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Lara, Kallis to play golf in Abu Dhabi
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara (AFP file)

Abu Dhabi - The trio will play alongside legends for Peter Schmeichel's Celebrity team against Paul McGinley's team of professional golfers

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Published: Tue 17 Jan 2017, 2:30 PM

Last updated: Thu 19 Jan 2017, 11:34 PM

James Anderson, England's all-time highest international wicket-taker, has joined Peter Schmeichel's team of celebrity all-stars for the 2017 Abu Dhabi Invitational.
The 34-year old Anderson - who returned to England's Test team for the recent tour of India - will be joined in Abu Dhabi by two other legends of the sport: Brian Lara and Jacques Kallis.
Anderson, who made his Test debut in 2003, has already cemented his reputation as one of the finest players in the history of English cricket.
A former world number one bowler who currently ranks sixth on the all-time international wicket-takers list, 'Jimmy' has represented England in 100 Test matches and nearly 200 one-day internationals, and is one of the sport's most popular figures.
Playing alongside Anderson will be Brian Lara, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsman of all time. Boasting a Test match career average of 52.88, Lara is the only batsman to have ever scored a century, a double century, a triple century, a quadruple century and a quintuple century in first class games over the course of a senior career.
South African icon Jacques Kallis completes the cricketing line-up. The current coach of Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders, the former all-rounder remains the only cricketer in the history of the game to score more than 10,000 runs and take 250 wickets in both one-day and Test match cricket.
The trio will play alongside a series of football legends - including Ruud Gullit, Dwight Yorke and Gabriel Batistuta - for Peter Schmeichel's Celebrity team, against Paul McGinley's team of professional golfers. More big-name competitors from the worlds of golf, sport, entertainment and business are to be announced in the coming days.
This year's event will comprise an Amateur Championship on Saturday 28 January with invited sponsor and stakeholder guests, before the main Invitational on Sunday 29 January. Both days are open to the public.
The format for the Sunday Invitational will see 20 professionals and 20 celebrities paired with a VIP guest as the teams compete against each other in a Ryder Cup Fourball format.
Anderson said: "It is an honour to be part of the Celebrity team at this year's Abu Dhabi Invitational with some incredible names from the world of sport. It promises to be an amazing weekend and I can't wait to be a part of it."


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