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Marvel-lous season For the second time in the history of the Big Bash League, Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium hosted the grand final this past January. As arena manager Troy Jordan writes it was the culmination of one of the most challenging yet
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rewarding cricket seasons they have experienced at the multi-purpose venue.
arvel Stadium in Melbourne experienced an unusually early start to the most recent cricket season. While the COVID pandemic has wreaked havoc for sporting codes and venues around the globe, a less congested calendar 24
of events at the stadium allowed us the rare opportunity to focus on cricket from October. I have been in my current role as arena manager for seven years and in that time my focus during the cricket season has been on the quality and presentation of the outfield, working in conjunction with the
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cricket curator. However, the resignation of our previous curator in the middle of 2021 saw an increase in the scope of my role to include the preparation of Marvel’s pitch. My love for the game of cricket was what saw me enter the turf industry in 2003 and I jumped at the chance to play a more direct role this year.
