Summer Sports - Cricket
“The equipment is mostly pre- owned, obtained over a number of years from a variety of reliable
Out-of-season introductory sessions for youngsters ensure that Cowbridge Cricket Club maintains a constant flow of new players for its four junior teams
days before an upcoming game, cutting out, rolling and verti-cutting the wicket initially to get the pitch into the condition that I want,” explained Tim. “We have covers at Cowbridge, so I able to protect the wicket from the weather to maintain the ideal moisture content as preparations proceed.”
“I will normally be brushing, cutting
and rolling the wicket every other day in the immediate lead up to the game, finishing off with marking-out the ends on the morning of the match.” Tim pointed out that the club’s thirteen wicket square is capable of
producing nine top-class wickets with sufficient boundary distance for all of the club’s senior league fixtures. The result is that the best wickets may have to be used two or three times during the season for games involving the second and west Wales elevens, plus some of the junior sides. To help spread the load across the
square, the club has installed a synthetic pitch alongside the outermost edge nearest the clubhouse for use in friendlies and by juniors. “My first job on a Monday, following a first team game, is tidying-up the wicket
sources, near and far”
and filling in bowlers’ footmarks using damp Ongar loam,” pointed out Tim. “I will then be brushing, cutting, rolling and white-lining the strip ready for the following weekend’s game." One consequence of playing on a
ground that has hosted cricket for almost 120 years is a build-up of compaction, caused by a succession of booted feet and the sustained use of a heavy roller in an effort to improve pitch performance, consistency and safety.
Add to these physical inputs the fact that Cowbridge’s ground sits on low-lying land with an alluvial sub-base, and the
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