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Local council to buy the Rose Bowl

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:28:26 GMT

Hampshire's Rose Bowl will be bought by the local council to save the club from its second financial crisis in a decade.

Durham awarded Ashes Test in 2013

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:19:46 GMT

Ashes cricket will be heading to the North-East for the first time in 2013, after the England & Wales Cricket Board accepted the recommendation of the independent Major Match Group

Rose Bowl transformation gets go-ahead

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:27:45 GMT

The Rose Bowl will undergo a multi-million pound development project ahead of its first Test in 2011

Work begins at the Rose Bowl

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 04:57:22 GMT

Work has begun on the first phase of development at Hampshire's Rose Bowl aimed at easing long-standing problems regarding spectator access

2009 Ashes itinerary announced

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:15:08 GMT

The ECB have confirmed Australia's full itinerary for their tour of England next year, which includes seven one-dayers in addition to the usual five Tests

Rose Bowl lands maiden Test in 2011

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:03:03 GMT

Hampshire's Rose Bowl will host its maiden Test match in 2011 when Sri Lanka tour England for a three-Test series in May and June

County treasurer warns 'a club will go into administration'

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:02:22 GMT

Warwickshire's honorary treasurer has warned that there is every possibility that a county will go to the wall

Rose Bowl improves access

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:47:37 GMT

The Rose Bowl has been granted planning permission for an additional entrance. This new entrance should ease the access problems that have occurred when the ground has hosted international matches

Rose Bowl a step closer to Test cricket

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:38:55 GMT

Hampshire's home ground, the Rose Bowl, has moved one step closer to hosting Test matches after being granted provisional category A status

Bransgrove invests £35 million in Rose Bowl

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:10:07 GMT

Rod Bransgrove, Hampshire's high-profile chairman, will today announce a £35 million redevelopment of The Rose Bowl, a move clearly aimed at making its claims to be considered for Test status irresistible

The Rose Bowl again seeks Test-match status

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:48:44 GMT

A report in today's Times newspaper says that Hampshire are proposing to re-apply to the ECB for Test status for The Rose Bowl

Bransgrove: 'No question of me leaving soon'

Thu, 02 Nov 2006 07:52:46 GMT

Rod Bransgrove has reassured Hampshire members by insisting that he is not about to leave

Hampshire chairman 'shocked' at Test snub

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:06:19 GMT

Rod Bransgrove, Hampshire's chairman and major financial backer, is believed to be considering his future at the club

Rose Bowl lights up for the summer

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:06:06 GMT

Hampshire have successfully installed six floodlights at the Rose Bowl to become the fourth ground in England to have permanent fixtures in place

Rose Bowl gets green light for floodlights

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:34:26 GMT

Hampshire County Cricket Club has received permission from Eastleigh Council to erect permanent floodlights at the Rose Bowl near Southampton, thereby improving the ground's chances of becoming the premier venue for day-night internationals in

Far from bowled over with the Rose Bowl

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:30:47 GMT

Our Punter's Point article on the problems experienced by spectators at the Rose Bowl produced a level of feedback not seen since the Denness affair in 2001

A shambles at Southampton

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:30:46 GMT

We received a large number of complaints about the organisation of the England v Sri Lanka match at the Rose Bowl last Friday and Saturday

Rain threatens to dampen Southampton's big day

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:05:05 GMT

England's first appearance at the Rose Bowl could turn into a damp squib if the weather forecasters are right

Out of the Mouths - What the press had to say on The Rose Bowl

Tue, 17 May 2005 00:30:53 GMT

To stage and run The Rose Bowl's first One Day International (ODI) may have been a real, if somewhat daunting, challenge, but one that proved to be a resounding success.

A first for the Rose Bowl

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:05:05 GMT

The last of the round-robin matches in the NatWest Series, between South Africa and Zimbabwe, could well have been one of those dreadful dead-rubber events when one team has qualified for the final and the other is out of the tournament