A prolific, elegant and utterly classy batsman with a huge appetite for runs those are the qualities that best describe Mahela Jayawardene.
On 17th September, the day before the Rugby World Cup 2015, the Kia Oval – supported by Old Mutual Wealth – is hosting the first international Help for Heroes Twenty20 cricket fundraising event. Allan Lamb will have selected the world’s best cricketers, and they’ll play at the Kia Oval to raise money for the ongoing support of our wounded and their families.
The leader of the Blackcaps bowling unit Tim Southee has won countless games for his country in all three formats. Allan Donald has stated that Southee “has the potential to become the best swing bowler in the world”.
Provisional Teams
| Help for Heroes XI | Rest of the World |
| 1. Andrew Strauss | 1. Brendon McCullum |
| 2. Herschelle Gibbs | 2. Matthew Hayden |
| 3. Virender Sehwag | 3. Graeme Smith |
| 4. TBC | 4. Mahela Jayawardene |
| 5. Damien Martyn | 5. Servicemen |
| 6. TBC | 6. TBC |
| 7. Servicemen | 7. Abdul Razzaq |
| 8. Shahid Afridi | 8. Scott Styris |
| 9. Graeme Swann | 9. Dan Vettori |
| 10. Simon Jones | 10. Tim Southee (TBC) |
| 11. Matt Hoggard | 11. Shapoor Zadran |
| 12. Darren Gough | 12. TBC |
| Manager: Sir Ian Botham | Manager: Sunil Gavaskar |
| Coach: TBC | Coach: Gary Kirsten |
