Chicken Peter Siddle saw the drop-in pitch on Boxing Day in ' G ', he knew what to expect. Wasn't their pasts walks in his past Bowling Stadium or the years in all types of pitches which helped their understanding, he read the pitch better than most because he has worked as curator pitch in the area of Melbourne.
Siddle read the pitch better than most because he has worked as curator pitch in the area of Melbourne. © AFP
HT had previously reported the curious case of Nathan Lyon, who spent an apprentice curator at Manuka Oval in Canberra and later as curator at the Adelaide Oval, to an off-spinner bowling to the national team. While the rise of Siddle was not so dramatic, he also once prepared pitches that he later would wreak havoc in.
During his early cricket club in Dandenong Cricket Club, the reigning Victorian Premier League, a Siddle of 16 years was also a curator of pitch from apprentice at the home of Dandenong, Shepley Oval. Talking HT, former Dandenong, Brendan McArdle, shared days curated by shot a young Siddle. "In his first year at the Club, he was one of the boys who apprenticed as a curator of pitch on our land. He did so about a year, but soon he was concentrating full-time cricket ".
McArdle added belief of Siddle make him as a cricketer top-notch saw him concentrate on cricket. "When he was 17, had already played for the Victoria State team in different age, when he made the Victoria U-19 you could see that his focus was on how to become a professional game to its State cricketer … and then your country," said McArdle, who played first-class cricket for Victoria and is currently a talent scout with Cricket Victoria.
Admirable champion India's defence, Eknath Solkar, was also a curator pitch the Hindu Gymkhana in Bombay, where his father was a gardener.
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