In Pictures: Cricketers all at sea as they battle against sands of time

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Bad airy and a decidedly bedewed wicket did not deter cricket lovers from staging the yearly Brambles lucifer connected the Solent astatine debased tide.

The fixture betwixt the Royal Southern Yacht Club and the Island Sailing Club connected the shipping lane sees batters and bowlers duel not lone with each different but with the forces of quality arsenic they instrumentality vantage of the debased tide.

Among those taking portion was Sir Robin Knox-Johnston successful a fixture that is entering its 5th decennary of existence.

The prima begins to emergence arsenic members of the Royal Southern Yacht Club and the Island Sailing Club instrumentality portion successful the yearly Brambles cricket lucifer (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Bad airy did not halt play (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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A presumption of the Bramble Challenge Trophy (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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The transportation is blessed up of the lucifer (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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It was the perfect conditions for paddle expanse shots for the batters portion rotation bowlers mightiness person been tempted to effort a flipper.

Umpires, scorers and spectators, immoderate from a adjacent instrumentality ship, got a accidental to ticker the enactment arsenic the airy improved but a waterlogged transportation was a certainty aboriginal successful the time successful conditions precise suitable for ducks.

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston (left) bats during the yearly Brambles cricket lucifer (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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This twelvemonth marks the 40th day of the archetypal crippled being played (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Batters were each astatine oversea (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Bowlers had to enactment with a soggy transportation (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Fielders successful presumption (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Sir Robin Knox-Johnston besides had a vessel (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Celebrations connected the soil (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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The teams look the cameras (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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The scoreboard tells the communicative (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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