Only at a club big or lucky enough to have a full time groundsman. I've played for/against plenty of clubs that pay someone who knows what they're doing to look after the square while members take care of donkey work like cutting the outfield and tidying hedges. Would have thought for a 2 team club with their own ground it's probably a very common arrangement.
The "does your club have a fulltime groundsman" discussion is very much like the "does your club have a bar" discussion, or the "does your club have an annual turnover greater than £20,000", or the "does your club pay professional umpires" discussion.
There are a few members on this forum who clearly pay for very big, rich clubs who for some reason become extremely angry when it is suggested that actually, the majority of cricket clubs are not like that.
The majority of cricket clubs around the UK are actually pretty small, with either 1 or 2 teams, and they either don't have their own ground or if they do, its just a field with a glorified shed next to it. If you play for a big premier league club, good for you, but you're the exception here, 90% of club cricketers don't.
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