Wickets, Shots and Joy – My Favourite Photos of 2018
Some of my favourite cricket photos from the summer of 2019
Dear ECB – An Open Letter
An Open Letter to the ECB Sirs Who exactly do the ECB and Counties consider as the ‘target market’? I ask the question because I’d consider myself as the perfect ‘target’ and yet I feel disenfranchised and irrelevant to cricket administrators. Cricket is a huge part of my life and has been for fifty years. I played for 25 years […]
Leicester Tigers v Saracens
A Twitter competition saw 3 friends and I enjoying this match in some style. Total Motion Leicester Tigers official vehicle suppliers sent out a tweet asking for the 2 seasons the 2 teams played each other in the Premiership Final. Both games were etched in my memory having been devastated at one and elated at the second. The prize was […]
My Favourite Cricket Moments 2018 (September)
Finishing off a wonderful Summer of cricket!
Saracens v Sale Sharks
One of the joys/downsides of having so many international players in the squad is the way the starting XV is stretched during both the autumn Internationals and 6 Nations. The Premiership Rugby Cup softens some of the blow, but there are two Premiership Rugby games during this AI spell. The first for Saracens being Sale Sharks, the second Leicester Tigers […]
My Favourite Cricket Moments 2018 (July-August)
I saw some very fine cricket in July & August
Saracens v Worcester
Round 3 of the Premiership Rugby Cup saw Worcester visiting Allianz Park, they’d had a good win home and away against Sale and Tigers. Saracens had beaten Tigers in a well contested game and drawn on a Friday night at Sale. More PHLOG than BLOG I’m a big fan of this style of game, it’s great to see the future […]
England v All Blacks
England take on the All Blacks at Twickenham in driving rain
My Favourite Cricket Moments 2018 ( May – June)
Time to look back on what was an amazing summer of cricket, I may have to do this in 2 parts, I saw even more live play than I ever have and witnessed some wonderful performances. I’m going to go through the months to pick out some of the best. May 2018 Sam Cook (Essex) Harry Brook (Yorkshire) – […]
Saracens Women v Gloucester Hartpury Women
I hadn’t been able to watch Saracens Women play so far this season, the fixtures tend to be scheduled to clash with the Premiership etc matches. I am going to start with a moan, that seems crazy to me, if the game wants to grow crowds they either need to have double headers or put then women’s games on at […]
Saracens in October
My head still seems to be in the cricket world in spite of it being the rugby season, hence the delay on writing. I missed two of Saracens matches in October, the Harlequins match because I was away doing something that’d been planned for 10 months. I saw most of the second half as Saracens got themselves a hard fought […]
Saracens v Bath – Rugby’s Back!
And so that’s the cricket season finished! Wow I’ve had an amazing summer, I’ve seen some amazing individual performances , there’ll be plenty of TV cricket over the winter, but I prefer my sport live, Rugby is my sport of choice over the winter months, Saracens are my team of choice, with the odd alternative team thrown in. Oh and […]
Surrey v Essex
I’m going to try to do this one differently, get the writing done before I tackle the photos (I took over 4000, they’re going to take some time!). I joined as a Surrey and England member before the last home Ashes, over those years I’ve managed to get to a few home games and therefore acquired one of those soft […]
England v India – The Oval – Day 5
Day 5 of the Final Test, an unusual event as a rule! This was to be virtually a whole day too. Those who’d bought tickets at the last minute for Day 4 had been served up a real treat and Day 5 was non too shoddy either! Jimmy Anderson was hunting a record, but Joe Root failed to bowl him […]
England v India – The Oval – Day 4
Day 4 was the day of the horror journey to The Oval for me (it was about a lot more than that, but let’s get the journey out of the way) It wasn’t possible to drive to a tube station on a Monday morning so my brother was kind enough to give me a lift to Redhill station. I boarded […]
England v India – The Oval – Day 3
I arrived at The Oval for Day 3 having had a smooth journey, and to find two fellow Essex friends Mike and Mary sat next to me for the day! That was a nice surprise! What was to come during the day was also a nice surprise. India started the day on 174 for 6, it looked like we wouldn’t […]
