Preparations for Wednesday’s match continue apace and the pitch was fully protected yesterday by a cover system.
Later today it is expected that the heating/fan system will commence pumping warm air under the anchored covers which then will float over the top of the grass - over 2000kg of propane gas will be used and this will substantially raise the ground temperature of the pitch notwithstanding the air temperature to keep the pitch in playable condition for kick off on Wednesday.