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General Cricket => Cricket Admin, Facilities and Fundraising => The Groundsman => Topic started by: geeders on May 27, 2015, 06:53:07 AM

Title: bouncy artificial wicket
Post by: geeders on May 27, 2015, 06:53:07 AM

One of our net wickets has an artificially high bounce - to the point where a spinner giving a bit of flight will have to be played around chest height.

It has been suggested that giving the wicket a large watering and then rolling will make the bounce truer, but just wondered if anyone had any opinions/advise.

Title: Re: bouncy artificial wicket
Post by: uknsaunders on May 27, 2015, 08:13:03 AM

I think some places use sand to lower the bounce sometimes.

Title: Re: bouncy artificial wicket
Post by: Kulli on May 27, 2015, 08:21:59 AM

Absolutely kills balls though.