How would you like to open the batting against the great Lashings World XI?

Observer Sport has teamed up with Style Entertainments to offer one local player the opportunity of a cricketing lifetime.
By The Newsroom
Published 4th Jun 2007, 11:38 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 23:19 BST

The chance to open the batting or bowling for the 1066 Sporting Club XI against the great Lashings World XI is up for grabs.

The finest club side in world cricket is sure to bring a veritable galaxy of stars to The Polegrove in Bexhill on Thursday August 9 for the 1066 Sporting Club Cricket Challenge.

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Lashings have fielded greats of the game such as Richie Richardson, Shoaib Akhtar, Sachin Tendulkar, Courtney Walsh, Alvin Kallicharran and Mark Waugh in recent seasons.

The winner will also receive four match tickets and VIP passes to the corporate hospitality marquee, plus dinner, bed and breakfast at The High Beech Hotel.

Nominations are now welcome and Observer Sport is keen to hear who you believe deserves their big day and why.

Send your thoughts by e-mail to [email protected] or by post to Lashings World XI Cricket Challenge, Observer Sport, Woods House, Telford Road, St Leonards, TN38 9LZ.

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The closing date for applications is midday on Friday June 22 and the lucky recipient will be announced in the following week's publication.

The decision of selectors Simon Newstead (Observer Sport reporter), Mick Waghorn (Bexhill CC chairman) and Bradley Smith (1066 Sporting Club Select XI captain) will be final. No correspondence will be entered into.

For more information on what promises to be a day to remember, call Terry Avann on 07885 298134, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.styleentertainments.com

Advertising, hospitality and sponsorship opportunities are also available by contacting Stuart Welch or Steve Ashton at Wellington Media Services on 445332 or by e-mailing [email protected]

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