JohnCenaFan28
01-28-2009, 09:21 PM
A group of cricketers is heading to Mount Everest to play a record-breaking high altitude match.
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The team showed off the artificial pitch they will use once they reach the Gorak Shep plateau in Nepal, reports the BBC.
What would be the highest cricket game on record is scheduled for 21 April after the players have trekked for nine days to an altitude of 5,000m.
They hope to raise £250,000 for Lord's Taverners and the Himalayan Trust UK.
The match will be broadcast live to an audience watching at Lord's.
Former England batsmen Mark Butcher and Chris Adams turned out to support the mountain-bound cricketers.
Butcher, the Surrey captain, said: "It's pretty bonkers, but anything that's out there raising money for good causes is terrific."
Team captain Haydn Main, a lawyer from London, said the group was prepared for a tough climb.
"It's a seriously intense challenge. It's quite dangerous, the altitude sickness will affect a lot of people."
The group will be accompanied by a medical team.
-Nova
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/1473416.jpg
The team showed off the artificial pitch they will use once they reach the Gorak Shep plateau in Nepal, reports the BBC.
What would be the highest cricket game on record is scheduled for 21 April after the players have trekked for nine days to an altitude of 5,000m.
They hope to raise £250,000 for Lord's Taverners and the Himalayan Trust UK.
The match will be broadcast live to an audience watching at Lord's.
Former England batsmen Mark Butcher and Chris Adams turned out to support the mountain-bound cricketers.
Butcher, the Surrey captain, said: "It's pretty bonkers, but anything that's out there raising money for good causes is terrific."
Team captain Haydn Main, a lawyer from London, said the group was prepared for a tough climb.
"It's a seriously intense challenge. It's quite dangerous, the altitude sickness will affect a lot of people."
The group will be accompanied by a medical team.
-Nova