Derbyshire returned to Repton School in 2025, 37 years after last staging a men’s professional game there.

Repton’s Ian Pollock joins us to discuss how the school transformed itself into a List A cricket venue, gives his advice for other grounds seeking to host county games, and answers the question of whether a Championship game could be on the cards in the future…

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