Proteas in New York, Florida: ‘Drop in’ pitches for SA’s World Cup games | Sport

In an aerial view, construction continues on the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, New York. The site will be the host to the ICC World Cup 2024 in June of this year. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Ten cricket pitches have completed their journey up the East Coast of the United States from Florida to New York state and are being installed in a new stadium built for next month’s T20 World Cup.

The “drop in pitches” have been prepared in Florida since December and were recently transported by 20 trailer trucks up the I-95 highway to the venue in Long Island.

The surfaces, which will soon be used for games including the highly-anticipated clash between cricket giants India and Pakistan, were developed by Australian Damian Hough, curator of the Adelaide Oval.