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The Ship Inn Cricket Club: The tale of the world’s only cricket club to play its matches on the beach

A game of beach cricket with captains and kings leaves Steve King with hazy memories, but the all-encompassing glow of a perfect game (despite losing by three wickets).

The Ship Inn Cricket Club at Elie, in the East Neuk of Fife, is, its captain says — and I believe he is right in saying so — the only cricket club in the world with a beach for its home ground. As someone who has played cricket, with great pleasure, but little distinction, ever since he could stand…

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