Rathbones Arundel Festival of Cricket
Spectator Information: Rathbones Arundel Festival of Cricket
We are thrilled to welcome Sussex supporters to the Rathbones Arundel Festival of Cricket, a celebration of community, inclusivity, and top-class cricket held at the iconic Arundel Castle Cricket Ground.
Whether you're a lifelong cricket lover or just looking for a great day out, here's everything you need to know to plan your visit.
Fixtures
6th August - Disability Hundred Competition - Free entry for all spectators - Parking £6 per car
7th August - Sussex Sharks Men vs Kent Men ODC - Tickets from £10, free for Sussex Members - Parking £10 per car
8th August - Tymal Mills Testimonial Event - Arundel Takeover - Click for more information
9th August - Sussex Sharks Women vs Leicestershire Women ODC - Tickets from £5, free for Sussex Members
Tickets and Parking - Metro Bank One Day Cup
Tickets for the two Sussex Sharks Metro Bank One Day Cup fixtures should be purchased in advanced to help reduce queue times. Entry is free for Sussex Members to both matches, please bring your Membership cards with you.
Parking for these matches is £10 per car and can be purchased online. Please click here and then click the fixture you'd like parking for then click "Car Park".
Still need match tickets? Click here to purchase.
Food and Drink
Supporters are permitted to bring food and drinks into the games, however alcohol is NOT permitted. A number of units will be available on site to purchase food, drinks and snacks.
Chairs and Blankets
Spectators are permitted to bring their own fold up chairs, as well as picnic blankets.
We cannot wait to welcome you back to Arundel for an amazing festival of cricket! #GOSBTS
Information on Arundel Castle Cricket Club
For information on how to find Arundel Castle Cricket Club and much more, please visit their website.
Yorkshire vs Sussex
Yorkshire completed an innings and 128-run victory over Sussex midway through the fourth afternoon at Scarborough to hoist themselves out of the bottom two places in Division One.
Sussex started the final day of this 11th-round clash on 115 for three in their second innings, trailing by 208.
On a deteriorating North Marine Road surface, their fate was obvious inside the day’s opening 20 minutes as they lost three wickets for the addition of two runs in the opening 26 balls, teetering on 117 for six.
So it proved, even though their resistance through to mid-afternoon was impressive. They were bowled out for 195, including five for 31 from 16.4 overs for new-ball seamer Matt Milnes - his first five-for in the Championship since September 2021 following injury. Fynn Hudson-Prentice finished 52 not out off 156 balls.
Yorkshire’s third win yielded 22 points, Sussex’s fourth defeat handing them only two.
The gap between the two sides is now just a solitary point ahead of the September run-in. The pair meet again at Hove midway through next month, one of three remaining games.
The White Rose have been replaced in ninth place in the table - second-bottom - by Durham, who were beaten at home by Surrey this week. The gap between the two is 12 points.
Yorkshire would even go above Essex should their game with Warwickshire at Chelmsford finish drawn.
In their last three games, Yorkshire not only face Sussex but Durham as well. They meet at Headingley in the final match of 2025.
The hosts made the ideal start to the day.
Danial Ibrahim and Daniel Hughes fell, the two not out batters overnight, for 51 and 57 respectively added to the departure of captain John Simpson for a duck.
Milnes claimed the first two. Ibrahim was caught low down at second slip by Adam Lyth before Hughes was bowled playing back to one which kept low and scooted through.
Simpson was then bowled as he tried to leave alone one angled in from Milnes’ new-ball partner Jack White.
Danny Lamb was next to go, caught behind off Will Sutherland’s seam - 143 for seven.
Lamb fell chasing a wide ball having added 26 with fellow all-rounder Hudson-Prentice. Sussex needed much, much more.
Sussex reached lunch at 166 for seven, Hudson-Prentice with 32.
He played handsomely down the ground off seam, even using his feet against White on couple of occasion to find the boundary wide of mid-on.
Hudson-Prentice was excellent in becoming Sussex’s third half-centurion of the innings, this coming off 138 balls. By the time he got there midway through the afternoon, Sussex were 188 for seven with 48 overs remaining in the day.
He shared 47 for the eighth wicket with Jack Carson, who was the eighth man to fall when caught by diving Lyth at slip low down to his right - 191 for eight.
