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Village cricketer raises cash to fly by helicopter from wedding to play at Lord’s in lifetime ambition

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More than £6,000 has been raised to get Peter Mehluish from his wedding to Lord’s to play for his village cricket team next weekend - (Blackheath Cricket Club)

A village cricket player has raised enough money to fly by helicopter from his wedding in Wales to Lord’s Cricket Ground to captain his team in a national final.

Peter Melhuish is due to marry his fiancée Izzy Upton in North Wales next Saturday - which meant he looked set to miss out on playing for his team, Blackheath Cricket Club in Guildford, in the final of the Cawston Press Village Cup at Lord’s.

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