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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Remedial work at the SWALEC Stadium
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Saracens handed pitch boost
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"If you want someone to hang themselves all you need do is le ..."
Harrogate 2012
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Harrogate 2012
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Regional fast bowlers need help
22 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Acknowledging the once rich fast bowling legacy, ICC Pitch Consultant Andy Atkinson feels that Caribbean pitches today represent a disservice to the speedsters.
Going Dutch II
17 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Mel Pooley
- Issue 28 - Dec / Jan 2010
Mel Pooley’s Holland extravaganza continues, as he finds himself delivering training courses to Dutch cricket groundsmen
Controlled ball tampering could rebalance test cricket
11 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Whilst it was the unlikely hero of Graham Onions who grabbed the headlines for his defiant role in salvaging a draw for England in the third test at Cape Town, the match itself was somewhat overshadowed by rumblings emanating from the South African camp about ball tampering.
Kotla to see action February onwards
7 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
The dust around the 'controversial' Kotla pitch hasn't settled down yet.
CA chiefs hail ‘exciting’ SCG pitch
7 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
It turned out to be a graveyard for Australian batters on the opening day of the second Test against Pakistan, but the green top at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) has received strong endorsement from the country’s cricket chiefs.
A Chat with Australian Curators/Groundsmen
6 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Mark Taylor chats with the groundsmen of Australia's top cricket ovals and finds out what makes their grounds unique
January Cricket Diary
3 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Bob Stretton
January Cricket Diary
January Cricket Diary 2010
1 Jan 2010 -
Cricket -
Bob Stretton
January Cricket Diary 2010
Bowl'dly Going ...
29 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Tom James
- Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009 - 1 comment
In twenty years with Hampshire CCC, Nigel Gray has seen the club develop facilities that are set to place it in the premier league of international cricket. But there’s even more to come, as Tom James discovers
A disaster waiting to happen
28 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 1 comment
What led to the pitch fiasco at the Kotla on Sunday?
Ground for celebration
28 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
For THE second year running Market Harborough Cricket Club are celebrating having been adjudged as having the best pitch and outfield in the league.
Lord's in winter:
26 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 1 comment
This is the second interview in our series 'Lord's in Winter'.
Hoppy Days
23 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Laurence Gale MSc
- Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009
Jimmy Lea, Groundsman at Bollington Cricket Club, won this year’s Pitchcare/Cricket World Groundsman of the Year award in the Local Authority category. Laurence Gale MSc finds that he has a real passion for his facility
A touch of Glass!
18 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Tom James
- Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009 - 1 comment
Nestled in the medieval village of Midhurst, and bordering Cowdray Park polo club, is one of the gems of Britain’s local cricket tradition. Tom James reports on the Head Groundsman of Midhurst Cricket Club who is providing ' a touch of Glass'
LV=CC points change for 2010
16 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Following an ECB board meeting, the following points system and rule changes have been approved for the LV= County Championship and are effective from 2010.
Nigel Gray commended in ECB Awards
14 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 1 comment
Often it is the people behind the scenes who rarely get noticed. Whilst Jimmy Adams and Michael Lumb get the plaudits for their top one day batting this year, the pitch was rarely mentioned.
Cricket: Groundsman calls batsmen 'useless'
11 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 2 comments
The McLean Park pitch that will host the third cricket test between New Zealand and Pakistan produced some unexpected spin yesterday.
Lancs groundsman takes top gong
8 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
- 2 comments
Matt Merchant's Old Trafford pitches were rated highest throughout the LV County Championship season
Frosty The Groundsman
8 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Bob Hall
- Issue 27 - Oct / Nov 2009
"It’s complicated - more difficult than people think. It’s not just sitting on a mower and making the ground look good.
” Tony Frost retires from professional cricket and takes up a position on the Edgbaston groundstaff.
Adelaide pitches for drop-in wickets
4 Dec 2009 -
Cricket -
Press Release
Les Burdett, the long-serving Adelaide Oval groundsman, has signalled the end of 136 years of cricketing tradition by suggesting drop-in pitches could be used at the ground as part of its $450m redevelopment.
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