Replays suggest Carson was unfortunate to be given out, confirming the initial impression given by the batter stomping off the field.
Things happened quickly from there, with Sussex falling almost 44 overs short of survival.
This was Milnes’ first five-wicket haul for Yorkshire as he comes to the end of his third year with the club. His last was for Kent. He has since suffered a nightmare with multiple back stress fractures.
But he was excellent here, polishing things off by getting Grinder Sandhu caught at point and then Henry Crocombe caught behind with a beauty for a golden duck.
In all, Milnes claimed seven wickets in the match.
Sharks Women vs Gloucestershire
Sharks Women vs Gloucestershire: Match Preview
The Metro Bank One Day Cup returns to The 1st Central County Ground tomorrow, with the Sussex Sharks Women resuming their campaign by welcoming Gloucestershire and Head Coach Alexia Walker has named a 13-player squad for the game.
Team News
Anna Lewis comes into the squad following an injury to Jazz Westley.
Squad
M Adams, A Buckle, I Collis, L Curling, I Gentry, C Green, N Harman, R King, A Lee, A Lewis, E O’Neill, T Stanley, P. Wilkinson.
The Story So Far
The Women's Metro Bank League Two started back in April, with the Sharks facing two soon-to-be professional outfits in Glamorgan and Yorkshire, both of which ended in defeat.
But Alexia Walker's side showed encouraging signs in those games, and responded with back-to-back wins over Worcestershire and then Kent.
That leaves them currently lying in 6th place in the league of ten teams[.
Gloucestershire sit in 9th having won one and lost three and the Sharks will be hoping they can inflict their 4th defeat of the season tomorrow.
Timings
Gates will open at 9am, with the toss taking place at 10am and the first ball at 1030am.
Tickets
Tickets start at just £5 for kids and £10 for adults and can be bought online here. Entry for all Sussex Members is free of charge.
How to Watch
As always, you can watch every ball, free of charge, via our Match Day Centre. You will need to register for a free account to access the stream, statistics, replays and live scorecard. You can find information on how to register here.
U13-16 Pathway Assessment Nominations Now Open
U13-16 Pathway Assessment Nominations Now Open
Please find details below to enable you to nominate young players (for boys U13-U16 only) for the 2025/2026 Sussex Cricket Junior Pathway Assessments.
Please note that if selected for assessments the dates below are the only dates we have available. We appreciate some players have commitments with other sports which is why we have given everyone plenty of notice.
To enable us to observe the boys in outdoor conditions Phase 1 assessments will take place at the Blackstone Academy Ground in August & September (Blackstone Lane, BN5 9TA)
Dates and times for the age groups will be:
U16 – Sunday 17th August 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
U15 – Sunday 17th August 2.00 – 5.00 pm
U14 – Sunday 24th August 10.00 am – 1.00 pm or 2.00 – 5.00 pm
U13 – Tuesday 19th August 10.00 am – 1.00 pm or 2.00 – 5.00 pm
For those players selected from Phase 1 the next phase of assessments will also take place at the Blackstone Academy Ground.
Dates and times for the age groups will be:
U16 – Sunday 28th August 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
U15 – Sunday 7th September 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
U14 – Sunday 14th September 10.00 am – 1.00 pm
U13 – Sunday 7th September 2.00 – 5.00 pm
Players invited to attend Phase 2 will then be assessed against current county players at the relevant age group.
Please note these are which age groups players will be in for the 2025/2026 season by their date of birth:
We ask everyone to be aware of the following criteria when nominating players for assessments.
1. Only players who were not on the 2024/2025 Pathway to be nominated
2. Only players regarded as being as good or better than current county age group cricketers (U13 plus who were selected into the final county age group squads)
3. Players who have contributed to SJCF and club/school matches with regular outstanding performances (4+ wicket hauls and 50+ scores on 3 occasions)
4. Players of quality who will be fully committed to the programme.
5. Please note that all players must be available for at least 80% of training sessions and games during the season (dates/times will be advised once selections have been made) For example training may be every Sunday for 2 hours at Hove from November 2025 until March 2026 followed by a summer match training programme.
If you have players whom you feel meet the criteria above please complete the following form:
https://forms.gle/2Ks1SPxRRo18UhzSA
Please note this form is for parents to complete.
All nominations to be received by Friday 8th August please.
