Isle of Wight County Cricket Ground
English cricket's newest county ground opens next month on the Isle of Wight. Newclose - on the outskirts of Newport - cost almost £1.7m to build. It is a gold standard ground and will be home to the island's representative sides. Jim Thorn, chairman of the Isle of Wight Cricket Board, said: "It is a magnificent development and shows the improvements we have made in Island cricket in recent years. "It's ironic that though the Isle of Wight was granted mino...
