Over the years we’ve amassed a wealth of knowledge across all aspects of sports pitch construction and maintenance. Our ‘cricket pitch experts’ claim doesn’t come lightly – MD David Bates is a former first class groundsman and pitch advisor to the IOG and ECB.
In this section we share our knowledge through a range of articles on topics as diverse as Types of Cricket Pitches; Pitch Size and Layout, Best Practice; How to build sports pitches, How to Prepare Pitches, Cricket Pitch Maintenance, Pitch Markings Layout Map, EBC Pitch Dimensions, Funding and Grants, Cricket Ground Overview and more. Alongside cricket-centric features you’ll find advice articles for other sports and also the specific care and maintenance of both natural turf and artificial sports turf surfaces. The aim is to offer groundsmen a useful resource when researching pitch care and troubleshooting issues. We hope you find it useful…