Professional battery equipment has taken a giant leap forward in recent years, with most manufacturers offering electric versions of the key groundcare machines.

This month brings the ‘real feel’ of spring, with the clocks changing, longer days, more light and increasing temperatures, which have now started to provide some essential turf growth and recovery.

Emirates Old Trafford is one of the country’s premier cricket venues for the international men’s and women’s games, but is now running at full capacity, commentators state.