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Lara to feature in 'Festival of Cricket' - chairman - 12-05-2014
Perth, Australia - The 2014 edition of the Big Bash League is set for an explosive start with defending champions, Perth Scorchers taking on an all-star Australian Legends XI - to be led by former Australian keeper, Adam Gilchrist, in an exhibition match on December 15th.
West Indies legend Brian Lara will join a host of former Australian stars in the Western Australia Festival of Cricket Twenty20 exhibition match, to be held at Aquinas College in Perth's southern suburb.
The match, which was originally scheduled to be held on December 10th has now been postponed to 15th, following rescheduling of games by Cricket Australia (CA), in the wake of the unfortunate demise of Phillip Hughes.
"The Festival of Cricket presents the public and corporates with a unique opportunity to not only watch a high-quality T20 match in a relaxed, social environment, but also to mix and mingle with many current and past greats of the game," Gilchrist said.
"The chance to run around with a bunch of old mates and pit ourselves against the current BBL Champions is exciting and sure to be entertaining for all," he added.
The change of dates though has left Matthew Hayden and Shane Warne scrambling for confirmation after having had to juggle prior commitments.
Squads:
Australian Legends XI: Adam Gilchrist ©, Brian Lara, Andy Bichel, Matthew Hayden (tbc), Michael Kasprowicz, Shane Warne (tbc), Justin Langer, Andrew Symonds, Jimmy Maher, Murry Goodwin and a WACA Future Star (to be confirmed)
Perth Scorchers: Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Hilton Catwright, Andrew Tye, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ashton Turner, Joel Paris, Sam Whiteman, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Michael Klinger, Brad Hogg, Michael Carberry and Yasir Arafat.
First Published On Cricbuzz.
Re: Lara to feature in 'Festival of Cricket' - Calypso - 12-13-2014
December 15, 2014 ........Source
The WA Festival of Cricket Twenty20 match will be streamed live on bigbash.com.au, cricket.com.au and the Cricket Australia: LIVE App. Stay up to date via Big Bash on Facebook or Twitter via @BigBashLeague. -
Re: Lara to feature in 'Festival of Cricket' - ketchim - 12-14-2014
Geoff should join he 2 sons for Perth ...
Re: Lara to feature in 'Festival of Cricket' - Calypso - 12-15-2014
Lara 51* ...... Man of the Moment
Re: Lara to feature in 'Festival of Cricket' - Calypso - 12-15-2014
[color=maroon]Lara rules
Re: Lara to feature in 'Festival of Cricket' - TRINIDADDY - 12-15-2014
Footage:
http://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/live-perth-scorchers-v-legends-xi-with-adam-gilchrist-brian-lara-andrew-symonds-justin-langer/2014-12-15
Re: Lara to feature in 'Festival of Cricket' - ketchim - 12-15-2014
The West Indian struggled for timing early, relying on the pace of the bowlers to guide
and glide his way into his innings before upping the ante in the final stages to bring up
his fifty and remain unbeaten on 51 8)
as the autograph-hunting crowd members invaded the field.