Sunday morning, flags will be unfurled and hoisted onto their masts, a synthetic pitch will be laid down, anthems will be sung, a coin will be tossed, 22 men in white will walk onto the field and the first-ever international game of cricket to be played in Israel will get under way.
Played over 45 overs at the Hadar Yosef athletics stadium in north Tel Aviv, the one-day European Championship clash between Israel and Croatia will be the first match between two International Cricket Council [ICC] member nations to be held in the country. The winner will earn a place in the 2008 European Division 2 tournament to be held in Guernsey, Channel Islands.
