On The Day
The UKAF Inter-Services T20 is a triangular Twenty20 tournament involving all 3 armed forces who play for the Inter-Services T20 Trophy. First held in 2005 at the Army Cricket Ground at Aldershot, this will be the 18th year that the tournament has been held.
Each of the Armed Forces senior XIs play two Twenty20 games in the Inter-Services T20 tournament. The first of these matches will take place on 14th May, venue to be confirmed. The remaining matches take place at the Armed Forces Cricket Day at Lord’s on 16 May.
Armed Forces Cricket Day also includes the MCC v UKAFCA Women‘s fixture.
Gates will open at Lord’s on 16th May at 0900 with the first match starting at 1000. Timings may be subject to change, depending on the weather and other conditions.
14 May
1300-1545 IST20 Match 1 Royal Navy v Army
16 May
1000-1245 Match 1 UKAFCA Women’s Game
1245-1315 Lunch
1315-1600 IST20 Match 2 RAF V Army
1600-1630 Tea
1630-1915 IST20 Match 3 RAF v Royal Navy
Toss:
- Toss for the Women’s Match will take place at 0930 in the presence of the Match Ball Sponsor (BFBS), Charity UK Blind Veterans and the Tournament Referee.
- Toss for Match 2 will take place at 1245hrs in the presence of Match Day Sponsors and Tournament Referee.
- Toss for Match 3 will take place immediately upon completion of Match 2.
- The Tournament Referee will determine who tosses and calls for all matches
Match Officials:
Inter-Services T20
- Tournament Referee
- Martin Seaward
- NRR/Statistician
- Richard Isaacs
- Game 1 (1200 Hrs 5 May, Portsmouth):
- Scorers
- Ray Holyer
- Michael Cornwell
- Umpires
- Dave Richards
- Alex Rennie
- Scorers
- Game 2 (Lord’s Game 2 1315Hrs start):
- Scorers
- Ray Holyer
- Ian Walsh
- Umpires
- Alex Rennie
- Ben Hood
- Scorers
- Game 3 (Lord’s Game 3 1630Hrs start):
- Scorers
- Russell Brookes
- Ian Walsh
- Umpires
- Dave Richards
- Ben Hood
- Scorers
MCC v UKAFCA Women
- Scorer
- TBC
- Umpire
- TBC
The men’s teams play for the honour of being crowned the UKAF Inter-Services T20 Champions. This tournament is one of five Inter-Services tournaments that are played throughout the season.
A post-tournament presentation will be held approximately 15 minutes after the conclusion of the last match when the respective trophies and awards will be presented by the President of MCC.