How hard can it be?

[Ram]

I’ve always wondered, why don’t cricket grounds get a big ar$e tarpaulin or polythene sheet the size of the Vatican city that can cover the entire ground while its raining? Why do they have to cover only the square and leave the outfields exposed? That’s like getting an umbrella that shields only your private parts as it pours down. Because of this, even a 10 minute sharp shower can literally ruin a match. Had the entire outfield been covered, the teams can resume play a femto second after the rain stops. :hitler:

[SachDan]

At Galle during the test match between SL and Pak, entire ground was covered with tarpaulins and plenty of tyres on top of it. Looked bit old fashioned but very effective!

[CricketGirl]

I’ve always wondered' date=' why don’t cricket grounds get a big ar tarpaulin or polythene sheet the size of the Vatican city that can cover the entire ground while its raining? Why do they have to cover only the square and leave the outfields exposed? [b']That’s like getting an umbrella that shields only your private parts as it pours down. Because of this, even a 10 minute sharp shower can literally ruin a match. Had the entire outfield been covered, the teams can resume play a femto second after the rain stops. :hitler:

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: i now have a really weird image of u holding a brolly over ur private parts!

[Sooda]

...will this suffice sri...?

[CricketGirl]

...will this suffice sri...?

aaww thats cut i want one!

[Mr. Wicket]

I’ve always wondered' date=' why don’t cricket grounds get a big ar tarpaulin or polythene sheet the size of the Vatican city that can cover the entire ground while its raining? Why do they have to cover only the square and leave the outfields exposed? That’s like getting an umbrella that shields only your private parts as it pours down.[/quote'] And the Award for Channelling the Spirit of Navjot Sidhu goes to...

[Ram]

Honestly, why cant this be done?

[Gambit]

I’ve always wondered, why don’t cricket grounds get a big ar tarpaulin or polythene sheet the size of the Vatican city that can cover the entire ground while its raining? Why do they have to cover only the square and leave the outfields exposed? That’s like getting an umbrella that shields only your private parts as it pours down. Because of this, even a 10 minute sharp shower can literally ruin a match. Had the entire outfield been covered, the teams can resume play a femto second after the rain stops. :hitler:

This will ruin the charm of the game. :punter:

[Ram]

This will ruin the charm of the game. :punter:

No smart-Alex replies.. :hitler:

[Mr. Wicket]

This will ruin the charm of the game. :punter:

It keeps some randomness in the game as well. :punter:

[CricketGirl]

No smart-Alex replies.. :hitler:

we did reply! we just didnt have a logical answer for you!

[Ram]

It keeps some randomness in the game as well. :punter:

How can there be randomness in a game, if there is NO game? :punter:

[Mr. Wicket]

Smart Alex didn't reply here yet. BTW, Its about making it uncertain, interesting to watch.

[Ram]

Smart Alex didn't reply here yet. BTW, Its about making it uncertain, interesting to watch.

Duh, watching rain is not interesting. :winky:

[Anakin]

This is really retarded, there is no point of covering only the pitch and adjacent area :punter:

[Params7]

Let the ICC lose enough money due to India/Pakistan being screwed by rains and they'll start to do something about it. We could have had a blockbuster today with India winning but no..some people here just had to do their rain dance :wall:

[riya]

I think they had some arrangement in drying out the rest of ground.

[nballa]

it wont work, all that water has to go somewhere.

[jf1gp_1]

I’ve always wondered' date=' why don’t cricket grounds get a big ar [b']tarpaulin or polythene sheet the size of the Vatican city that can cover the entire ground while its raining? Why do they have to cover only the square and leave the outfields exposed? That’s like getting an umbrella that shields only your private parts as it pours down. Because of this, even a 10 minute sharp shower can literally ruin a match. Had the entire outfield been covered, the teams can resume play a femto second after the rain stops. :hitler:

great idea but few problems , you need some sort of support system to hold such a big cover, it also has to be elevated with the highest point over the pitch so that water can flow down and not have a big cover with a pond over the pitch. few inchs of rain irrespective of ground size will need changes to drainage system, i am sure there would be other bigger problems which some architect on this board could explain better

[Nova]

Entire football field covered with tarp --->