This new form of cricket will give people who are unable to play the conventional weekend club cricket an opportunity to play a shortened innovative form of the game to suit their needs.
Last Man Stands is a global 8-a-side amateur Twenty20 Cricket League. Typically each game is completed in less than 2 hours making it the perfect game to play on midweek evenings or on Sundays. It’s quick, exciting, and fast-paced.
Last Man Stands is all about the excitement of Twenty20 cricket with a difference – 20 overs are played, but with 5 balls per over instead of 6, each side consists of 8 players as opposed to the regulation 11, and sides can only be bowled out when all 8 players are dismissed – hence the name, Last Man Stands.
There are 20,000 players and 1,200 teams playing Last Man Stands Cricket in 5 countries and 30 cities around the world. Once your team starts competing, each player will receive a global ranking within 24 hours of the completion of each match.
Most excitingly, the newly established Last Man Stands Leagues in Sussex will fit into the global structure of the game, meaning that the winners of the Brighton and Crawley Leagues will then be entered into the Southern England Regional Finals, with the subsequent winner progressing into the National Finals which in 2010 were held at the home of cricket, Lord’s.
The ultimate winners of the National Finals will then travel to Cape Town to take part in the Last Man Stands 2012 World Championship.
The 2010 World Championship took place on the Gold Coast of Australia. The eventual tournament winners, Protea Coin, were crowned World Champions and took $10,000 in prize money back home to Pretoria in South Africa.
The Last Man Stands Brighton and Crawley leagues will commence shortly so please ensure you register your team as soon as possible. Last Man Stands is open to anyone including groups of friends, workmates and clubs who want to involve more of their members in the game.
Costs and Inclusions...
Teams pay a registration fee and a match fee per game which covers:
• Coloured ODI-Style Team Shirts
• Team Insurance
• Ground Hire
• Umpiring
• Scoring
• Cricket Balls
• Playing Equipment
• League Management
• Stats Capture
• Prizes
• National & International Championships
• Team World Rankings
• Team Profile Pages
• Batting Rankings for each player
• Bowling Rankings for each player
• Personal Profiles for every registered player in the team
For further information please contact:
Brighton - Ross Cawood, 07717 453272, ross@lastmanstands.com
Crawley - Azam Riyard, 07955 333100, azamriyard@gmail.com;
www.lastmanstands.com/playcricketbrighton