Charity Cricket Day in Melton Mowbray raises £14,000 for The Prostate Cancer Charity

By melton_mark | Tuesday, August 09, 2011, 10:47

Sunday's Charity Cricket Day at Egerton Park Cricket Club in Melton Mowbray raised around £14,000 for The Prostate Cancer Charity. Hundreds turned out for the event, which was organised by Howzat Travel and former England cricketer Tim Munton - whose father Alan died of prostate cancer last year.

For a full gallery of 40 pictures from the Charity Cricket Day in Melton Mowbray click on the link in the story below.
Devon Malcolm in action at the Charity Cricket Day in Melton Mowbray. (Picture copyright Tim Williams and used with permission)
For a full gallery of 40 pictures from the Charity Cricket Day in Melton Mowbray click on the link in the story below.

The event featured a number of cricketing legends including:

Jonathan Agnew - the 'voice of cricket' from BBC's Test Match Special
Matthew Hoggard - Leicestershire captain and former England player
Devon Malcolm - Former England bowler
Tim Munton - Former England bowler
Claude Henderson - Leicestershire spin bowler and former South Africa player

Click here to see a gallery of 40 pictures from the Charity Cricket Day in Melton Mowbray.

The highlight of the day was a Twenty20 match between a Howzat Travel team - including Matthew Hoggard and Devon Malcolm - and a team from Egerton Park Cricket Club.

Howzat Travel batted first and scored 139 for 5 - including 42 from Devon Malcolm. Top scorer with 50 was Alex Sears from Sleaford.

Egerton Park bowler Claude Henderson had figures of 4 overs 1 wicket for 10 runs and Tim Munton had figures of 4 overs 1 wicket for 26 runs. Local player Tom Barnard had figures of 2 overs 1 wicket for 17 runs and Andrew Keightley bowled 1 over, getting 1 wicket for 6 runs.

In reply Egerton Park scored 136 for 4 in their 20 overs. Top scorer was local player Eddie Cham who was 49 not out.

Matthew Hoggard's bowling figures were 4 overs 1 wicket for 28 runs and Devon Malcolm bowled 2 overs, getting 1 wicket for 14 runs.

Tim Munton rounded off the day by thanking everyone for coming along and reminding them about the need to raise awareness of the disease:

"We've had a lot of fun today and we've raised a lot of money."

"On a serious note - if you've a man over 50 and you've got waterworks problems - go to the doctors and get a test - if they catch Prostate Cancer early enough it can be sorted out."

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