the world will change that.