NEW ZEALAND cricket manager Lindsay Crocker has given the organisation for Cricket World Cup (CWC) high marks but says question marks remain over how pitches will perform for next year's tournament.

Crocker, who attended the recent meeting for CWC managers meeting in Barbados, said he and his colleagues were extremely impressed with the high level of planning put into the tournament. "Organisation-wise they could start the World Cup tomorrow," Crocker said on his return.

"It's just the facilities have a little way to go, though they assure us they are on track."

Crocker gave tournament organisers high marks in the areas of security, transport, cricket logistics and accommodation and said the tournament was one of the most organised he had ever witnessed.

He also praised the move by Caribbean governments to allow the free movement of teams between the respective nations without having to deal with individual immigration authorities.

"To get nine different countries to come to an agreement on several issues is extraordinary," Crocker remarked.

"There is no doubt they are super organised. They could tell me what time they are picking us up for practice on a certain day. Most of the managers rated it logistically the most organised tournament [at this stage] they had been involved in."

Crocker said his one reservation remained how pitches would play. He said he even though they had been given assurances, the true test would come when the surfaces were played on.

"They have told us the process they are going through with the pitches, and there are agronomists crawling all over the place looking to get it right, but till they are played on there is a question mark," Crocker said.

"But there is no reason to suggest the pitches will be poor, you just don't know."

New Zealand will play warm-up matches in Barbados with Sri Lanka, Scotland and Bangladesh from March 5-9 next year before travelling to St. Lucia where they will contest Group C of the preliminary round with England, Kenya and Canada from March 14-24.

The Cricket World Cup bowls off on March 13.