CitySolicitor Contacts:


Jonathan Garforth, T: 07769 551 399 E: jonathan.garforth@ freshfields.com


Andy Crystal, T: 07957 546 171 E: andy.i.crystal@ accenture.com


Lawyers Cricket World Cup


The Solicitors of England and Wales CC invites you to express your interest in playing in the 4th Biennial Lawyers Cricket World Cup due to be played in Delhi this October. The LCWC was fi rst played in Hyderabad over Christmas and New Year 2007/08 and has since seen its second and third editions played in Cambridge and Barbados in the summers of 2009 and 2011, respectively. A link to the LCWC is available here: http://lcwc.info/tournaments.php.


This year, a group of English solicitors is hoping to take a team to the fourth LCWC where they will compete against approximately 12 commonwealth teams including the Barristers of England and Wales CC and teams from Australia, South Africa, the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, amongst others.


The Tournament is due to open with a ceremony on 12 October 2013. A series of round robin matches between two pools of teams will start the Tournament, followed by a final due to conclude on 22 October at the Test Match ground, the Feroz Shah Kotla. All teams are due to stay in the Ashok hotel in Delhi costing approximately £50 per night (twin share), and it is hoped that fares will be negotiated with Jet Airways for both the Bar and Solicitors’ sides, together with seven Australians flying out to represent their country.


Games are 35 overs per side affairs played with a white ball and national colours (it seems red is in vogue for England). Six members of each team are required to be 32 or older making over 32s a valuable commodity in Delhi this October. We expect to take a squad of 13-15 with at least 7-8 over 32 year olds.


You would be joining some of the England Solicitors’ team who competed in the 2009 World Cup but also joining some other debutants. The LCWC strikes a fantastic balance between competitive cricket (you will wear the 3 lions on your chest with pride) and a delightful opportunity to socialise with lawyers who also happen to be cricket lovers coming from all over the world, and who will be brought together most evenings, taken on excursions to the Taj Mahal and elsewhere on days off, even given the opportunity to earn CPD points at a seminar on sports law. I understand the Indian hospitality is second to none with players at the first LCWC made to feel as though they really were English test cricketers. The tradition continued in Cambridge which again saw functions every evening with a final played at the Oval. The West Indies’ organisation was mixed but their high point was their appointment of Wes Hall, Desmond Haynes, Garry Sobers, Joel Garner and Sherwin Campbell as “coaches” for the national teams.


We should finish by confirming that the standard of cricket is competitive but not exceedingly high. First class players have played previously but the overall standard is probably either side of 2nd XI league level. LCWC IV is certainly not a tournament to be missed and we invite you to contact us should you fancy a trip to Delhi in October!


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