Southern Premier League to host 'Ashes' match
The ECB Southern Electric Premier League is to play a 50-over `international' match against its visiting Australian cricketers at New Milton's Fernhill complex on Sunday August 10, starting at 12 noon.
Mike Vimpany (Daily Echo)
29-Jul-2003
The ECB Southern Electric Premier League is to play a 50-over `international' match against its visiting Australian cricketers at New Milton's Fernhill complex on Sunday August 10, starting at 12 noon.
The one-day international is the brainchild of New Milton's Aussie coach Grant Hebbard and is to raise funds for the locally-based Oakhaven Hospice.
Hebbard plans to recruit the bulk of his side from Australians currently playing in the SPL and may include Hampshire team manager Paul Terry, who is coach at the WACA Grade club Melville.
"I've got four lads from my own club, South Perth, plus Bashley's Brad Thompson and Adam Voges (Bournemouth), who plays for Western Australia, so we'll have a handy side.
He also plans to bring in star WA opener Chris Rogers, who has been busy breaking batting records in the Birmingham League this summer.
The Premier League team will take the form of a President's XI raised by John Wolfe.
It is expected that the bulk of the SPL team will come from Bashley, BAT Sports and Havant.
One player itching to play is BAT's prolific Kiwi batsman Neal Parlane, who celebrates his 25th birthday that weekend.