Anyone for lunch at the House of Commons?

Somerset's young ECB Academy cricketer's have been praised by chief executive Peter Anderson for their enterprise and hard work.

The youngsters, who are raising funds for their cricket tour to the Isle of Wight this summer, offered their services as car cleaners to those attending Sunday's National League fixture against Scotland.

The ECB Academy youngsters cleaned more than sixty cars in total during the afternoon and raised almost £200 towards their forthcoming trip.

Regarding the fund raiser Mr Anderson said: "Congratulations to all the young cricketers who worked hard to raise the money for the cricket tour. Everyone was very happy about the way that they carried out their duties apart from our president Michael Hill, who paid £3 to have his car cleaned but at the end of the day reckoned he'd been forgotten. He kept on about it so much it was almost like he'd lost £100!!"

There are still a few spaces remaining for the Somerset Appeal Year House of Common's Lunch that takes place on Monday June 23rd in London, when Lord Brooke, the former minister for Northern Ireland and a keen followr of the summer game will be the guest speaker. Tickets are priced at £75 plus VAT, and anybody who is interested should contact Sally Donoghue at the County Ground on telephone number 01823 272 946.