In spite of some of the things life has thrown at me it's hard to find me without a smile on my face.I have 2 beautiful children and now 3 lovely grandsons, I love sport and writing about it; which I do at debsknigsport.com Here I want to share with you my thoughts on life, some sadness but hopefully a lot of happiness too. To show people that life can be wonderful even after tough times.
A catastrophe at New Road Worcester gave me a happy consequence, an extra day of county cricket in Chelmsford. Warwickshire had moved their game against my team Essex only to be undone by a flood at the lovely Worcestershire ground. With a ticket for the World Cup Final a trip to Worcester wasn’t on the … More For the Love of County Cricket
A surprise win by South Africa against Australia meant India finished top of the table rather than Australia. That pitted India against New Zealand. For many Indian fans that was a certain Final spot, but the Blackcaps had other plans and the Final place is theirs. England and Australia would battle each other for the … More England V Australia – The Cricket World Cup- Semi-Final
An account of a wonderful Cricket World Cup from – Imran Asghar Head of Media and Communications at @staniarmy and tweets on @Pakcricket_ Mine and Stani Army members journey started way back last summer with the family ballot followed by the public ballot. We had eight different people applying for games and were only successful … More Pakistan’s 12th Man – A Proud Journey
A probable last hurrah saw Pakistan and Bangladesh face each other at Lord’s. The MCC had released the news that due to poor take up of tickets by members they were inviting 250 children to sit in the rarified atmosphere of the pavilion. Hopefully the teams would give them a day to remember. Two of … More Pakistan v Bangladesh- The Cricket World Cup
This was the one Pakistan group game I didn’t have a ticket for, I was offered the opportunity to go, but having driven 1700 miles and been away from home for days on end I decided to stay at home. So, for this one I’m going from the TV coverage. Gulbadin Naib won the toss … More Pakistan v Afghanistan – The Cricket World Cup
By: Adarsh Shah Twitter: @shah_adarsh As I close my eyes I am transported back to 20th Feb 2015 in Wellington New Zealand. I was there at one of the lowest points of English ODI history. It was a dismal batting and bowling display by England with Brendon McCullum scoring a record breaking 77 off 25 … More Hopes Hanging by a Thread – England v Australia
The summer arrived, then disappeared again as I was driving to Birmingham. I woke up to a drizzly, gloomy morning. Staying in Moseley I walked the 1.5 miles to Edgbaston. Let the frizzy hair commence! The toss was delayed, but as I sat down in the members lounge with a cuppa the covers came off … More Pakistan v New Zealand – The Cricket World Cup
Guess Blogger Adarsh saw the writing on the wall at Headingley! By Adarsh Shah Twitter: @shah_adarsh So it was the summer solstice, marking the longest day of the year. Well, let me tell you it was “the longest day” of the year for me personally anyway! Firstly the obvious, that my home team England didn’t win what was an … More A Wake Up Call – England v Sri Lanka
By: Guest Blogger Adarsh. Twitter: @shah_adarsh In and around the early to mid 90s, the Taliban had risen to prominence taking advantage of the infighting, cronyism and the civil war. Pushing their own agendas on people with force was not uncommon. It was an everyday occurrence to see major and horrific Human Rights … More Let’s play cricket not war – A tribute to the rise of Afghan cricket
MORE PHOTOS TO FOLLOW A first trip to Lord’s for this World Cup and a must win match for both teams. Pakistan won the toss and captain Sarfraz (or Sarfaraz depending on how many A’s you’re going for) elected to bat. The opening pair, Imam and Fakhar settled well and had reached 35 after 5 … More Pakistan v South Africa – The Cricket World Cup
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