Black Caps player Lockie Ferguson during the Twenty20 cricket match against Sri Lanka match at Eden Park on 11 January 2019. Photo / Photosport
Black Caps player Lockie Ferguson during the Twenty20 cricket match against Sri Lanka match at Eden Park on 11 January 2019. Photo / Photosport
Cricket players who enjoy a friendly game of backyard cricket can up their game with a bat on an international cricket pitch this Saturday.
A group of mates could walk onto the pitch feeling like superstars and use the same wicket less than a day after the Black Caps andIndian cricket team play at Eden Park.
Eden Park Trust is auctioning off the rare chance to play a four-hour cricket match this Saturday on the hallowed surfaced for a T20 cricket match.
The auction launched today with a reserve price of $5,000 and ends at 8pm on Thursday February 7.
The winner will buy themselves access to the turf, use of the official changing rooms and the chance to have their names in lights with the uses of super screens and LEDs.
The Eden Park Trust chief executive officer Nick Sautner said it was an extermely rare experience.
"We field countless requests to access the hallowed turf and this is the first time an international cricket wicket is being made available to Kiwis by an award-winning turf team."
The purpose of the auction was to make greater utilisation of the stadium to benefit the community.
To bid visit www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1938589253&ed=true