Starring Michael Vaughan as the Secret Cricketer - Gary Watson

ECB and Natwest whose history go long back have now started the NatWest Cricket Club which aims at helping cricket at the grass root levels. Followed by this move, they started a campaign called ‘NatWest Secret Cricketer’ where a cricketer in disguise helps a small team by playing for them!

This is the story of a team called Goldsborough Cricket Club 2nds (a club in north Yorkshire) and how Michael Vaughan (yes! the former English skipper who uses Vaseline) helped them out by playing in disguise as Gary Watson.

Goldsborough CC have been part of one of the worst defeats in cricket’s history in 2006 at the hands of Dishforth Cricket Club. In that match all 10 of the Goldsborough batsman failed to get off the mark and the 11th player too remained not out on zero. They however managed 5 runs thanks to extras. As expected they lost that match, so when after 5 years, they faced the same old enemy that humiliated them, Goldsborough CC turned to their secret weapon (rather secret cricketer), Gary Watson to help avenge their loss and leave nothing to chance.

What about the rest of the story? Well just play the video and watch….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRrQ503iR_4&feature=player_embedded

The look on the Dishforth CC player’s when Gary Watson’s secret is revealed is simply priceless!