22 Aug 2024
FAMILY FUN CRICKET DAY CAPTAINS NAMED!
Ashton Golding will captain the rest of the world team on Sunday at Honley Cricket Club against and England team led by Matthew English. Both captains will have the entire Giants first team squad and coaching staff to select from – all of who will be in attendance.
The event is open to all and costs Adults £3, U16's £1, U5's free, with gates open at Far Bank Honley from 12pm onwards with the game due to start around 1pm. As in previous years there will be stalls, food vendors, drinks and cut price merchandise on offer. The event has always proved popular in previous years and with the weather set fair again, it looks set to be a great day and a wonderful opportunity for any supporters to meet all the players in a relaxed fun environment.
Family ticket costing £5 is also available for a minimum of 2 adults and 2 kids, Golden Gamble tickets will also be on sale for £1.
Ashton Golding told www.giantsrl.com that he fully expected his team to come out as victors on the day “ Our side will be strong I’m sure “ he said
“I’ve Jamaican, Irish, Australian, Tongan, Kiwi to pick from off the top off my head and a few lads have already put their hands up as being pretty handy.”
Matthew English was more guarded in his assessment of his sides chances.
"We’ll let Ashton do all the talking and we’ll deliver our message on the pitch to them" said the 26 year old who has previous Giants cricket day experience, "its always been a good day in the past and hopefully we’ll get a great turn out from the fans and with the Supporters Association organising all the activities i'm sure it’ll be a lot of fun."
The format of the cricket will be a 20-20 style game with batsmen retiring at 50 and all of the fielding side to bowl two overs each.