ENGLAND: A REVOLUTIONARY SEE-THROUGH SIGHTSCREEN HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT LORD'S CRICKET GROUND

Record ID: 510115

  • Title: ENGLAND: A REVOLUTIONARY SEE-THROUGH SIGHTSCREEN HAS BEEN INSTALLED AT LORD'S CRICKET GROUND
  • Date: 7th May 2004
  • Summary: LORD'S CRICKET GROUND, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 7, 2004) (ACCESS ALL) 1. "OLD FATHER TIME" WEATHER VANE AT CRICKET GROUND 2. WIDE OF LORDS DURING MATCH BETWEEN MIDDLESEX AND LANCASHIRE WITH PAVILION IN BACKGROUND 3. TRADITIONAL SIGHTSCREEN 4. SHOT BEHIND TRADITIONAL SIGHTSCREEN WITH REDUNDANT SEATS 5. CLOSE UP EMPTY SEAT BEHIND SIGHTSCREEN 6. NEW SIGHTSCREEN AT PAVILION END 7. SPECTATORS BEHIND NEW SIGHTSCEEN WATCHING GAME 8. PULL OUT FROM BEHIND POLYCARBONATE SIGHTSCREEN TO SHOW IT IS SEE-THROUGH 9. BOWLER RUNNING IN FROM PAVILION END SHOWING THAT SIGHTSCREEN IS WHITE WHEN VIEWED FROM THE PITCH 10. VIEW FROM THE LONG ROOM 11. (Soundbite) (English) MCC MEMBER HUGO DOWLEN - "You get the best of both worlds now because as far as the players are concerned they've still got their lovely white sightsceen. But now the spectators can see from any point of the pavilion or the long room and everybody wins - hopefully Middlesex included." 12. LANCASHIRE BATSMAN IS BOWLED 13. PULL OUT TO SHOW VIEW OF ACTION FROM BEHIND NEW SIGHTSCREEN Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA568J5IY8NBVF4JCKMSI40VQWG
  • Story Text: A see-through sightscreen has been installed at
    Lord's cricket ground.




    A revolutionary see-through sightscreen has been
    installed in front of the Pavilion at Lord's cricket ground.

    The new sightscreen has replaced the Pavilion's
    previous wooden structure - which often prevented many
    cricket-watchers, in areas such as the Long Room, from
    following the play.

    The use of clear polycarbonate gives the sightscreen
    its transparency, for the benefit of such spectators;
    meanwhile, the application of a 'contravision' coating, on
    its pitch-facing side, ensures that the sightscreen appears
    suitably white to batsmen facing deliveries from the
    Pavilion end.

    MCC's (Marylebone Cricket Club) Secretary & Chief
    Executive, Roger Knight, said: "The old sightscreen caused
    real problems for people trying to watch the cricket from
    the Pavilion's ground floor. After looking into a large
    number of options, I believe that we have found the right
    answer. The new see-through sightscreen, with its
    contravision coating, meets the interests of players and
    spectators alike. Its installation reflects our commitment
    to a policy of continuous improvement - to ensure that
    Lord's remains not only world-famous but world-class."
    The sightscreen is MCC's latest innovation at Lord's -
    following the purchase of the Amlin-sponsored hover-cover,
    the installation of a fast-draining sand-based outfield and
    the development of the country's first portable pitches.


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