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How quickly does your ground dry?
« on: April 30, 2012, 05:20:18 PM »

Hopefully got the first match of the season tomorrow evening. It'll be played on a ground renowned for swing, seam and being a bit of a pudding after this much rain. The outfield dies pretty quickly but if we get a bit of rain tomorrow afternoon I fear we'll be on the artificial. How quickly does your pitch dry out?
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #1 on: April 30, 2012, 05:22:25 PM »

Our ground dries very quick, but would need very very little rain for the rest of the week for the possibility of a game.

Because of our square our game has been rearranged to the away team's ground
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #2 on: April 30, 2012, 05:22:52 PM »

Normally pretty well at both my village club and league club, although I drove past the village club at the weekend and there were two massive ponds on the outfield...!!
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #3 on: April 30, 2012, 05:27:53 PM »

We have a slope so the top tracks arent too bad, bottom ones will be though.
The outfield isn't too bad. Grass is dry. Still hop if playing Saturday or Sunday!
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2012, 05:57:16 PM »

ours dries pretty quick. The combination of a gentle slope on the outfield and a proper laid square means it can take plenty of water. Just as well in Yorkshire!

From my experience I find that the harder the square the more water sits on top and doesn't drain.
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2012, 06:05:21 PM »

My new clubs pitch runs down a slope so the top Two or 3 will dry quite quick. Does not have to much affect on me as my 1st game is only on the 16th..  :(
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2012, 09:20:36 PM »

Ours is drying nicely, still very soft.

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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2012, 10:00:11 PM »

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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2012, 10:10:39 PM »

not really, 50 yards square from the middle wicket but the straight boundaries are 80 yards.
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2012, 10:13:36 PM »

50 yard boundaries are quite small, outfield looks very green and lush at the moment  :)
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2012, 10:24:26 PM »

50 yards is small, but the outfield makes up for that, it's pretty long due to the massive rainfall. Square boundaries only an issue if you bowl short.
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2012, 12:35:11 AM »

That looks beautiful, if only we had grounds like that here :)
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2012, 07:39:05 AM »

...do we have a 'post a pic of your ground' thread?
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2012, 07:43:57 AM »

that boundry is pretty small unless ur on other side of wicket,

left and right boundires are small at headingley,

but straight hits are massive lol
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Re: How quickly does your ground dry?
« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2012, 11:42:54 AM »

not really, 50 yards square from the middle wicket but the straight boundaries are 80 yards.
Why was last Saturdays game cancelled was your ground too wet?
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