Rajiv’s report from Leeds. When the day night match was played for the first time in Sydney in November 1979, it was a matter of surprise for everyone. Since 1985, Flood Light from ODI cricket took regular instead of natural lights on the ground. And then Test cricket started to be played till late night from Pink ball. Over time, the size and types of flood lights began to be replaced. In this episode, the nature of flood lights was changed on the field of Leeds, whose size is a matter of surprise for everyone.
Each head frame is made in shape, which is famous throughout the county and is the first in the world for the floodlights of any game.
White rose size
Four trenches were now dug around the headingley’s concourse, each size was about 15 feet by 10 feet, filled with 80 tonnes of concrete to stabilize the installations in all seasons.
Each head frame is composed of 15 different components and once assembled, the height of the structure of each floodlight will be 11 meters, which will be connected to 45 meters flags. .108, 20 kg floodlights will contribute significantly to the final weight of each mast, which is an impressive 26.5 tonnes. Various light beams will be used on each head frame, so that the lights reach only the necessary areas and do not go to the residential and commercial areas around the stadium complex.
First use of flood light
The first cricket match in milky lights was played in 1952 between ‘Arsenal Football Club’ and ‘Middlesex County Cricket Club’. Later, after the failure of the ‘Supertest’ experiment started by Kerry Packer, a strong supporter of the World Series Cricket), the idea of ​​hosting floodlight matches came to light. He contracted 50 major cricketers of the world to play in ‘World Series Cricket’, which the ICC did not approve. Although the level of cricket in WSC was undoubtedly high, but there was not much crowd in the supertest. It was considered both a critical and commercial failure. Inspired by this failure, Packer moved towards one day matches from the supertest, the result of which in 1979, the WSC match was held in the milky light between Australia and the West Indies in which 44,377 spectators participated and the idea of ​​the day/night cricket matches was successful overnight.