How Bert Lock worked a miracle in the winter of 1945-46, and made the club's 'best signing from Kent'

Winter at the Kia Oval. There’s a steady hum about the place. No cricket for a while but the groundstaff are out and about checking their post-season work.

There are no massive cranes hanging over the ground this winter, unlike 12 months previously when the new dressing rooms and floodlights were under construction.