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In Pictures: Waves stop play for Solent sandbar cricketers

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The wicket was decidedly soggy as cricketers from each side of the Solent met for an annual match on an unusual pitch.

Each year, Island Sailing Club members play a team from the Royal Southern Yacht Club, based at Hamble-le-Rice in Southampton, on the Bramble Bank sandbar in the stretch of water separating the Isle of Wight from the mainland.

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