Yorkshire vs Sussex - Day Three
All-rounder Matthew Revis continued his sparkling run-scoring form in the Rothesay County Championship, posting his third hundred in as many matches to help Yorkshire press for victory over Sussex at Scarborough. But Danial Ibrahim and Daniel Hughes batted through the evening session to offer Sussex a glimmer of hope of saving the match.
Dating back to late June, in Yorkshire’s last four Division One fixtures, Revis - 23-years-old - has posted scores of 93 not out, 150, 110 not out and a career best 152 not out.
He hit the 150 in a victory over Essex at York, 110 not out in last week’s draw here against champions Surrey and now this 188-ball effort with 14 fours and two pulled sixes against spin.
Yorkshire declared on 545 for nine midway through the afternoon, leading by 323 with 44 overs remaining in the day, and then restricted Sussex to 115 for three at close. Opener Daniel Hughes gave the visitors something to cheer with an impressive rearguard 56 not out from 131 balls.
It would now be a significant surprise if Revis is not selected to tour Australia with the England Lions this winter. Another man who could be on that tour is George Hill, with whom Revis shared an entertaining seventh-wicket partnership of 140 either side of lunch.
Fellow all-rounder Hill contributed a season’s best 75 off 93 balls. He has already had Lions exposure this summer, courtesy of his near 40-wicket campaign with the ball.
For Sussex, off-spinner Jack Carson plugged away with three for 150 from 43 overs. But he was swimming against the tide.
Revis, who started the day on 22, drove handsomely down the ground before pulling a couple of sixes off Carson just before Yorkshire declared minutes before 3pm.
Before lunch, Hill lofted Carson over long-on for six and out of the ground at the Trafalgar Square End.
Revis reached his fifty off 77 balls and his fifth career first-class century off 137, the latter on the stroke of lunch. Sandwiched in between, Hill’s fifty came up in 65 balls.
Sussex started the day nicely by removing Harry Duke and Will Sutherland, leaving Yorkshire 320 for six in the 97th over, the day’s seventh.
Duke was caught behind for 21 against an out-swinger from Fynn Hudson-Prentice - Sussex having taken the new ball immediately at the start of play - before Sutherland was bowled by his fellow Australian Gurinder Sandhu for two.
Sutherland is playing his last match of the season for Yorkshire this week and had been surfing in the North Sea at the end of day two.
Revis and Hill advanced Yorkshire’s cause in entertaining fashion. The aforementioned Hill six off Carson even landed in the back yard of the Air BnB which the county’s live streaming team are using this week.
Revis became the first Yorkshire player to score three hundreds in successive first-class matches since Gary Ballance did it back in 2019 and the first non-capped White Rose player to achieve that same feat in 80 years.
Unfortunately for Sussex, further trouble was around the corner at the start of their second innings.
They faced 12 overs before tea, where they reached at 29 for three.
New-ball pair Jack White and Matt Milnes struck once apiece added to the run out of Tom Alsop courtesy of a direct hit from Imam-Ul-Haq at the striker’s end from cover.
White had Tom Haines caught and bowled off a lead edge and Milnes got James Coles caught at fourth slip for a golden duck the ball after Alsop had fallen in the sixth over.
But just when all seemed lost, left-handed Australian Hughes stood firm with the help of fourth-wicket partner Danial Ibrahim.
Hughes was understandably watchful but drove, cut, pulled and deflected 10 boundaries en-route to a 114-ball fifty. The pair have shared an unbroken 95, with Ibrahim 50 not out.
The Dean Wilson Sussex Cricket League: July Review
The Dean Wilson Sussex Cricket League: July Review
The Dean Wilson Sussex Cricket League (SCL) has delivered an exhilarating June and July, as the summer sun continues to (mostly) shine on club cricket.
Throughout the 39 divisions we are seeing some intense competition and lots of finely poised divisions, with promotion and relegation on the line, as we go into the business end of the season.
Alongside the regular league season, the T20 Cup competitions are also getting to the nitty gritty with finalists and semi-finalists now confirmed.
In the Daniel Oliver T20 Cup, Three Bridges 1st XI & Cuckfield 1st XI will battle it out. The former looking to defend their title from 2024.
With the final due to be played at The 1st Central County Ground on Sunday 31 August as part of the league’s annual showpiece T20 Finals Day.
