The Garth Brown Testimonial Cricket Match

On Saturday 29th of March, we gave Garth Brown an official send-off to London with a testimonial indoor cricket match.

Garth 'McKenzie' Brown and I (David 'Shane' Bond) were the two team captains, and it proved to be a real nail-biter.

In a 16-over innings, my team set the target of 98. Garth's team was hit hard by some great fielding, to be left with 50 runs required off 4 overs. In an unbelievable turn of events, they managed to do just that! If only Richie Benaud was there, he would have had the time of his life.

All of the lads made a healthy donation to the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, bringing together a total of 180 Euro (NZD360). Check out the charity sites by following the links to the right of this blog to see how they are progressing.

Many thanks to Mike 'Whitney' Berry, who organised the event, and also did a great job of representing the beige brigade. Also a big thanks to Michael 'Mark' Taylor and the International School of Amsterdam for the use of their gymnasium.