and then rolled for twenty minutes for subsequent rolling days, with no more than three hours of total rolling carried out for each pitch prepared), covering and cutting.
The club have invested in a number of covers, both flat and raised, to protect the wickets. These include three 85 x 50 feet TTS Climate Covers, two sets of raised covers (with side sheets) to protect match wickets and net areas. Having manageable sheets and covers is essential in the modern game. With just twenty wickets on the square allocation for matches is crucial. The central twelve are used for first class matches, and two of these have to be set aside for international games, leaving just ten to accommodate an ever increasing fixture list. This means that Paul has to make the wickets last as long as possible. For example, the wicket used for the Twenty20 game against Yorkshire had already had three games - two 50 over A Internationals and another Twenty20 - played on it. Pitch repairs are, therefore, essential and Paul Taylor has perfected a robust method using, perhaps surprisingly, Kaloam. This is mixed into a solution of water and Perma- zyme, a bonding agent developed by Flicx Cricket. 300ml of Perma-zyme is diluted into 20 litres of water and the loam is mixed into a tacky mass and left to air for a couple of hours before being bagged for use. The Perma-zyme helps bond the soil particles together, giving it more strength. The damaged foot holes are then chiselled out to create a key for the new loam mix and then tampered down. This method has proved very successful. As soon as a pitch is finished with, usually after four or five matches, it is soaked up, scarified in several directions and sown with R9 perennial rye grass. It is covered to speed up
germination. With the square
approaching somewhere near the standard that Paul wants, he will now turn his attention to the outfield which, he admits, is some way behind other county grounds. It
needs to have a pop up watering system installed, along with some work to address levels and undulations. Paul hopes that this work will happen in the not too distant future. On the following pages, we
follow Paul and his team through a typical day ahead of the Northants Steelbacks v Yorkshire Carnegie Friends Provident Twenty20 match - a game with a
surprising twist in the tail!
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