Message Board - Cricket: Cricket square corners
27 Apr 2004 by Help
Cricket square corners
I have lost the corners of my cricket square - the outfield mowers have taken them up in the spring. How do I go about making a new square? Is there a plan or set of instructions?
28 Apr 2004 by Hipper
Cricket square corners
You should have a rough idea of where the square is and how many wickets there are on it. Each wicket pitch is 10 feet wide.
Can you see the pair of darker green lines where the crease markings were last year (if your autumn repairs have not been 100% successful you may also see the batsman's wear spots just on front of the popping crease). If you can, use these to start you off. If you can't see them you will have to make an educated guess where they are, perhaps by the square being of a different grass, or having saddle.
Run a string along one of the bowling creases (where the stumps go) along the whole width of your square and a bit more either side. Put in a peg at where you guess one corner will be and then measure 10' times the number of wickets along the string and put in another peg. We'll call these corners A and B (as they do in books!). Make a right angle from corner B using the 3:4:5 method (a triangle with the ratio 3:4:5 has a right angle opposite the '5' side - 30':40':50' would seem sensible lengths) and then measure 66'. This gives you a third corner C. Then measure 66' from corner A and the length A-B from corner C. Where these meet is corner D.
Does this square look in the right position? If not, move it a bit until you get it right. Once you are satisfied with its position, measure the diagonals A-C and B-D. If these two lengths are the same you have a perfect rectangle. If not try and set it out again.
Finally, mark the four corners in your normal way.
Some people use permanent wooden pegs just below the surface to refind their squares; some put metal there so they can find it with a metal detector. Others use a 'carrot', a product sold by Bowcom I believe which on the surface looks like white artificial grass. I use none of these but set it out from scratch every year as I describe above.
28 Apr 2004 by Rizla
Square
i use small copper pipes at each corner,
just right to put a thin rod and a string line to re mark the stump line during the season.
Fat old Sun
29 Apr 2004 by Stuart Barnes
corners
Use plastic pipe, then no machinery will get damaged.
Back to Top - Go to Next Unread Message
This Message is closed, you may not post a reply at this time
