Territory and Municipal Services has identified 22 trees at Manuka Oval as being ''hazardous'' and in need of ''urgent removal'' but only six will be taken out before the Prime Minister's XI match against the West Indies on February 4.
Both the department and Manuka Oval venue manager Matthew Tokley say the six trees to go are the most hazardous and the remaining 16 are secure enough to remain until mid-next year.
Trees will be planted in autumn to replace them, with oaks, pencil pines and Chinese elms being considered.
The trees identified to go were planted around 1924 to 1927 and are mostly on the eastern and south-eastern sides of the oval.
A 22m white poplar fell over without warning in November, landing next to the eastern toilet block. Mr Tokley said some of the trees would also be pruned before the match to ''reduce risk and ensure patron safety''.
Territory Venues and Events manager James Kiwi said the public were invited to inspect the trees on Monday at 5.30pm when an arborist and landscape architect would explain why they had to go.
For more on this story, see today's Canberra Times.
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