Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2010 | Page 9

Island Life - August/September
2010
August/September
2010

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Lashings of cricketing fun come
to Newclose County Ground
The renowned Lashings cricket team will be
back on the Island for a seventh successive
season, but at a new venue, on August 22.
The Lashings World XI, which includes many
former Test, County and overseas stars, will
take on Ventnor at the Newclose County
Cricket Ground, with gates opening at noon,
and the game starting at 2.30pm.
The match, played at Ventnor’s Steephill
ground in previous years, is a joint venture
between Newclose and Ventnor CC. Mike
Scott, Newclose general manager, said:
“When we were approached by Ventnor to
look at the possibility of hosting the Lashings
fixture on behalf of Ventnor CC we were
delighted.

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“The Lashings World XI is a tremendous
cricketing g team full of international stars
and we are looking forward to working with
Ventnor CC to put on a great event for the
whole Island”.
The Lashings squad is captained by former
New Zealand all-rounder Chris Harris
and includes West Indies’ legends Richie
Richardson, Curtly Ambrose, and Courtney
Walsh. Australians Ian Harvey and Greg
Blewett, former Englishman Phil DeFreitas,
and Pakistan’s Mohammed Akram and Saqlan
Mushtaq are also Lashings members.
Tickets, priced £10.00 are on sale at
Ventnor CC and Newclose. Children’s tickets
are £3.00.

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