A new wicket has been laid on the Cricket ground on St. Marys recently, although bad weather cut short the ‘inaugural match’ which had been organised between St. Marys and an ‘Islands All star IV’.
The Cricket pitch on St. Marys is on the Garrison, next to the main campsite. The previous wicket had been a rubber compound, which was becoming overgrown with weeds and consequentially dangerous to play on due to unpredictable bounce.
The new surface has been likened to that of the St. Martins wicket with a kind of carpet cover. The first match on the new surface had to be abandoned after just six overs due to the weather, but the teams commented that the new wicket was certainly safer and seemed to produce a much better playing surface.
IThe photo is a file photo of the Cricket pitch on Tresco during a recent off-Island Triangle tournament./I