The Paul Baker T20 Trophy Semi-Finalists - Hailsham 2nd XI vs Three Bridges 2nd XI and Brighton & Hove 2nd XI vs Chichester Priory Park 2nd XI
T20 Plate Semi-Finalists - Haywards Heath 3rd XI vs Ifield 3rd XI and Petworth Park 1st XI vs Sidley 1st XI
With all four Trophy & Plate matches coming up at Preston Nomads CC on Sunday 10th August - why not come along for what promises to be a great day of cricket, the first matches begin at 11:30am.
SCL Division Standings
Horsham 1st XI [320pts] have maintained their impressive unbeaten record at the top of the ECB Premier Division, overcoming some tough challenges to create the current 57-point gap to second. Preston Nomads 1st XI [263pts], Three Bridges 1st XI [262pts], Haywards Heath 1st XI [242pts] and Middleton 1st XI [242pts], are the closest challengers but none of them can afford to drop any points if they are to catch Horsham.
At the bottom of the table an intriguing 4-way battle is developing between Cuckfield [199pts], East Grinstead 1st XI [172pts], Ifield 1st XI [155pts] and Bognor Regis 1st XI [143pts]. With the bottom two places being relegated after 18 games, all of these sides’ season remain on a knife edge.
In Division 2, things have changed since the last review with Eastbourne 1st XI [224pts] falling to 5th place since the introduction of the ‘Declaration’ format. West Chiltington & Thakeham 1st XI [279pts] now lead, with three challengers queuing up behind. Hastings & St Leonards Priory 1st XI [266pts], St James's Montefiore 1st XI [247pts] and Brighton & Hove 1st XI [237pts].
The relegation battle is also hotting up as four teams; Buxted Park 1st XI [169pts], Preston Nomads 2nd XI [168pts], Mayfield 1st XI [164pts] & Roffey 2nd XI [139pts] all fight to remain in the second tier of competition in Sussex.
Pagham 1st XI [272pts] lead the way in Division 3 West by just 2-points. The run-in will be extremely intriguing to watch, as just 35-points separate the top five teams.
Finally, Bolney 1st XI [318pts] remain in poll position in Division 3 East having lost only game all season. Little Common Ramblers 1st XI [295pts] and Lindfield 1st XI [284pts] remain in the hunt though and will hope to keep the high-flyers honest!
Selection of current division leaders and their points leads;
Division 4 West - Slinfold 1st XI by 96 points
Division 4 East - St Peters 1st XI by 15 points
Division 5 West - West Chiltington & Thakeham 2nd XI by 55 points
Division 5 Central - St Matthias 1st XI by 19 points
Division 5 East - Isfield 1st XI by 23 points
Division 6 West - Bosham 1st XI by 13 points
Division 6 Central - Brighton & Hove 3rd XI by 16 points
Division 6 East - Tunbridge Wells 3rd XI by 29 points
For full standings in all divisions, visit The Dean Wilson Sussex Cricket League official website.
SCL Individual Performances
Last time, we reported some truly impressive performances after just 4 weeks of cricket, but many of these performances have been knocked from the top!
Here are the 5 standouts leading the way after 12 weeks:
Best Batting Performances
Sreevalsan Gangadharan, 251* - Kerala Strikers Sports Club 1st XI in Division 8 East
Renai Gransult, 228 - Worthing 2nd XI in Division 5 West
Nimanda Subasinghe, 213* - St Peters 1st XI in Division 4 East
Tom Marchant, 210 - Eastbourne 2nd XI in Division 5 East
Sandeep Satheesh, 208 - Bexhill Strikers 1st XI in Division 10 East
Best Bowling Performances
Kimani Mbugua, 8/30 - Copthorne 1st XI in Division 8 Central
Olly Manns, 8/39 - Ansty 2nd XI in Division 7 Central
Jake Vosloo, 8/71 - Mayfield 1st XI in Division 2
Carl Cooper, 7/3 - Bognor Regis 4th XI in Division 12 West (South West)
Mohamed Roshan Ashif Abdul Cader, 7/14 - Steyning 4th XI in Division 12 West (North West)
Each week on the Sussex Cricket Foundation social media channels the best 20 performances with bat and ball are featured (from across competitive recreational cricket in Sussex), thanks to the ECB’s Play-Cricket Honours Boards. Give them a follow on - X, Instagram, Facebook & TikTok and connect with the cricket community!
