Jamshedpur, April 25: Come November, and the steel city will host the English cricket team for the third time.

A two-member team of John Carr and R. Dickason from England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) expressed satisfaction after a recce of the facilities here today.

“We were impressed by the quality of practice pitches here. Overall, the facilities are good,” said Carr. They came here after similar exercise at Mumbai, Rajkot, Goa and Visakhapatnam venues. They would also visit Cuttack, Delhi and Kanpur.

Former Indian cricketer Suru Nayak represented the BCCI. Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) chief Amitabh Choudhary, vice-president B.N. Singh and secretary Rajesh Verma were also present.

England will play seven ODIs and two Test matches in India during their tour of the sub-continent in November-December this year.

Though the tours and fixtures committee of the BCCI is yet to finalise the schedule of the matches, Jamshedpur is set to get a slot in the programme on rotation basis. “By the rotation policy of the Board, an ODI is due here,” said a senior official of the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA official.

Carr and Dickason also inspected the dressing rooms, toilets, dining room and took minute details from JSCA about air connectivity, security, the history of the game in the region and availa- bility of basic requirement, including water. They inspected the facilities at Fortune Hotel Centre Point in Bistupur, too.

Jamshedpur has so far hosted 10 ODIs. West Indies played the first ODI here in 1983.