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Legend Dickie Bird opens sports complex.
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Batley News (Batley, England)
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July 17, 2008
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CRICKETING legend Dickie Bird visited Batley yesterday to open a new state-of-the-art sports complex.
Dickie gave a speech in front of more than 100 cricket fans at the Indian Muslim Welfare Society's Al-Hikmah Centre, Track Road.
He then officially opened the new cricket facility, which includes four bowling bays, cricket bowling mats and a bowling machine.
He said: "It's a great pleasure for me to be here and I have had a look round already.
"It's a tremendous complex.
"I'm absolutely impressed with what I've seen this morning and it can only be for the good of cricket."
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