Canterbury Cricket's ambitious plans for Hagley Oval do not amount to a threatening takeover of the ground. The general public can now judge for themselves how "invasive" cricket's plans are with ...

The facility will feature 3.6-metre cricket lanes with 20-metre run-ups, a 300 square metre mezzanine floor ... Hagley Oval was the obvious choice to become the home of cricket for New Zealand ...

This means the proposed redevelopment of the Hagley Oval cricket ground is now included in the Hagley Park Management Plan.

Although, what might stop New Zealand from not going ahead with this plan is that in the only Test they had lost at the Hagley Oval - against Australia in 2016 - the hosts had gone in with an all ...