The Lake District Book Festival Cricket Match
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The Lake Distickt Book Festival Cricket MatchSunday 14th June 2026, 1pm – 4pm – Cartmel Cricket Ground
The Lake District Book Festival All-Stars XI will play local team Cartmel CC on Cartmel Racecouse. The match will be umpired by novelist Sebastian Faulks.
The Authors Cricket Team has a 100-year history with the likes of PG Wodehouse, AA Milne and Arthur Conan Doyle stepping up to bat. More recently, the team has played against IPL players, the Vatican and the national teams of Japan and Iceland. Hay Festival Global is teaming up once again with The Authors to put out a side of writers and actors, with the odd professional cricketer filling in…
This year’s team features historian Tom Holland, actor Paterson Joseph, former England Captain Ebony Rainford-Brent, and authors Charlie Campbell and Adam Rutherford, with more names to be announced. The Hay Festival All-Stars will battle it out against the mighty Hay Town te
Date
Saturday 13 June 2026 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM (UTC+00)Location
Cartmel Cricket Club
Cartmel Racecourse , Sports Pavilion,Cartmel Park, Cartmel, Cumbria LA11 6QF
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