Video shows two village cricketers taking on England's greatest ever bowlers James Anderson and Stuart Broad - facing a barrage of 70mph bowls.<br /><br />Toby Marriott, 28, and Jack Meacher, 24, took to the indoor nets at Lord’s - the iconic home of cricket - for the challenge.<br /><br />The two amateur cricketers host a series on their YouTube channel, Cricket District, called Village vs Pro, where they go head-to-head with professional cricketers.<br /><br />In this episode, Toby and Jack stepped up to the crease to survive against Anderson and Broad, facing an over each from the pair.<br /><br />The pair have a record-breaking total of 1,261 Test wickets between them.<br /><br />Jack put up an impressive total, scoring 9 and being dismissed once, while Toby finished on 2-2 after being bowled out twice by Anderson and Broad's brilliance.<br /><br />Toby, founder of Cricket District, from Sussex, said: "It was an incredible day. <br /><br />"Anderson and Broad are both absolute heroes of ours, so to get the opportunity to make a video with them, let alone have the chance to face them, is a dream come true.”<br /><br />"In typical village fashion, we remembered all of our camera equipment and cricket kit, but nobody remembered to bring a new ball, so we had to ask two of England's greatest ever players to bowl with an old ball from the lost property cupboard at Lord’s.<br /><br />"Thankfully they both enjoyed the battle, and we managed to find a new ball just in time for Jimmy’s over to me. I’ll use that as my excuse for Jimmy getting me out.<br /><br />"We were both nervous but they immediately made us feel at ease. And as you’ll see in the video, after bowling a couple of balls, they got pretty competitive and the camaraderie and banter between the two was great to see.<br /><br />"I'm used to facing bowlers at around 50-60 mph, and even though Jimmy and Broady were only bowling at around 75%, their class and skill was clear.”<br /><br />Toby and Jack launched their 'Village vs Pro' series last year when they took on one of the world's best spin bowlers, Afghanistan international, Rashid Khan.<br /><br />That video caught the eye of Ashes sponsors LV= Insurance, who got in touch with Toby and Jack about working on a similar video.<br /><br />Toby said: "Jack and I are both keen village cricketers and our mission is to grow the game through entertaining video content and bridge the gap between the professional and amateur levels of the game. <br /><br />"Hopefully this video does just that.”
