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Apr 2020
3:07pm, 2 Apr 2020
119,087 posts
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GregP
I’ve got Monday fortnight off to go to Northampton. I may have mentioned this before.
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Apr 2020
3:08pm, 2 Apr 2020
1,546 posts
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Oscar the Grouch
I've not been to Northants - I have a vision of olde worlde charm?
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Apr 2020
3:26pm, 2 Apr 2020
20,090 posts
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Nicholls595
I was once corporately entertained at Northampton by Robert Horne paper. Friday evening T20 versus Glamorgan. Don't remember much olde worlde charm. Don't remember much about that evening to be fair.
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Apr 2020
3:42pm, 2 Apr 2020
5,440 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
Northants: the land that 'The Hundred' forgot. Here there be dragons...
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Apr 2020
3:59pm, 2 Apr 2020
5,441 posts
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57.5 Degrees of Pain
With a few compromises it seems like you could easily play cricket and maintain a 2m distance:
1. No close fielders.
2. Appropriately spaced slips.
3. Bowler's end umpire back a few yards
4. 'Bob Willis in the JPL' run-ups.
5. Polish the ball with alcohol hand gel.
6. Batsmen run in marked lanes.
Play the County Championship behind closed doors and no-one would notice the difference 😉.
Anything I've missed?
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Apr 2020
4:01pm, 2 Apr 2020
1,547 posts
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Oscar the Grouch
Which are the grounds with charm? Taunton (obviously  ); Worcester when not under water; Greppers will no doubt plug Chelmsford.
There used to be lovely outgrounds. I once played at Clarence Park in Weston Super Mare where first class cricket used to be played - an actual park most of the time. It was fast and bouncy in April which was a surprise... but I always liked those pitches best.
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Apr 2020
4:06pm, 2 Apr 2020
20,093 posts
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Nicholls595
Funny you should say that Painers, I had the same conversation with Mrs Nico on Saturday as we stood watching the grass grow at our local club
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Apr 2020
4:33pm, 2 Apr 2020
23,687 posts
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fetcheveryone
7. When the ball is skied, the fielders have to call REALLY clearly.
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Apr 2020
4:35pm, 2 Apr 2020
20,099 posts
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Nicholls595
8. Ban spinners and dibbly dobblies so keepers don't need to stand up
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Apr 2020
5:26pm, 2 Apr 2020
12,147 posts
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Cerrertonia
I attended a few Somerset games at Weston-super-Mare as a child.
Lancashire's outgrounds are pretty nice. Liverpool has the oldest pavilion in first-class cricket I think. They played a game in Sedbergh in 2019 (historically in Yorkshire) - lovely views of the Yorkshire Dales on all sides.
Kent's ground at Canterbury is a pretty nice one.
Northampton isn't a particularly attractive venue IMO - it was obviously shared with the football club until the Sixfields stadium was built.
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