Whilst the lamentable performance of the England Cricket Team in the fourth Test at Headingley in August was a huge disappointment, the match did at least mark the successful culmination of an eighteen month project to redevelop the outfield. In early2008, Yorkshire County Cricket Club was awarded a ￡600,000 grant from the ECB to redevelop the outfield at the Headingley Carnegie Stadium. A requirement of the funding package from the ECB was that the completed outfield was to meet certain drainage performance criteria, the main requirement being a minimum infiltration rate of 30 mm per hour. In addition, the funding included the provision of an effective irrigation system and an even playing surface providing safe, secure footing for all players as well as accommodating the needs of the TV and broadcasting companies, in particular the ducting for stump cameras/microphones.
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