Talk:University of Otago Oval

Test match photo
Hello XLerate. Thank you for the photograph of the current New Zealand – Pakistan test. I suggest it would be better if it were placed with some new text about that match in a separate section. Its present placement makes it look as if it belongs with the 2008 New Zealand – Bangladesh match. Old Father Time (talk) 13:56, 27 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Please go ahead and move it if you like, but I don't feel several paragraphs on each test is warranted - compare for example Lord's Cricket Ground. Also the current test match content could possibly go under "Facilities / Field" (development), it currently has only a small mention of the actual games. I think the infobox photo ought to show the grandstand / primary building, I have another wider angle shot although its between balls. XLerate (talk) 23:41, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree - feel free to swap the two photos (I provided the earlier one, FWIW). I feel the O vs ND picture is still a good one, as it shows the view across the Caledonian End of the ground well, but the grandstand one is propbably better for the infobox. Perhaps it is worth mentioning the current test in the context of improvements to the ground staff's ability to get the ground back to playing condition after rain delays compared to earlier t

ests? Grutness...wha?  00:47, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks Grutness, it was because it was your photo I didn't swap it right away. There's still a couple of hours if you want to call "first dibs" on a grandstand photo with Pakistan. I'd also like to keep the O vs ND photo, showing the media centre, scoreboard, and ground from another angle. I agree with including the latest test experience with respect to the improvements, play resumed after some rain on day 2? XLerate (talk) 02:14, 28 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I've added a sshort section on the Test - it should make it easier to assess which photo goes where. Grutness...wha?  01:25, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Boundaries?
The small size of the ground is often mentioned - the BBC radio commentator just described it as "a postage stamp". Does anyone actually have the dimensions of the playing surface and the distance to the boundaries?  Tigerboy1966  07:45, 7 March 2018 (UTC)