Lashings World XI
The Lashings World XI is a cricket team captained by the former England and Surrey fast bowler Martin Bicknell.
It was formed in 1984 as a pub team but evolved into an international XI after signing Richie Richardson in 1996. Now a slick, corporate entertainment business, Lashings play between 20 and 30 matches during the English cricket season and will tour Jamaica in late 2019.
The team has attracted a number of international cricketers and other celebrities to its ranks, starting with Richie Richardson, and including Brian Lara, Muttiah Muralitharan, Aravinda De Silva, Tatenda Taibu, Chris Cairns, Gordon Greenidge, Jimmy Adams, Henry Olonga, Javagal Srinath, Courtney Walsh, Allan Donald, Shoaib Akhtar and Sir Viv Richards. One "capture" was former English women's cricket team captain, Clare Connor. Sachin Tendulkar, Brendan Taylor, Inzamam Ul Haq, Wasim Akram, Rashid Latif and Ajit Agarkar are its more recent high-profile players. They travel across the United Kingdom, playing in a variety of venues against school and club teams.
Their current manager is former Sussex, Surrey and England cricketer David Smith.. The owners are Scott Charlton, David Fitzgerald and Peter Lampkin, who bought the club from its founder, David Folb, in 2018. Folb still owns the Lashings Sports Bar in Maidstone, Kent, but the businesses are now completely separate.
Currently the Lashings squad includes Gordon Greenidge, Devon Malcolm, John Emburey, George Worker, Tino Best and Yasir Arafat. The current Australia captain Tim Paine, also played for Lashings in 2016.
