What the heck is going on here?

Gives new meaning to a Mexican wave at the cricket. Source: NewsComAu

LET it never again be said that the curation of a cricket ground is dull work.

Marcus Pamplin, the curator at Hobart's Blundstone Arena, clearly thought he'd have a bit of fun ahead of tonight's T20 match against England.

Spurning tradition, Mr Pamplin and his ground staff mowed an interesting, wavy pattern into the grass at the stadium, prompting some viewers to speculate about the man's blood alcohol levels.

Other viewers with keener eyes swore the pattern was actually a map of Tasmania, with the wavy bits representing water.

This mystery desperately needed to be solved, so we spoke to Marcus Pamplin, who confirmed that the pattern is indeed a map of Tassie. It was actually planned well in advance.

"We kind of built up to it, so we've had a couple of Big Bash games here and we did the wavy lines one way, and the next game we went the other way so it kind of criss-crossed, then we did the map of Tassie during those last six days," Mr Pamplin said.

"It's all fun and the guys do a great job with it."

That sounds like a rather complex operation. We just think it's fantastic to see a curator displaying some creativity.

The men's international T20 between Australia and England starts at 7:35pm local time. Come back later for coverage of the game! If it's a boring one, we might even talk more about the grass.