Best Pictures from Help for Heroes charity match - The 45-year-old fast bowler, the army man's cameo, and MS Dhoni's finish
An exciting match was played out on Thursday night between the ‘Help for Heroes XI’ and ‘Rest of the World XI’, in the first ever cricket fundraiser for ‘Help for Heroes’, a charity for British soldiers who have been wounded in the line of duty.The match was an exciting affair, MS Dhoni’s boundary in the last over winning the match for the HFH XI. The plethora of stars seen in action makes this match the biggest unofficial cricket match of recent times.The cast list of the special night at the Oval:Help for Heroes XI: Andrew Strauss (c), Herschelle Gibbs, Virender Sehwag, MS Dhoni, Damien Martyn, Lieutenant Commander Jonathan Parker, Corporal Jake Wray, Shahid Afridi, Graeme Swann, Simon Jones, Matthew Hoggard, Darren Gough.Management: David Gower and Michael Holding.Rest of the World XI: Brendon McCullum (c), Matthew Hayden, Graeme Smith, Mahela Jayawardene, Major Storm Green, Brian Lara, Abdul Razzaq, Scott Styris, Dan Vettori, Tim Southee, Shapoor Zadran.Management: Gary Kirsten; Manager: Sunil Gavaskar.The best pictures of the night:
#1 The sharpness of Darren Gough
Darren Gough, who turned 45 on Friday, was the strike bowler for the HFH XI. Gough had last played for England in 2006, and retired from county cricket in 2008. However, bulky as he might look, Gough has done enough to not let any of his sharpness desert him.
He took the wicket of Graeme Smith early on, and came back into the attack to bowl the 19th over, which yielded only 5 runs.