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Monday, 8 July, 2002, 14:32 GMT 15:32 UK

Sussex plan Rashid match

Sussex will host a match on 13 September in memory of spinner Umer Rashid and brother Burhan, who died during the club's pre-season camp on the Caribbean island of Grenada.

Rashid drowned while trying to save his younger brother, while swimming at a local tourist spot.

The match will bring together a Sussex XI and an Angus Fraser Invitation XI, as Rashid began his career with Middlesex. Players have yet to be confirmed.

" The emphasis of this evening is seeing the positive "
Sussex statement

Play will begin at Hove's County Ground, at around 1700BST in a floodlit 20-over format, similar to the competition that has been approved to replace the B&H Cup next season.

"We want to celebrate the lives of Umer and Burhan and can think of no better way of doing so than by playing cricket," said a Sussex statement.

"The emphasis of this evening is seeing the positive, remembering an integral member of the Sussex squad."

Entrance will be through programme only, on sale from 5 August, with funds raised going towards a new electronic scoreboard to be named after Rashid and annual Umer Rashid spin clinics for youngsters.

Rashid's death came shortly after Surrey's Ben Hollioake was killed in a car crash in Australia.

The two sides paid tribute to their former team-mates when they met in the County Championship early in the season.

A memorial service for Hollioake takes place at Southwark Cathedral on Monday, 15 July.

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