CRICKETING STARS OF LASHINGS WORLD XI HEADING FOR NEWCLOSE

One of the most popular sporting events in the Island calendar takes place at Newclose County Cricket Ground on Sunday 22 August when the cricketing superstars of Lashings World XI take on Ventnor.

This will be seventh consecutive season that Lashings have visited the Island but the first time the match has been played away from Ventnor s Steephill ground.

Staging the Lashings fixture each year is a major project and working with Mike Scott and his Newclose team will help share the workload and give a terrific new venue the opportunity to host a match with the world s most famous club cricket team, said Ventnor s Graeme Burnett.

The current Lashings squad is, as ever, a who s who of international players.

The side is captained by former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Harris and also includes West Indies legends Richie Richardson, Gordon Greenidge, Curtly Ambrose, Jimmy Adams and Courtney Walsh. Australians Ian Harvey and Greg Blewett, former England men Devon Malcolm and Phil DeFreitas, Zimbabwe s Grant Flower and Henry Olonga and Pakistan s Mohammed Akram complete a star studded line up.

Mike Scott, General Manager at Newclose, would be delighted to hear from businesses and individuals who might like to take a table in the hospitality marquee. Priced at £360.00

vat for 10 people, more information is available by contacting Mike on 01983 824575, 07774 651330 or mikescott@newclose-cricket.co.uk. Individual marquee tickets are also available.


For people wishing to buy spectator tickets, these are priced at £10.00 and will be on sale from the end of June at both Ventnor Cricket Club and Newclose. Children s tickets are £3.00 each.

The match will start at 2.30pm.