A new groundsman is required at both the Queenstown Events Centre and Queens Park following the recent departures of Queenstown's Peter Domigan and Invercargill's Kevin Cooper.
Otago Cricket Association chief executive Ross Dykes is satisfied progress is being made and is not concerned it will impact on Queenstown's ability to host Otago cricket matches.
''Not with Queenstown, particularly with the history of the venue and the ground always being reliably good,'' he said.
However, Dykes' confidence was more subdued when it came to the situation at Queens Park in Invercargill.
Cooper has left after nearly 10 years in the role and Southland Cricket has put off the search for his replacement until it appoints a new general manager.
Applications for that role closed last week.
Queens Park is scheduled to host a first-class game in early February and is the first-choice venue to host any Otago home games if the Volts make the playoffs of the one-day tournament.
Dunedin's University Oval is not an option because of Cricket World Cup commitments.
If Queens Park is not up to scratch, the obvious alternative would be to stage the games in Queenstown.
''I certainly would not want to be sounding any alarm bells because it may well be that all is fine,'' Dykes said.
''I know that Kevin has done his renovations, so it is not as if the grass is not sown and everything isn't ready to go. That is all under control.
''But we are right to just monitor the situation and just check when they do get a groundsman.
"We have to be satisfied that the games we have in the future are going to be played on quality pitches. We owe that to everybody, really.''
