55 years of dedication
Mick Oldfield turned 80 in March and for the last 55 of those years he has been a cornerstone of one cricket club. From player to captain, and now chairman...
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Mick Oldfield turned 80 in March and for the last 55 of those years he has been a cornerstone of one cricket club. From player to captain, and now chairman...
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Auto-Roller - the world famous cricket roller - is celebrating its 100 year anniversary, the first design finalised in 1921, manufactured and delivered...
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Doncaster Town Cricket Club have raised more than £18,000 after launching a Crowdfunder campaign to offset losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Taunton St Andrews Cricket Club has invested more than £50,000 in an impressive three-lane artificial net complex which has been built in the south east...
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Timperley Sports Club in Altrincham, Cheshire, is one of the country’s oldest remaining community sports clubs. The large site includes two cricket outfields...
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Unsung hero, Steve Snell, has kept Paul Cricket Club's pitch in top condition for nearly 60 years and has no plans of stopping any time soon
in Cricket - on 19/3/21
Renfrew Cricket Club is urging people to stump up cash for a new roller to keep its pitch in tip-top shape. Members need to raise £8,800 to pay for a...
in Cricket - on 17/3/21
It is with much sadness that we report the passing of Bill Clutterbuck, a highly respected member of the cricket groundsmen community
in Cricket - on 16/3/21
Stormont’s Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has said special cricket pitch soil can be freely moved from Great Britain to Northern Ireland
in Cricket - on 14/3/21
Groundsman Rob Hake is bringing his 15-year stint with Somerset County Cricket Club and Taunton Cricket Club to an end. Hake, who has “always been very...
in Cricket - on 10/3/21
English cricket is one of several sports to benefit from a £300m summer sports recovery package confirmed in Wednesday's budget
in Cricket - on 4/3/21
A cricket club's long and sometimes turbulent history is delivered squarely and with substance in a new book by its former groundsman and umpire
in Cricket - on 27/2/21
Deep tyre tracks were gouged into a New Forest cricket ground after it was targeted by vandals for the third time in just over a month.
in Cricket - on 18/2/21
Channel 4 have won the rights to show England’s series in India in a groundbreaking deal that means Test cricket will return to terrestrial television...
in Cricket - on 2/2/21
Somerset's 12-point deduction for preparing a substandard pitch against Essex in the 2019 County Championship decider has been reduced to eight ahead of...
in Cricket - on 30/1/21
Planning permission is being sought for a new four-lane indoor cricket centre at Rochdale Sports Club. Newly-established company Googlies Ltd and Rochdale...
in Cricket - on 26/1/21
Mark Foster has been recognised for clocking up 40 years of working on Hastings’ finest cricket grounds. The 56-year-old was presented with a plaque...
in Cricket - on 23/1/21
Fifty years ago, Sheffield United ended their ground’s strange use for cricket despite most shareholders voting for it to remain
in Cricket - on 16/1/21
2020 has been an unprecedented year. The effects of Covid-19 will still be being felt in years to come, with the general economy struggling to return to...
in Cricket - on 10/1/21
If England Cricket has ambitions to top the ICC’s World Test Championship, they will have to do well in the Covid-postponed Test Series in Sri Lanka...
in Cricket - on 5/1/21