How many pitches should each playing field have?

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Guidance Note 02 (Playing Pitches) recommends:

Level	Pitch type and number	Comment
Cricket Blast game	Synthetic or mown area of outfield: 1	A single oval may have multiple games at once
Junior Stage 1	Synthetic: 1	One pitch per playing field
Junior Stage 2	Synthetic: 1	One pitch per playing field
Junior Stage 3	Synthetic or turf: 1	One pitch per playing field
Open age, club home or club satellite	Synthetic: 1	Meets weekly Country, Metropolitan and/or Junior Association fixtures; turf management and the cost of preparation are likely to limit the number of pitches
Premier	Turf: 6 to 10 or 4 to 6	Depends on whether the venue also hosts State, Regional, Country, Metropolitan or Junior Association representative matches

For the number of turf pitches at a site, Cricket Australia recommends seeking advice from your State or Territory Cricket Association. Practice pitches are covered separately in Guidance Note 03.

Dual turf and synthetic. A dual arrangement lets a ground used for afternoon turf competition also host junior matches in the morning and on weekday evenings. It works best where pitch management is strong and communication between the curator, clubs and other users is healthy, and where pitch preparation or wet weather (covers staying on) does not heavily limit use of the synthetic pitch.