Head Groundsman Steve Rouse is having a clear out of some equipment and machinery.
in Cricket - on 29/4/10
“There was one session when it was so dark that I thought the world was coming to an end. I thought the Lord had turned the lights out.”
in Cricket - on 13/10/07
With Warwickshire not playing their last game until the 25th of September, I and the team jumped the gun and used a break in play, between the 18th and...
in Cricket - on 2/12/05
At Edgbaston the wickets have been pretty flat, allowing the batsmen to score freely, but it has been an uphill battle for the bowlers. During the season...
in Cricket - on 1/10/04
My main task was getting the first match wickets prepared for Middlesex on the 16th April and Hampshire on the 25th April, two games very close together...
in Cricket - on 13/5/04
On the Friday morning, after a lot of rain the day before and overnight, I arrived at the ground to find that the company setting up the spectacular had...
in Cricket - on 7/11/03
The end of season work here at Edgbaston has gone much better than I could have hoped for. The wicket looks magnificent at the moment.As soon as the season...
in Cricket - on 30/9/03
On the eve of the match between England and South Africa, Head Groundsman Steve Rouse talks about his preparations.
in Cricket - on 24/7/03
Head Groundsman at Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Steve Rouse, offers his views on the opening start to the new season, lots of games, more rain and...
in Cricket - on 12/5/03
The square is doing quite well. We did get a good take of seed germination after the renovations, and my only real worry since then, has been the development...
in Cricket - on 27/1/03
The whole square was renovated a week last Monday with the Graden. We used this heavy duty scarifier to remove a huge amount of thatch from the surface...
in Cricket - on 26/9/02
t the moment we're planning to do some work on the No 1 practice area. We've relayed 20 new wickets.The old bowling ends where the bowler lands were originally...
in Cricket - on 23/8/02
A testing time at Edgbaston with lots of rain but, ironically, with the difficulty of dry wickets. Several weeks to go, but already Head Groundsman, Steve...
in Cricket - on 25/7/02
With our last game finishing on Tuesday, we now have a little bit of a break, before the four-day Championship game against Hampshire that starts next...
in Cricket - on 9/5/02
We have been working hard to get the square and the outfield ready for the first of our pre-season friendlies on the 12th April.We have cut out the wicket...
in Cricket - on 5/4/02
Over the last two weeks the square at Edgebaston has been top dressed again, with about four tonnes of Ongar loam being hand spread on eighteen of the...
in Cricket - on 12/11/01
Well the season has drawn to a close and our renovation is well underway. The last games were played over a week ago but some of the wickets have been...
in Cricket - on 2/10/01
I started my working life at Edgbaston at the age of 17 after leaving Moseley College. I stayed on the playing staff with Warwickshire County Cricket Club...
in Cricket - on 1/9/01