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Most people don't glance to their left when they enter the Trent Bridge pavilion. Their eyes will be drawn to the Hall of Fame of Nottinghamshire cricket captains over the decades.

If you did look first left you'd spot a tiny kitchen, home to the three Trent Bridge dressing room attendants and possibly one of the most important rooms in the cricket ground.

Pampering to your needs

Since 2001 George Rose has been effectively waiting on the Trent Bridge cricketers and umpires. It sounds very much like the duties performed by a butler.

"What it entails is keeping the players fed and watered and supplying them with fresh towels every day.

"We have to launder them after each day's play. That can be up to 40 or 50 towels because we look after the umpires and the visitors [towels as well]. It's all about keeping them happy."

Always on hand

George and his colleagues arrive at Trent Bridge at 7:30 on match days so they can fill the ice baths ready for the players.

Then they have to order fruit and milk which they collect and set up in the dressing rooms along with breakfast cereals.

"When [the players] start arriving around 9 o'clock we prepare toast for them and anything else they might ask for," says George.

"They are definitely pampered."

George Rose and Charlie Campbell in the kitchen

Outrageous demands

George doesn't believe anyone has ever taken advantage of the dressing room attendants. However, he has had some interesting requests.

When the West Indies 'A' team came to play a four day game most of the play was washed out because of rain.

The players were fed up and West Indies' Gareth Breese couldn't bear being cooped up any more.

"He decided he wanted a suitcase," says George.

"I drove him into town. We got him a suitcase. Then he asked to be taken around Nottingham so we did a tour of the city."

I love this job because...

George Rose might be at the beck and call of many people at Trent Bridge but he says that's the perk of the job.

"I love cricket and I love meeting cricketers. I love meeting all my heroes like Tendulkar and Shane Warne. I've never been disappointed. I think cricketers are a great breed."