Ross Mould

And it is, as a cricket fan, it is good fun.

It's an immersive cricket experience.

You stand in the nets, you see a giant screen, the bowler runs into the screen, the ball shoots out a little aperture and then you do your best to give it a...

give it a bashing, but I can understand why the 16 sites, well, I think there's 15, I think they've unfortunately just had to close Southampton, are finding it hard just because everywhere else, you know, the company has said there's loads of competition for leisure pounds and pence and euros.

There's an awful lot of, you know, consumer sentiment is relatively pressed over on this side of the Irish Sea, and those businesses will be coping with all sorts of cost increases, whether it's food, whether it's utility bills, whether it's wages.

So it's a really tough time for the hospitality industry over here.

So I can understand why the chain is struggling.

The good news is they're not closing it down.

It's not gone bust.

It's gone into administration.

So they're looking for a rescue deal.

And the company is saying that it is seeing interest in the 15 sites that it's still got.

But you do mention it's backed by Ben Stokes, the England cricket captain.

He's had a pretty tough month already down in Australia.

So this probably isn't what he wanted to hear.

just at the end of that rather trying period when there's still two games to go against Australia and the English are trying to avoid a 5-0 thumping.

Ross Mould from AJ Bell.