It will take the players nine days of mountain-climbing to reach their playing field, an artificial pitch on the Gorak Shep plateau in Nepal.
In the process, they hope to raise more than $350,000 for the Himalayan Trust UK and other charities.
Said one cricketeer, Mark Butcher: “It’s pretty bonkers, but anything that’s out there raising money for good causes is terrific.”
Scaling the world’s tallest mountain is treacherous work, and altitude sickness poses a genuine problem for the players. A medical team will be accompanying them.
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