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Players walk back to the pavilion at Lord’s(AFP) <\/p>\nCricket fans now have the chance to take home a piece of the most iconic playing field in the sport. The hallowed turf at Lord\u2019s is being relaid for the first time in over two decades, and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is offering slabs of the historic outfield for sale at \u00a350 each.<\/p>\n
Players walk back to the pavilion at Lord’s(AFP) <\/p>\n
Each piece of turf measures 1.2m by 0.6m and gives buyers a rare opportunity to own part of the ground that has witnessed generations of cricketing greatness. The initiative aims to raise funds for the MCC Foundation and support future infrastructure development at the ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo raise funds for the MCC Foundation, and to aid future development of the cricket field, we are offering all Members the chance to own a piece of Lord\u2019s turf, a part of the stage on which so many magical moments have taken place,\u201d the MCC said in a release.<\/p>\n
While the offer is formally extended to the club\u2019s 25,000 members, the general public will also be able to purchase a piece of the famous outfield. Ten percent of the proceeds will be directed toward the MCC Foundation, with the remainder invested in improving the ground\u2019s facilities.<\/p>\n
The relaying process, scheduled to begin in September, will leave the central 20-pitch square untouched. Grounds staff will remove 15mm of grass from the surface and reseed it to create a new outfield. The decision follows concerns that the turf was becoming unstable, with divots being torn up when fielders dived.<\/p>\n
Chief curator Karl McDermott told The Telegraph that the renovation had been on his mind for some time, but packed match calendars had made it difficult. \u201cMy predecessor, Mick Hunt, always had a pitch up his sleeve that he could re-lay and not have any cricket on [for three years],\u201d McDermott said. \u201cBut we don\u2019t have that luxury now, because of the rise in cricket: The Hundred, there\u2019s more women\u2019s cricket, which is fantastic, but nothing has given way.\u201d<\/p>\n
The last time Lord\u2019s relaid its outfield was in 2002, when the turf was upgraded to improve drainage. At the time, slabs of grass were sold at \u00a310 each and raised \u00a335,000. One enthusiastic buyer reportedly paid \u00a31,260 to lay an entire lawn with the sacred sod.<\/p>\n
There was pressure to renew the outfield again in 2012 following the London Olympics, when Lord\u2019s was repurposed to host archery events. Some members reportedly complained that the field resembled a \u201cpatchwork quilt,\u201d but MCC maintained the surface was fit for use. The International Cricket Council also cleared it after inspection by match referee Jeff Crowe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cricket fans now have the chance to take home a piece of the most iconic playing field in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,43813,43817,43818,43814,43815,43816,85],"class_list":["post-52290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-fans","tag-iconic-playing-field","tag-lord","tag-lords-turf","tag-marylebone-cricket-club","tag-mcc-foundation","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}