Jon Ravenscroft, left, and development coach Jason Shambrook at the new Indoor Cricket Guernsey centre. (Picture by Peter Frankland, 0691729)

GUERNSEY’S indoor cricket centre will be up and running in March.

That is the message from the man financing the scheme – local stockbroker, Jon Ravenscroft.

Work began on the state of the art facility at La Hougue du Pommier in October 2006 and was originally due to open six months ago.

But technical problems usually associated with projects of such magnitude forced the opening date to January next year and now to March.

Ravenscroft also revealed that the cost of the centre, which is called Indoor Cricket Guernsey, has gone up from £1m. to £1.6m.

‘We will be open in March 2009,’ said Ravenscroft. ‘It’s gone over budget, but it will be worth it. We’ve not compromised on quality. We’ve gone for the best on everything.’

The whole area is 1,200 square metres and can hold nine nets in total.