Meticulous Performance Standards

When looking to install a new synthetic cricket pitch facility for practice or match play, choosing an ‘ECB approved’ (England & Wales Cricket Board) artificial cricket pitch design is crucial to enable clubs and schools to tap into funding from various governing bodies for sport.

There is strict criterion that must be met in order to become an ECB preferred supplier. The turf has to have been thoroughly tested against criteria set out in the ECB’s Performance Standards for Non-Turf Cricket Pitches document, which provides benchmarks which pitch designs must meet to earn ECB approved status.