Blake Barrett, brother of three current All Blacks, plays for Harpsden Cricket Club The Telegraph/Geoff Pugh
It is a long way in every sense from Sydney’s Olympic stadium (capacity: 83,500) to Harpsden Cricket Club, a small but picturesque ground just outside Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire (capacity: a few picnic tables plus a grass bank overlooking the square).
But one thing linked these two venerable sporting destinations at the weekend.
