Sporting impressario and London County Foundation Member Barry Hearn is the Main Sponsor of the London County Prestige Match between ‘Hutton’s Xl’ and ‘Compton’s Xl’ for highly promising young (Under 13) cricketers from the north, and the south of England The match is being played at The Denis Compton Oval, Shenley on 1st and 2nd September, 2011. He joins Monty [...]
Panesar and Hussain Back London County Prestige Match: Two of English Cricket’s leading Asian cricketers are sponsoring a London County Prestige Match for Under 13 cricketers at The Denis Compton Oval, Shenley this week. England spinner Monty Panesar and Somerset opening bowler Gemaal Hussain have generously sponsored the two teams who are playing in a [...]
Last Thursday, I attended a special fund-raising event for Murali’s Foundation for Goodness at Shenley, hosted by his dear friend Glucka Wijesuriya. What a man and what a project he has started. Raising 5.5 million USD is a major undertaking but I would not bet against the magician winning another one of his major battles in [...]