As we head into August and the final third of the season, comprehensive fixtures, scorecards and up-to-date standings can be found on The Dean Wilson Sussex Cricket League official website.
Free Entry for Members to the One Day Cup
Free Entry for Members to the One Day Cup
The Metro Bank One Day Cup returns to the 1st Central County Cup this weekend, with the Sussex Sharks Women first up on Saturday and entry is free for all Sussex Members.
Alexia Walker's side began life in this competition back in April and will be looking to pick up from a positive end to the Blast campaign on Saturday 2nd August when they welcome Gloucestershire to Hove.
The Women will also play against Leicestershire on 9th August at Arundel Castle, as part of the Rathbones Arundel Festival of Cricket, which starts on the 6th.
Their final home game in the competition takes place on Monday 25th August against Middlesex.
Please note: All Women's One Day Cup matches begin at 1030am, with the Men's starting at 11am.
For the Men, the first home game takes place on the 7th August against Kent, at Arundel. This is followed by a day-nighter under the lights against Lancashire on the 15th, starting at 2pm.
They then play two more home games against Somerset (Thursday 21st) and Yorkshire (Sunday 25th August) at Hove.
Tickets for both the Men's and Women's games are included in your Sussex Membership, including the games at Arundel Castle.
Not a Member?
Well, pick yourself up a bargain, as tickets start at just £5 for Women's games and £10 for Men's games. Click here to purchase match tickets.
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Yorkshire vs Sussex - Day Two
Adam Lyth’s fifth Rothesay County Championship career century on his home ground at Scarborough helped take him beyond 1,000 runs for the summer and put Yorkshire in charge of their clash with Sussex at its halfway stage.
Lyth, aged 37, learnt his trade on this ground as a junior and still lives in neighbouring Whitby. He just loves this place, and it showed with 115 off 233 balls, including 16 fours.
Day two was almost the perfect day for the ex-England Test opener, who ensured the White Rose county replied strongly to Sussex’s first-innings 222 all out with 292 for four from 90 overs.
Lyth and third-wicket partner James Wharton, who contributed 85 off 130 balls, shared 168 either side of tea after Sussex had started the day advancing from 210 for nine. Danny Lamb top-scored with 48, Jack White finished with three wickets.
While Sussex, placed fifth before this 11th round Division One fixture, will still be looking over their shoulders, this is a far more important game for ninth-placed Yorkshire, inside the bottom two in the top-flight table.
Matt Milnes wrapped up the Sussex innings in the day’s fourth over when he had Lamb caught behind tentatively playing forwards two runs short of his first fifty of the season.
Both sides then had success through until lunch, at the start of Yorkshire’s reply.
Fin Bean, who made 21 whipped a six over midwicket which was caught by a youngster in the crowd.
Lyth, meanwhile, continued his excellent form against the red ball this season and Pakistani debutant Imam-Ul-Haq started brightly. His first three scoring shots in 19 were all boundaries.
But Sussex chipped away late in the morning.
Lamb’s seam accounted for Bean, caught behind off a top-edged pull, before Jack Carson’s off-spin had Imam caught at slip pushing forwards in the last over of the session, leaving Yorkshire 80 for two.
Lyth went to 50 for the eighth time this season in the heart of the afternoon session, off 117 balls.
An impressively watchful effort on a pitch with some juice in it, which has not been easy to score runs on, Lyth and third-wicket partner quietly put their county into a very strong position.
Wharton claimed a stunning outfield catch at deep square-leg to help White claim the first wicket of the match early on day one. But, as good a fielder as he is, run-scoring is his main suit.
And he did it well on day two.
He was more aggressive than Lyth, highlighted by successive sixes off Carson to move into the forties and take his side to 161 for two. The first was pulled, the second lofted handsomely over long-on.
Wharton reached his seventh fifty of the season shortly afterwards, off 79 balls, and by this stage him and Lyth were upping the ante.
Lyth reached the 1,000 mark just before tea where Yorkshire got to in rude health at 199 for two from 58 overs.
This is the third successive season he has achieved the feat.
Lyth’s third Championship century came up in 200 balls just after tea, with Yorkshire taking the lead moments later.
Sussex’s attack, missing the likes of Jofra Archer because of England and Ollie Robinson through injury, came under increasing pressure.
