Getting Personal with Carl Bingham

Who are you? Carl Bingham, Head Groundsman at Stourbridge Cricket Club.

Family status? Married with two children.

Who's your hero and why? Ian Botham - never say never cricketer.

What would you change about yourself? Twenty years younger.

What's your guilty pleasure? Chocolate.

What do you drop everything for? A glass of red wine.

What's been the highlight of your career so far? Visiting Australia.

Glass half full or half empty? Half full.

Climate change - fact or fiction? Fact.

What's your favourite season? Spring.

What are your pet peeves? Disrespect for others.

If you could go anywhere right now, where would it be? Australia.

What's the best part of your job? Being outdoors.

… and the worst? Rain, at the wrong time!

Do you have a lifetime ambition? To have a knock in the 2nd innings.

Who wouldn't you like to be? Me.

Who would you choose to spend a romantic evening with? Sharon Stone.

If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would do? Buy a cricket pitch.

What's the best advice you have ever been given? If you have anything worth anything, lock it up, because someone will steal it.

What's your favourite smell? Lush soap shops.

What do you do in your spare time? Walking and watching cricket.

What's your favourite piece of kit? The Paladin mower.

What three words would you use to describe yourself? Honest and positive.

What talent would you like to have? To be able to dance.

What law/legislation would you like to see introduced? Stop parking outside my house.