Gloucestershire professional Cricketer and former captain, Chris Dent, returned with some of his Gloucestershire team mates, to his original home of Cleeve Cricket Club to help celebrate his testimonial year.

The T20 exhibition match saw Gloucestershire pros mixing it up with Cleeve players.

The teams were skippered by Dent and Cleeve Club Captain Sam Williams whilst Trevor Crouch and John Peplow from the Bristol & District League were adjudicating.

Each side sported yellow and black Gloucester T20 kits with Team Dent electing to bat first.

Gloucestershire’s Mike Hammond, Jack Spiers and James Ball went unrewarded with the ball before Gloucester’s Ed Middleton nabbed a brace to remove teammate Graeme Van Buuren, caught in the deep by Williams for 29, and Mitch Want who was adjudged LBW for 22.

Cleeve’s Connor Hance, 2-12 from three overs, then castled Dent for 15 and Dan Jones for five.

Thornbury’s overseas and former New Zealand overseas player Robbie O’Donnell came in and combined with Middleton’s safe hands to remove Ben Pinkney for no score.

Tom Birt was bowled by Alfie Parsons for one and Tom Baughan caught by Glenn Lewin for 19.

Gloucestershire’s Tom Smith was stumped by George Parsons off Williams for two.

Joe Hance managed his party trick reverse sweep before falling to Gloucester’s Joe Phillips for five, and Parsons saw off Tom Carpenter, caught for eight, leaving Max Bolam from Dumbleton CC not out for 48, and the team finishing on 162.

In reply, Team Sam lost Gloucestershire’s Phillips for five off Joe Hance, before Dent secured a brace from his left arm spin to remove George Parsons, caught and bowled for 15, and bowling Connor Hance for 24.

Williams combined well with James Ball, riding his luck with some spills in the deep before being run out by sharp work from Want for 45 whilst Ball departed shortly after, snicking off to keeper Carpenter for 29 as Joe Hance secured a brace, 2-24 from four overs.

Van Buuren, Baughan, Birt, Carpenter, and Want all tried with the ball but without success, as Middleton perished to Gloucestershire teammate Smith for seven.

Hammond holed out to Want off Jones for 14, leaving Lewin and Alfie Parsons the not out batters on 13 and five respectively as the batting side just nudged past the target on the last ball of the allotted 20 to win by three wickets.