Jocelyn Galsworthy has been painting at cricket grounds for the last 28 years and her favourite English ground (OK – after Lords, admittedly) is Trent Bridge. She’s returned to paint another portrait of the ground over the five days of the Test, hiding behind a screen in front of the new scoreboard and replay screen.

Jocelyn is based on the Isle of Wight, but travels the world painting cricket grounds of all shapes and sizes. Her first portrait of Trent Bridge was in 1985, so she has seen the ground develop radically since then. In 1998 she sat in front of the pavilion to capture the seen with the newly-opened Radcliffe Road stand and this time she wishes to include the New Stand into the portrait.

Although she is here for five days, it will take upwards of three weeks to add all the fine detail and complete the picture. However, she will be using a little bit of artistic licence as the final painting will not include the ‘cherry picker’ and elevated TV camera. And they say that pictures don’t lie!

Jocelyn loves Trent Bridge, particularly the atmosphere and the helpfulness of the stewards. I’m sure she’ll be back in future years!

Nick Shaw