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Article: Barnard Castle stages international cricket
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- August 29, 2008
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INTERNATIONAL cricket came to Barnard Castle when a youth team
from the United Arab Emirates took on the town?s best youngsters.
The UAE?s Young Ta lent Cricket Academy has been touring the
region this month as part of a longstanding partnership with Durham
County Cricket Club and took on Barnard Castle Cricket Club?s under
17s team in their third match of the tour.
They had already beaten youth sides from Durham and Northumbria
during their tour.
Despite a week of poor weather leading to the tourists having to
cancel many of their matches, the teams enjoyed fine weather as they
played a 40-over match earlier this month.
John Walker, from Barnard Castle Cricket Club, said: ?Our lads
are aged ...