Club members rallied with hand-pushed mowers as wet weather prevented heavy machinery on the pitch.
Hodnet and Peplow Cricket Club said it had been unable to use heavy drive-on mowers on the rain-softened pitch
Hodnet and Peplow Cricket Club, based in north Shropshire, is among many which have struggled with a wet start to the season. Secretary Matt Watkins said: "It really made a difference to getting our season up and running, so I can't thank people in the club enough.": "It was the worst I'd ever seen it in terms of standing water and squelchiness, and we literally couldn't get anything on the outfield.
He said the volunteers mowed the outfield on drier weekends in April, then raked up the grass to make the surface playable for the start of the season.Many clubs across the region suffered from waterlogged pitches at the beginning of the season, with someThe England and Wales Cricket Board said climate change had had a significant impact, and a recent study showed more than a third of recreational cricket clubs were at risk of flooding.
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