6 days ago
Cricket stars past and present shine at Hadleigh's international day
A WHOLE host of past and present cricket stars shone at Hadleigh & Thundersley's annual international day.
An entertaining 20 over clash ended with the PCA England Masters beating their hosts by 12 runs.
And club chairman Kevan Jenkinson was delighted with how the day went.
'It was a fantastic event which allowed us to showcase cricket and our club within the community,' said Jenkinson.
'It also allowed us to highlight our new training facility and to promote and recruit new members
'We had nearly 400 people in the marquee and probably close to 1,000 spectators around the ground.
'It was a really good game too.'
The PCA England team contained a number of ex internationals including Adam Hollioake, Alex Tudor and Mark Ramprakash alongside current Essex skipper Tom Westley and bowler Jamie Porter.
The PCA side were put bat first after losing the toss and went on to score 253/3 with Owais Shah top scoring with 127 from 65 balls.
Fellow opener Ali Brown made 95 before retiring meaning 241 was put on for the first wicket.
Louis Poynter (2/53) and Ethan Rogers (1/29) took the wickets for Hadleigh who then fell just short in reply after scoring 241/4 from their 20 overs.
Jack Sinfield led the way with 86 for Hadleigh while Kian Vapiwala hit 66 not out but it was not enough to prevent a narrow defeat.
