England v South Africa – T20 – Sophia Gardens
Having been at the horror show that was the 3rd ODI between these 2 teams at Lords I was hoping for a very different performance from the home team. Captain Eoin Morgan had said before the 3 match series started that all in the squad would get a game, that meant that several of the usual ‘big’ names were missing, […]
Champions Cup Rugby – Week 1
European Rugby is back! There’s something special about this competition, I try to watch as much of it as I can. That meant 2 games for me over this first weekend – Harlequins v La Rochelle followed by Northampton Saints v Saracens. I’m maybe an odd sports fan, I have my teams but I have soft spots for several others, […]
My Top Cricket Photos in 2017
I watched a lot of cricket this Summer and took thousands of photos, I can’y whittle them down to 10 is so am going to share these with you, trying to add in the player, date, venue and teams playing. Staring with the Champions Trophy, where I was lucky to see 7 games including the Final Mark Wood – The […]
The Saracens Sports Foundation 2017
I’ve written about the Saracens Sports Foundation before, but the annual Patron’s Evening has given me the chance to go again, I really can’t write too much about the work carried out by this wonderful group of people. The charity was established in 2000, they work across Hertfordshire and North London and inspire communities, changing lives throughout the power of […]
England v South Africa Day 2 Old Trafford
As England managed to beat the West Indies in 3 days I’m sitting at home rather than at Lords so can get back to my mission of getting up to date with the cricket I’ve watched this summer. England started the day on 252 for 6 with work to do, Toby Roland-Jones and Jonny Bairstow were batting. Sticking with the […]
England v South Africa Day 1 Old Trafford
I’m on catch up again with piles of photos to share and the final test of the summer due to start this week. That means I have two test matches to account for before I set off for Lords on Thursday. With that in mind I’m going down the highlights with lots of photos route. I booked the Sale Travelodge […]
England v South Africa – Days 2 – 4 – The Oval
Having written Day 2 up and managed to not save, I’m going to make this more Phlog than Blog as we’re in full flow with the series against the West Indies Day 2: Highlights of the Day: Alastair Cook got close to his century having played a patient innings, he made 88 from 200 balls before being caught LBW by […]
Martin Gleeson – Life After Rugby
An Orrell RUFC Retweet on Twitter and a discussion between a friend, Colin Ratcliffe and Martin Gleeson connected me to this rugby league legend. Another of those men I watched play Super League over many years. We weren’t able to meet face to face so the wonders of the internet and FaceTime it had to be. I was in Birmingham […]
England v South Africa – Day 1 – The Oval
As a Surrey and England member I have an allocated seat in the OCS Stand for Test matches, I’ve been able to swap into the pavilion each time however. For this test I was in the front row of the lower tier behind the bowlers arm. The second test had been something of a disappointment at Trent Bridge I was […]
Engaging South Asian Communities with Cricket
An invite from a Facebook connection Jug Johal saw me heading to Leicestershire’s Grace Road to attend an event organised by the Asian Sports Foundation, the aim of the evening was to talk about Asians in Sport. Having been at Old Trafford to watch Moeen Ali play an innings for which would contribute to him being the Man of The […]
The Women’s World Cup Final – England v India
The problem with watching so much cricket, if I can call it a problem is that I struggle to keep up with writing about it. I’ve come home today after a week away watching England play at Old Trafford and Essex at Scarborough. Essex managed to beat Yorkshire by 8 wickets in 2 days so I find myself with a […]
The Asian Sports Foundation
I’ve just arrived home from a very rainy Scarborough, having watched Essex beat Yorkshire on Monday afternoon, tomorrow I drive back to Leicestershire CCC to attend an event as detailed below. I’m looking forward to learning more about the Foundation and their plans and will share once I’ve sat in one place for more than 24 hours! The Asian Sports […]
Women’s Rugby – One step forward, ten back!
On Sunday I was at Lords watching the England Women’s Cricket Team win the World Cup in nail biting fashion. It was a great occasion with 2 excellent teams battling it out in front of a capacity crowd. The balance of that crowd was far more female orientated than the crowds I’m used to sitting in watching the England men. it also had high numbers of children. The fact that their tickets were only £5 will have been a great factor. Many of the girls were there to see their idols in action. A saying was used on BBC TMS that had been taken from a lady called Marian Wright Edelman You Can’t Be What You Can’t See Can’t Be What […]
England v South Africa Day 3 – Trent Bridge
The 3rd test is days away and a lot of cricket has been attended including the Women’s World Cup Final , but I must finish off my Trent Bridge experience. Day 3 saw Faf du Plessis and his South Africa put themselves in an unassailable position, that meant pretty much a full day of watching them bat. The day started […]
England v South Africa – Day 2 – Trent Bridge
Unusually for me I was at Trent Bridge with a group of people, mostly Kent fans, we were joined by Paul Calland and his son Dan on Day 2. Paul plays and coaches rugby league so we had lots to talk about and Dan, was amazing! At 8 years old he sat and scored for most of the day, properly! […]
England v South Africa – Day 1 Trent Bridge
As I was at the first 3 days of this match I’m going to write up each day separately. Before I start a few facts about the first test at Lords to bear in mind. And to give some context to what happened in this second test. Englands’ first innings saw the following batting figures Joe Root […]
Essex v Surrey T20 Blast
The T20 Blast started for Essex with a Friday night match at the Cloud FM County Ground, London rivals Surrey were the opposition. That held double interest for me, I’m an Essex member and fan, but also a Surrey member so I have a regard for them too. Ryan ten Doeschate won the toss and put Surrey in to bat, […]
