Two top cricket teams hope to leave their houses according to reports due to the increased demand for high -quality play areas.
Middlesex And Surrey Currently play on Gentleman and the Oval but the Sunday Times have revealed that they are enthusiastic about new bases in Uxbridge and New Malden.
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This is when the professionalization of the women’s game and the development of new format the hundred have created a struggle for the use of high quality locations.
Teams that compete in the hundred – a shorter cricket layout – are independent of the traditional provincial teams, so create direct competition for the best grounds in the country.
At the moment, these teams do not give up full control over their grounds for the new franchise teams, but there are still difficulties.
The County Cricket Teams need locations for events, such as the Metro-Bank One Day Cup, which collide with the hundred.
The previous solution for this was to use other locations such as schools, but this is based on the generosity of these other places.
The issue is particularly urgent for Middlesex who are not as rich as Surrey and only tenants of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord’s.
Andrew Cornish, the Chief Executive of Middlesex, said: “We want to be at Lord when we can, but we accept that being completely nomadic if we are not there is not the best for performance or possibilities for improving income.”
The proposed redevelopment sites are more than 10 kilometers away from the original site.
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While you are still in the field of LondonThis could be a different problem for the fan base of each team.
Surrey is expected to have an AGM on Thursday, where they will update members about their plans to move.
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