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ROBERTSON Oval is about to receive two big new additions just in time for the upcoming cricket season.
With football commitments coming to a close, cricket is set to return to the fore at Wagga's redeveloped sporting centre.
Two new sightscreens will be unveiled on Friday, and like the towering lights at the ground, they'll be hard to miss.
At five metres high and stretching five metres in length, the massive structures will stand out when NSW hosts Victoria in the Sheffield Shield match in February.
When the ground was redeveloped the sightscreens slipped through the gap.
Cricket NSW development officer for the Murrumbidgee Luke Olsen thought the two additions would contribute to the great facilities at Robertson Oval.
"It's mainly to make sure we have quality facilities for the Shield game, but it's also one thing that was lost when they did the ground," he said.
"The sightscreens were thrown out and nobody really thought about replacing them so now we have the new sightscreens there."
Despite the impressive size the sightscreens won't be solely confined to Robertson Oval.
They will be able to be moved to other cricket grounds in Wagga, should the need arise.
Wagga City Council, Transport for NSW and Cricket NSW sourced the sightscreens, which will be unveiled at a ceremony at the ground.
As the weather starts to warm up, young players will be reminded that it is time to don their whites, grab their bat and register for the upcoming cricket season.
NSW Blues cricketer Gurinder Sandhu and the legendary Trevor Chappell have been touring the Riverina this week looking to inpsire the next generation of cricket stars.
Sandhu, an Australia under 19s representative and the surprise winner of the Steve Waugh Medal at NSW's best cricketer in the 2012-13 season, has struggled to kept his place in the strong Blues side, while Chappell is part of Australia's biggest cricket family.
Brother of Ian and Greg Chappell and grandson of Vic Richardson, Chappell played three Tests and 20 one-day internationals for Australia, but is best known for bowling an underarm delivery to New Zealand's Brian McKechnie to prevent him from hitting a six and winning an ODI in 1981.
Both will be part of a number of clinics looking to introduce cricket to children, with a mega clinic to be held at Robertson Oval on Thursday.
The trip in the Riverina started in Griffith on Wednesday and will travel through Narrandera, Leeton, Coolamon, Ganmain and Wagga.