(07-20-2017, 11:45 PM)mugatiya Wrote:(07-20-2017, 11:38 PM)pj57 Wrote: Asgiriya ground is owned by Trinity College, isn't it? SLC didn't have any control over it.......reason to build Pallekele??
Tbh I never understood why trinity owning Asgiriya was such a big deal. We would play at most 2 tests there a year. AT MOST. Surely the two parties could have arrived at some deal. So much red tape bullshit.
IIRC, Trinity was reluctant to release the ground in advance for test matches. I think the curators need two months to prepare a pitch for a test match.
Test Pitch
Takes eight weeks of preparation, with the last week being much more intensive.