Hitting the jackpot
We are used to stories about local cricket clubs scrimping and saving to mend a leaky pavilion roof or buy a new motor mower
Martin Williamson
25-Feb-2013
We are used to stories about local cricket clubs scrimping and saving to mend a leaky pavilion roof or buy a new motor mower. But The Daily Telegraph reports on a small club at Eversley in Hampshire who applied for National Lottery funding and found themselves £1 million richer – enough to provide eight football pitches, an additional cricket square, a new changing room complex and a clubhouse extension.
Martin Williamson is executive editor of ESPNcricinfo and managing editor of ESPN Digital Media in Europe, the Middle East and Africa