A HOST of former international cricket stars are coming to Hampshire to play against a combined team of county cricketers and members of The Rifles Regiment.

The PCA England Masters team will include former Ashes winner Phil de Freitas, and Graham Thorpe, who played 100 Test matches for England.

The T20 format game will be played at St Cross cricket ground in Winchester from mid-afternoon on July 4. It will raise money for Care for Casualties, a charity supporting Rifleman and their families.

The regiment and the cricket club have maintained close ties since The Rifles vacated the ground now occupied by St Cross.