But credit to them, they hit back midway through the evening to get rid of Lyth and Wharton inside three overs, leaving Yorkshire 250 for four in the 74th.
Lyth was stumped by John Simpson off Carson - two for 70 from 28 overs - and Wharton bowled by the left-arm spin of James Coles.
Matthew Revis and Harry Duke then saw the day out for Yorkshire with 22 and 20 respectively.
By Graham Hardcastle, ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay
Sussex Seniors 50+ 1st XI reach Quarter-Finals
Sussex Seniors 50+ 1st XI reach ECB 50+ County Championship Quarter-Finals
Sussex won the toss and decided to bat on what seemed a good Preston Nomads wicket. Martin Barry was out early on, but Jason Finch and Jason Oates then batted beautifully for the next 13 overs, until Jason Finch was bowled having scored a run-a-ball 37.
Jason Oates was then well partnered by Tim Van Noort (24) to take the score onto 128-3 with 20 overs to go. As the ball softened and Dorset took the pace off the ball, scoring became more difficult; though Jason Oates reached a brilliant century with two consecutive sixes.
He was eventually caught for 106 from 108 balls; a fantastic innings, which showed his outstanding temperament and skill, as well as his wonderful ability to still hit a long ball. Brad Smith (39) and the Sussex lower order then accelerated the scoring to reach a total of 265-7 from 45 overs.
Sussex were keen to keep things tight early on in the Dorset reply; the aim being to get the required rate upwards of six as early as possible. However, Dorset started fluently, with the openers batting positively and Sussex not quite exerting the control they would have hoped for, and which had been a hallmark of their success in defending totals previously.
However, a combination of each of the team raising their game, and a strong belief in each other as a team, along with some excellent decisions from Jason Finch, allowed Sussex to exert increasing pressure on Dorset; scoring became difficult, particularly as the ball softened.
Of particular note in the exertion of this pressure were Imran Khan (9-0-29-1) and Jason Oates (9-0-28-1), who both expertly judged the required pace to bowl on the Nomads’ track. Jason Finch (6-0-28-1), Tim Van Noort (6-0-25-0) and Mike Murray (9-0-36-1) all continued the good work, to maintain the squeeze and raise the required run rate to more than 10 runs per over.
Then, a resurgent Harry Chetwood (6-0-30-4) spinning the ball prodigiously, took four wickets in his final three overs to end the game, with Sussex winning by 81 runs. Though Jason Oates should rightly take the man of the match plaudits for his brilliant all-round display, it was a fantastic team performance and another example of the way that Sussex have been able to raise their levels and respond successfully to changing game situations.
It is an exciting run for Sussex this year, who are unbeaten in the competition this season.
Under the excellent captaincy of Jason Finch, there is a belief in the side which has allowed team members to express their skill sets when required, and has also seen the whole team finding ways to dig deep and work hard for each other under pressure. Sussex have been seeded 4 in the knockouts after winning the South-East Group 5 and now await Leicestershire in a home tie in the quarter-finals.
Report written by Cheg Abraham.
For a full review of their season so far, please see the document below. The remaining fixtures & results for all Sussex Seniors teams can be found here.
Pathway Teams Take on MCC at Lord's
Sussex Pathway Teams Experience the Joy of Playing at Lord's
On Wednesday 23rd July players on the girls Under 13 Pathway had the exciting opportunity to play at Lord's against an MCC U13 team.
The Sussex girls played 2 x T20 games and the first game was a chance for the girls to settle their nerves. The second game showed some great skills from the girls under pressure to be able to recover from 15-5 to get up to 101 and claim a valuable draw.
On Sunday 27th July it was the turn of our boys Under 13 State School Pathway Players to visit and play at Lord's.
Again, Sussex played two back-to-back Twenty20s which ended one win apiece, with Sussex comfortably chasing 83 in the first game.
Sussex were chasing it off 14-overs with 2 wickets down with two of our players being not out at the end.
The MCC returned the favour in game two, with Sussex setting 104-9. MCC reached the target in the 18th over, despite the best efforts of the Sussex opening bowlers.
To have the chance to play on the Nursery Ground at Lord's is usually only ever a once in a lifetime opportunity for anyone, and to have that chance at Under 13 is amazing.
The players not only had that inspirational chance to play, but were able to walk round the pavilion, changing rooms and media centre creating memories they'll never forget.
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