In pictures: cricketers play annual match in the sea
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Image caption, Cricketers gathered for an annual game off the coast of the Isle of Wight on Thursday.
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An annual cricket match in the sea, which sees teams arrive by boat, has taken place off the coast of the Isle of Wight.
Members of the Royal Southern Yacht Club from Hamble-le-Rice and the Island Sailing Club in Cowes took part in the Bramble Cricket Match on Thursday.
Teams play on Bramble Bank, a triangular sandbar in the middle of the Solent, which is only revealed at low tides.
The tradition started in 1984 and the game only ends when the tide starts to come in and the pitch disappears under the sea.
This year the Isle of Wight side took the victory.
Bramble Bank, also known as the Brambles, is about halfway between the Isle of Wight and the entrance to Southampton Water, and is only revealed for short periods at low-water spring tides.
It presents a hazard for shipping traffic and numerous vessels have run aground there, including the ocean liner QE2 in 2008.
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- Published2 September 2023
