At the start of another bright sunny morning at the County Ground in Taunton, Somerset Head Groundsman Phil Frost was working hard alongside his team to make sure that the ground is in peak condition for the first home match of the season against Glamorgan in the Benson and Hedges Cup on April 30th.

Phil, who won the coveted Groundsman of the Year Award for a record breaking number of times in 2001 told me: "It's all looking very good at the moment. The early season net wickets and the wickets out in the middle have all played well, but it is always so much easier when it is dry. We have been very lucky with the weather this season so far."

Phil Frost continued: "The pitch for the Glamorgan game in a fortnight is virtually ready, and we are now keeping it dry. It should be a typical Taunton wicket, and after the Hampshire friendly match on Wednesday we will put the main covers over it."

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