The future now: the indoor facility sits alongside the old cricket ground at Bradford Park Avenue.
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NASA HUSSAIN, Facilities Manager at Bradford Park Avenue and a key figure involved in running the venue’s pioneering all-weather domes, received a British Empire Medal in the King’s Birthday Honours, as did Derek Picken, who has given more than 50 years of service to Rogerstone Welfare Cricket Club near Newport, Gwent.
ECB Chair Richard Thompson said: “It is people like Nasa and Derek who are the lifeblood of our sport. I know how much time and ene...