It all began at Broadhalfpenny Down

Mike Beardall, Chairman of the Broadhalfpenny Down Trust charity and Gerry Northwood, Chairman of the Broadhalfpenny Brigands Cricket Club, discuss the improvements that have been made to the historic Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground.

The ground, next to The Bat & Ball pub, is known as the cradle of cricket, owing to its origins as the home of Hambledon Club in the 1780s, and where the laws that govern the modern game were written and trialled.

The ground has come along way since being returned to cricket from a sheep field, with a dedicated ground maintenance team, a picturesque pavilion, an electronic scoreboard, and even a net to protect the 18th Century Bat and Ball Pub from the bigger and more frequent six hits that modern bats are capable of.