Gloucestershire's Chris Taylor went back to school as part of his current benefit year.

He was part of a team of former Colston's School pupils involved in a Twenty20 clash against the Headmaster's XI at the school's ground in Stapleton.

Taylor joined former England paceman David 'Syd' Lawrence and Adam Jones from the Gloucestershire county cricket academy in providing free coaching for current pupils before the match.

Taylor, a pupil at Colston's from 1988-1996, was playing under the captaincy of Richard Pandya, who was at Colston's from 1985-92 and now plays for Downend.

Headmaster Peter Fraser was able to call on the services of Lawrence, who coaches cricket at the school, and 'Syd's' son Buster, who is vice-captain of the school 1st XI.

Homegrown talent was represented by two other members of the school first XI – captain Chris Roper and Mark Hurrell – as well as the head of girls' games Liz Young and groundsman Nick Beedell.

They played alongside Jones of the Gloucestershire academy; New Zealander Kai Daniel, a gap student from Otago; Australian Jarod Fletcher, overseas player for Stapleton CC; and Mark Anderton, director of coaching of Old Colstonians Rugby.

The result was a win for the Headmaster's XI with Peter Fraser making 29 not out in a score of 132-9. Nick Beedell scored 26 and Jones 23.

Chris Taylor's XI made 126-9 with Joe Northcott 54 not out.