We have already witnessed three completely different Test Cricket matches between the visiting Indian team and our perhaps aging Aussie team.
If you ended up here wanting to delve deeper into this fascinating game then I am sorry.
This very brief article is to say that the venues used for these contests - or at least the stadium roof structures - are the focus for much of the work that our members are involved in.
The one sided 2024 Mens Test in Perth was held in the relatively new Optus Stadium (see article in our Projects --> Stadiums page)
Adelaide also has a revamped stadium as described in this article The 2024 mens test match was one-sided the other way.
Onto a rain soaked drawn match at the Gabba cricket ground. This stadium roof was partially converted to a tension membrane roof in the mid 1990s with this style of roof extended in later years. Both teams showed some areas of concern with injuries making the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne an event to be watched keenly.
The Melbourne test was a cracker and the record crowds saw some great cricket, Australia just coming out on top. This meant that the last test in Sydney needed to be won or drawn by Australia to regain the elusive Border-Gavaskar Trophy. That Jasprit Bumrah with magnificent bowling figures rightly deserved the Player of the Series even though our own Steve Smith might be the new "figure" for detergents - removing 99.99% of whatever.
Well done to all the players - it was certainly right up there in terms of Test Series. Congrats also to the McGrath Foundation for raising a record amount for more Cancer Carers.
Some other stadiums around the country are included below - the Metricon stadium and the AAMI stadium in Melbourne are samples.
We have a web page devoted to stadiums that our members have been involved with from design input, fabrication of the tensile membranes and their installation. Some of these projects on the Projects page are overseas work.
If you are involved in this type of architecture, design, engineering or construction your should consider joining the LSAA
