The Prideview Cricketers' Cup collected £18,630 for charity One Kind Act. The 5th edition of the tournament which was held on the ground of Merchant Taylors' School on 16th July, saw the participation of 12 teams. The event was held with an aim to provide a fun day as well as to raise as much money possible for charity. The event saw group matches, knock-out matches, a ladies bowl out, and a charity raffle and auction. The auction, held by John Townsend, former auctioneer at CBRE and Cushman & Wakefield & consultant at Harold Benjamin, saw £5,900 raised, with enthusiastic participants pitching in to buy framed bats signed by Joe Root and Alastair Cook sold for £900 and £1,000 respectively. This year's charity of choice, One Kind Act, is a small charity with a mission to bring about sustainable change in some very impoverished locations worldwide, with particular emphasis on two projects; a school for blind children in Mumbai, India, and, an orphanage in Tanzania.
