WINDSOR Cricket Club will celebrate the centenary of Windsor Victoria CC this Bank Holiday Monday, August 27, with a commemorative match against a Marylebone CC (MCC) XI.

Windsor CC was founded in 1995 after a merger between rivals Windsor Victoria and Windsor and Eton Cricket Clubs.

The MCC - founded in 1787 - has a few years on Windsor Victoria, and it is a great honour for the Home Park-based club to host such illustrious opposition, which on Monday, will be composed of a variety of players - including ex-England international Alex Tudor and Thames Valley Cricket League Chairman Jeremy Davis.

The MCC will also boast former Surrey, Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire player James Benning, a right-handed bat and medium pace bowler.

In 2003, Benning won the NBC Dennis Compton Award - granted to the most promising English cricketers of the year. He won the award in the same year as current England internationals Tim Bresnan and Alistair Cook.

At county level, Benning averaged 31.57 runs in 36 first class matches. He was also involved in the highest limited overs score ever - smashing 152 as Surrey hit Gloucestershire for 496-4 from just 50 overs at the Oval in April 2007.

Tudor will arrive at Home Park following an injury ravaged career with Surrey, Essex and England.

When fit, however, he was an intimidating fast bowler representing England in 10 test matches - dismissing the famous Waugh brothers during is debut in the 1998/99 Ashes Tour (finishing with figures of 4-49).

His most recognised achievement, though, is an unbeaten 99 as night watchman against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 1999 - the highest ever by an English batsman in the role.

WINDSOR warmed-up for the charity exhibition match against the MCC with a 32-run win against Fleet in Division 2a of the Thames Valley Cricket League - their third consecutive league win.

Vishal Nair blasted a century (104) at Home Park and captain Adam Weston continued his good form with an innings of 52 as Windsor set a target of 231-6.

Doug Ferguson smashed 123 for Fleet but wickets fell at an alarming rate around him and the visitors were eventually dismissed for 199.

Weston told the Observer: "It was a really good win and we're on a bit of a roll now

"It was Visal's first hundred in the first team which is really good to see and it's taken me a while this year but it's really good to be back.

"Hopefully we can win our last three games starting with Finchampstead on Saturday. We've got a pretty good record down there, we've not lost in my time at the club."

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