THE Lincolnshire County Cricket League will kick-off their 50th anniversary celebrations with an awards dinner on Friday night.
Starting at 7pm, local players, supporters and officials with gather at Hemswell Court, near Caenby Corner, to honour those who starred during the 2012 season.
The guest speaker on the night will be former Warwickshire batsman Paul Smith, who is renowned on the circuit as being a colourful character.
It will be the first solely-run LCCL awards dinner – following the decision to hold a separate celebration from the Grimsby & District Midweek League – though tickets have already sold out.
Meanwhile, the LCCL are planning to stage a unique Twenty20 event at Cleethorpes Cricket Club on Sunday, June 23.
Bringing together four players from each team in the league, it is hoped the four-team competition will enable a wide range of local cricketers to take part.
Each LCCL side will be asked to nominate a batsman, seam bowler, slow bowler and an all-rounder – from which the final teams will be picked.
Coming together in celebration of the half-century, league chairman Bob Welton, pictured, is eagerly awaiting the T20 day.
He said: "We have been thinking about how to celebrate this milestone, and what better way is there to do that than bringing our players together?"
Starting in the morning, each team will play two games – with the winners and losers of each first round match battling it out for places later in the day.
The LCCL's main sponsors, Readers, have donated pink balls for the occasion, while the teams are also expected to wear coloured clothing.
