They took part in a regulation 20 over a-side match while attempting to avoid hundreds of boulders, steep cliffsides and bemused walkers
England's highest cricket match has been played on top of a mountain after players trekked 3,116ft to slog it out.
“But it was really well attended. You were getting all the cheers when there was a wicket or a nice shot. So it felt like a big occasion. It went down to the last ball, which was fantastic for the roughly 30 spectators, and it kept us on the edge of our seats. This included two sets of stumps and bails, a scoreboard and boundary markers - along with four sets of bats, gloves and helmets, which were shared among players. But the most cumbersome piece of equipment was the artificial pitch, which the players carried up in three sections.
He said: “We laid the pitch in an area where there were less rocks, where we just had to move some smaller one, but for the outfield, we just kind of had to live with them. We took around 30 balls, and I think we got through most of them. Nick Johnson, from Henley Cricket Club, who helped organise the game said the team wanted to support his fellow player, John Neville, who has CMT. The disease damages the peripheral nerves in the body, and though it’s not fatal, it leads to muscle weakness, arched or very flat feet and numbness.
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