All-star cricketers stunned by Priory

A FOUR figure crowd savoured an afternoon that will live long in the memory when cricket's answer to the Harlem Globetrotters - the Lashings World XI - graced Hastings on Tuesday.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Jul 2004, 15:08 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 23:21 BST

Not only did they enjoy marvellous weather and first class organisation, but also a classic match which saw Hastings Priory cause a massive upset.

The Sussex Premier League champions of the last two seasons sneaked home by one wicket when the last pair of Tim Eldridge and Mick Glazier scampered a bye off the final ball of an enthralling game.

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Other highlights of the afternoon included Carl Read flat batting West Indies legend Courtney Walsh for a straight six in the penultimate over and 18-year-old Jon Hancock compiling a marvellous half-century which featured a massive pulled six off Pakistani Shahid Afridi.

The Lashings line-up also included world renowned stars of the calibre of Rashid Latif, Greg Blewitt, Junior Murray, Sherwin Campbell, Chris Harris, Vasbert Drakes and Alvin Kalicharan.

Result: Lashings 215-7 (Harris 71, Drakes 49 not out, Campbell 45, Read 3-34, Morgan 3-61); Hastings Priory 216-9 (Eldridge 79 not out, Hancock 51, Read 23, Drakes 4-16).

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