Cricket 2024

[Alistair20000]

Tom Abell will miss the start of the season. Hamstring tear.

That’s a bugger but I think with this weather cricket might be missing the start of the season

 

[Greyhound]

That’s a bugger but I think with this weather cricket might be missing the start of the season

Very possibly. We've got Kent today, expected to be one of the weaker teams. No chance of the weather intervening when we're at the Oval next week !

 

[Greyhound]

We've got Kent today

No play before lunch at Canterbury.

 

[Alistair20000]

Surprising they are playing at Edgbaston and Lord’s but less surprisingly nowhere else

 

[denzel]

No play at Kent today. Wet outfield.

Great that the ECB put on the Championship games at the beginning and end of the season..

 

[denzel]

Surprising they are playing at Edgbaston and Lord’s but less surprisingly nowhere else

Test venues. Better equipped thanks to all the ECB money and the Hundred..

 

[Grecian2K]

Tanya Aldred with a very good article outlining the difficulties cricket clubs (and their ground staff) are facing these days.

Rain, rain, go away: groundstaff fear worst on eve of new cricket season

Gloucestershire and Worcestershire are among the clubs fretting about their pitches as county cricket returns

www.google.co.uk

PS: Apologise that it's from the "dreaded Guardian"

 

[Greyhound]

Shame about New Road at Worcester. Very attractive ground.

 

[Spanks]

Shame about New Road at Worcester. Very attractive boating lake.

Here to help.

 

[Greyhound]

Kent batting.