New York’s temporary Nassau County Stadium begins to be dismantled: Dismantling will take place in 6 weeks; only the outfield and the controversial pitch will remain
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This stadium had a capacity of 34 thousand spectators, the stands here were brought from the Formula-1 competition.
The American stage of the T20 World Cup is about to end. 14 out of the 16 matches to be held in America had been played till Friday. Now only two matches are left in Florida. After this, matches from Super-8 to the final will be played in the West Indies.
The work of dismantling the temporary stadium built in Nassau County, New York has also begun. The stadium, which was built in 106 days, will be dismantled in about 6 weeks. After that, only an empty ground will be seen here. However, the outfield and pitch used during the World Cup will remain intact.
This slow outfield and the abnormal bounce of the drop-in pitches were criticized a lot during the 8 matches played here. The slowness of the ground was such that the Nassau Stadium is now recorded as the slowest ground in the T20 World Cup. The average run rate in the T20 World Cup matches here was just 5.74 runs per over, which is the lowest among the 38 venues in the history of the competition. This is the ground where runs were scored at less than 6 runs per over in the World Cup.
Pitches made abroad for the first time
Drop-in pitch was used in Nassau County Stadium in New York. Drop-in pitch is made outside the ground and then installed in the stadium. The pitch of Nassau Stadium was made in Australia. In January this year, 10 pitches were brought to Florida in America by sea, where after preparing them for 5 months, they were fitted in Nassau Stadium in May itself.
A drop-in pitch was used for the T20 World Cup. It was transported from Australia to the US.
Some records related to the stadium
- India had achieved the target of 97 runs at the rate of 7.96 runs per over against Ireland here. It was the only innings out of 16 played here where the run rate per over was 7+.
- Nassau County Stadium has become the only venue in any T20 tournament where no team has been able to cross the 140-run mark even after 8+ matches.
- The African team was successful in defending 113 runs against Bangladesh here. This is the lowest score defended in a full World Cup match. Before that, India defended a score of 119 runs against Pakistan on the same ground. That score defended successfully was the joint second lowest score.
- Ireland had an opening partnership of 26 runs against Canada. This is the highest first wicket partnership on this ground. The average of opening partnership is 12.18, which is the lowest on any venue in T20. This is only the second ground where there is no half-century opening partnership.
- 137/7 is the highest score on this ground. That score was made by Canada against Ireland. In the same match, Ireland made 125/7 in the chase and these are the only two occasions on which teams have managed to score 120+ runs on this ground.
- 05 fifties were scored here. Out of these, 2 were the slowest half-centuries in T20 World Cup history. Rizwan scored a fifty in 52 balls against Canada and Miller in 50 balls against Netherlands. Surya’s fifty in 49 balls against USA is the joint third slowest fifty in the World Cup.
- Fast bowlers took 82 wickets in a total of 236.1 overs on this ground and thus this ground proved to be a paradise for pacers. On an average, they got a wicket every 15.71 runs and 17.2 balls. The average of spinners here was 25.46. They got a wicket every 24.5 balls.
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