I have been back in london for a few days, getting prepared for the test next week. Before i left the ground was a hive of activity, and there were extras popping up all over the place. when you are hosting five consecutive days of crowds and hospitality guests there are lots of everything needed.Below you can see extra hospitality space being constructed – the marquee at the back will just be a kitchen!Extra constructions for a giant screen and scorers box. Extra advertising, extar toilet roll, extra jam, extra stewards jackets and to tidy up at the end of each day, extra detergent.
This is the view that will meet the opening batsmen of the side that wins the toss, the home of Glamorgan cricket looking quite magnificent, and if will be full to the brim. Below is the patch of grass they will be nevously twitching on, going through their little routines.
Welsh club cricket is very active. I took a short cycle ride to the edge of Cardiff to visit St. Fagans a club with a beutiful ground and great heritage, this post shows some of the club cricket aesthetic that struck me see the earlier post for some on pitch action and more on flickr.
Hugh Morris is the Managing director of England at the ECB
David Morgan is the President of the ICC and ex- chairman of the ECB.
Tony Lewis is the Chairman of the World Cricket Committee at the MCC
