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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Kerala Cricket Association on Thursday set the ball rolling at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here for the conduct of the first-ever day/night one-day international (ODI) cricket match in Kerala, scheduled between India and England on January 15 next year.GCDA chairman N Venugopal inaugurated the organising committee in the presence of Ernakulam Range IG K Padmakumar and cricketer S Sreesanth.Speaking on the occasion, KCA secretary T C Mathew said that the work to prepare the wickets and the outfield at the venue is progressing in right earnest. “The ground will be ready in a couple of months for warm-up matches. This time, we are preparing three different pitches. One will be clay-based, the second will have a mix of clay and red soil and the other will be prepared as per the material of choice of the BCCI curator,” he said.The organising committee will include people’s representatives, officials and sportsmen, with the Chief Minister as the chief patron, he added. While it will be the first time an international match is held under lights in the state, the contest will be the 8th ODI in Kochi. The last ODI allotted to the JN Stadium, between India and Australia, was washed out without a ball being bowled on October 17, 2010.first published:August 24, 2012, 11:45 ISTlast updated:August 24, 2012, 11:45 IST
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The Kerala Cricket Association on Thursday set the ball rolling at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here for the conduct of the first-ever day/night one-day international (ODI) cricket match in Kerala, scheduled between India and England on January 15 next year.

GCDA chairman N Venugopal inaugurated the organising committee in the presence of Ernakulam Range IG K Padmakumar and cricketer S Sreesanth.

Speaking on the occasion, KCA secretary T C Mathew said that the work to prepare the wickets and the outfield at the venue is progressing in right earnest. “The ground will be ready in a couple of months for warm-up matches. This time, we are preparing three different pitches. One will be clay-based, the second will have a mix of clay and red soil and the other will be prepared as per the material of choice of the BCCI curator,” he said.

The organising committee will include people’s representatives, officials and sportsmen, with the Chief Minister as the chief patron, he added. While it will be the first time an international match is held under lights in the state, the contest will be the 8th ODI in Kochi. The last ODI allotted to the JN Stadium, between India and Australia, was washed out without a ball being bowled on October 17, 2010.