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Durham v Kent (h) C.C. ( 3/4/26)


Dorlonco said:
Chances are that the sheeting attached to the scaffolding was billowing in the wind. One strong gust and the force would overturn the scaffolding that won’t be anchored at ground level. Moral of the tale is there should be permanent moveable sightscreens at both ends of the ground instead of sheeting attached to scaffolding, seats or whatever else is at hand to attach a cable tie to.

Similarly why aren’t there hover covers? On a ground where international cricket is played the current covers are merely a slight upgrade on what most club grounds have. Surely the covers should be on a par with those found at Trent Bridge, Old Trafford etc? Hover covers may still have been blown off the wicket, however they are in contact with the ground whereas the wind can get under the current covers and overturn them, which is possibly whats happened here.
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Regarding hover covers, they would only cover the wicket - as I read it, the ground sheets covering the square and run-ups have gone walkabout too.

Regarding the state of play, I’m calling it now, they won’t get on today, but in a few weeks/months time it’ll all come out and we’ll be told the ground was perfectly playable by around noon with all issues mitigated but the umpires just didn’t fancy it. That’s my prediction.
 
Marty

Scaffolders are here taking the scaffolding apart which formed the sitescreen and camera gantry adjacent to the media centre.It blew over last night.The track looks very wet. There were gusts of 70MPH overnight.There will be no pay this morning and we are not sure if there will be any today!

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What an embarrassment. To be fair, that scaffolding looked flimsy as fuck like. 13 points wouldn’t be a terrible result, but we probably would have had a strong chance of winning this one.
 
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SuperSub said:
Is it the hover cover that blew off the wicket or the plastic sheet? You would like to think they attempted to weigh down the sheets more than usual given the forecast for last night
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Marty on BBC referred to the 'three wheeled cover' being on it's back in the East Stand. It sounded, I may be wrong, as if one of the three parts of the cover that protects the pitch blew into the stand. He mentioned the problem being at the Lumley End. Also tiles came off the roof.
 
Raymondo said:
As far as I can see (as has been reported) the only issues are the scaffolding, the covers and a wet wicket.

Only the scaffolding is an actual H&S issue.

Dismantle the scaffolding and remove it - risk no longer exists.

It’s sunny and windy, I suspect the wicket will probably be totally dry now, or will be very soon.

The covers can be retrieved fairly easily.

If they need to replace the sight screen, it shouldn’t take any more than a couple of hours to build a new structure. Since they’ve obviously been aware of this since the sun came up, I’m at a loss as to why this hasn’t already been put in motion.

Absolute worst case scenario you tell spectators that they must stay away today, but there’s no legitimate reason for not playing any cricket. Even then, that’s extreme, because barriers exist - so just cordon off the risk area and get on with it.
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There are a few issues. Apart from the scaffolding, I’ve been told that the wind removed a Bannatyne’s roof tile and it landed on the pitch. Insurance might be a problem I suppose. Also, it’s still windy here at the ground and is forecast to get stronger this afternoon.
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Dorlonco said:
Chances are that the sheeting attached to the scaffolding was billowing in the wind. One strong gust and the force would overturn the scaffolding that won’t be anchored at ground level. Moral of the tale is there should be permanent moveable sightscreens at both ends of the ground instead of sheeting attached to scaffolding, seats or whatever else is at hand to attach a cable tie to.

Similarly why aren’t there hover covers? On a ground where international cricket is played the current covers are merely a slight upgrade on what most club grounds have. Surely the covers should be on a par with those found at Trent Bridge, Old Trafford etc? Hover covers may still have been blown off the wicket, however they are in contact with the ground whereas the wind can get under the current covers and overturn them, which is possibly whats happened here.
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Riches from the 16.4 and we can't invest in secure covers and sightscreens.
No play before lunch infers they're hoping for some play today.
 
danthemanSAFC said:
What an embarrassment. To be fair, that scaffolding looked flimsy as fuck like. 13 points wouldn’t be a terrible result, but we probably would have had a strong chance of winning this one.
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Always thought it was quite amusing that despite hosting international games for a worldwide audience we have a stand that’s constructed of scaffolding and our media gantry is similarly just a scaffold tower
 
Parkside said:
Riches from the 16.4 and we can't invest in secure covers and sightscreens.
No play before lunch infers they're hoping for some play today.
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I've said for years that, and it's not having a go at the people on the grounds team, that our arrangements for protecting the ground are amateurish. I can see why they are reluctant to build anything new at the Lumley End due to the potential for the hotel but the arrangement at the Finchale End deserves to see someone sacked. Bostock hopefully.
 
Hetty said:
Marty

Scaffolders are here taking the scaffolding apart which formed the sitescreen and camera gantry adjacent to the media centre.It blew over last night.The track looks very wet. There were gusts of 70MPH overnight.There will be no pay this morning and we are not sure if there will be any today!
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So are the scaffolders doing it free of charge?
 
Hope there were a couple of stewards at the council car park entrances warning people before they stuck £4.20 in for a days play
 
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