, ▁W SC ▁was ▁shut ▁out ▁of ▁traditional ▁cr icket ▁ven ues , ▁so ▁Pack er ▁le ased ▁two ▁Australian ▁rules ▁football ▁stad iums , ▁V FL ▁Park ▁in ▁Melbourne ▁and ▁Football ▁Park ▁in ▁Ad ela ide ; ▁Per th ' s ▁Gl ouc ester ▁Park ▁( a ▁tro tt ing ▁track ); ▁and ▁the ▁Sydney ▁Show ground . ▁ ▁The ▁obvious ▁problem ▁was ▁prepar ing ▁grass ▁pitch es ▁of ▁suitable ▁standard ▁at ▁these ▁ven ues , ▁where ▁none ▁had ▁existed ▁previously . ▁By ▁common ▁cons ensus , ▁it ▁was ▁considered ▁impossible ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁pitch es ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁short ▁time . ▁However , ▁Pack er ▁h ired ▁the ▁brilliant ▁cur ator ▁John ▁Male y ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁Gab ba ▁ground ▁in ▁Br is b ane , ▁and ▁he ▁pione ered ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁" drop - in " ▁pitch es . ▁These ▁pitch es ▁were ▁grown ▁in ▁h oth ouses ▁outside ▁the ▁ven ue , ▁then ▁dropped ▁into ▁the ▁playing ▁surface ▁with ▁c ran es . ▁This ▁revolution ary ▁technique ▁was ▁the ▁uns ung ▁highlight ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁season ▁of ▁W SC ▁– ▁without ▁them , ▁W SC ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁fol ly . ▁ ▁Another ▁unexpected ▁element ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁a ▁West ▁Indian ▁side . ▁The ▁concept ▁was ▁originally ▁en vis aged ▁as ▁Australia ▁versus ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁world . ▁When ▁the ▁West ▁Indians ▁were ▁offered ▁contract s ▁that ▁would ▁pay ▁them ▁more ▁than ▁they ▁could ▁ear n ▁in ▁an ▁entire ▁career ,