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Despite the recent adverse weather conditions, the groundstaff at Edgbaston have worked around the clock to ensure the ground was ready for a full day’s play for the 2nd npower Test Match which started today.

The inclement weather around Birmingham over the past few days has been a concern for Head Groundsman Steve Rouse. “It has been a worry as the weather has been so awful for the past week and the rain seemed never-ending. I have a great team of guys and I am delighted we were able to get the game in such good conditions in front of a big crowd.”

England have had a successful day after losing the toss and have bowled Sri Lanka out for 141.

Chief Executive, Colin Povey, has been delighted with the efforts of his team. “Steve and his team have done a great job to prepare the outfield after all the rain we’ve had and we are delighted with the way the pitch played. If the weather holds we hope the Edgbaston crowd can cheer England on to their first victory of the series.”

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Worcestershire County Cricket Club is delighted to announce that extra tickets have been released for a Night Under the Stars, with Elton John at New Road on June 11th.

With just over two weeks to go until Elton makes his first ever appearance in Worcester, the event organisers have made a limited number of tickets available for the club to sell directly to would-be concert goers.

The event will see the largest ever attendance at New Road, with Elton playing to 18,500 music fans against the beautiful backdrop of Worcester Cathedral. With so many visitors arriving in the city for the Sunday evening spectacle, Worcestershire CCC has taken a proactive approach towards ensuring that congestion around the venue is kept to an absolute minimum by working closely with local authorities.

Chief Executive, Mark Newton, said, “The Elton John concert is the culmination of twelve month’s preparation, during which time we have worked in conjunction with West Mercia Constabulary and the various Transport Agencies and Groups around the County in a bid to minimise disruption to the roads around Worcester. There are nearly 3,000 car park spaces within a ten minute walk of the ground and nearly all of them will be available on the night.

“With the gates opening at 4pm, over two hours prior to the start of the concert, we are advising all ticket holders to arrive as early as possible and to consider the full range of travel options that are open to them, detailed information about which will be enclosed with tickets.”

A range of tickets, priced between £40 and £100, are on sale now and can be obtained either by visiting reception at New Road 1 or by calling 01905 337921 during office hours.

Online purchases can still be made through www.seetickets.com or www.ticketmaster.co.uk

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Sourav Ganguly will replace overseas player Chris Rogers who has been called up to play for Australia A in the ‘Top End Series’. Ganguly will be available to play his first game for Northants on 25th June against Notts in the C&G Trophy.  Sourav Ganguly has been India’s most successful Test captain with 21 victories. Ganguly has scored 5221 runs in 88 Tests and 10123 in 279 one-dayers.

Kepler Wessels said ‘Ganguly is a very exciting player to watch, he is a tremendous batsman and will be highly motivated as he is keen to win back his place in the Indian Team.’

Chief Executive Mark Tagg said ‘We are delighted that Ganguly has signed, it took a while to finalise but we were never worried as we had had verbal confirmation. He will be a very exciting player, particularly in the Twenty20 Cup matches. Ticket sales for all the Twenty20 matches are already selling  well and now with the added bonus of watching a world class cricketer we expect to sell out well in advance.’

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