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 […]
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 […]
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! […]
England v India – The Oval – Day 1
I wasn’t able to write up this match on a daily basis and have been torn over how to do this Final Test justice. For my own ‘records’ I’m going […]
England v India – Ageas Bowl – Day 4
Right, let’s see how this internet works this evening, hopefully it won’t make me want to throw my laptop out the window! Tomorrow I go home so should be back […]
England v India – Ageas Bowl – Day 3
PHOTOS TO FOLLOW Day 3 of the 4th test saw another utterly glorious day at The Ageas Bowl, today is the first of September, Autumn supposedly, not in Southampton, the sun shone in a largely blue sky all day. India had finished their innings with a lead of 27 runs, how important would that be in this low scoring game? […]
England v India – Ageas Bowl – Day 2 (In brief)
I have a self imposed deadline of writing up each day of a test match on the day it happens, but, for this evening I had an invite to have […]
England v India – Ageas Bowl – Day 1
MORE PHOTOS TO FOLLOW WITH PROPER INTERNET ACCESS – I warn there are lots of India celebrating! This should probably come with a warning, this may well become a rant! […]
England v India – Trent Bridge – Day 5
There was a lot of angst online about Nottinghamshires intention to charge £10 for this surprise Day 5, I’d bought my tickets at the end of last summer so my […]
England v India – Trent Bridge – Day 4
So, tomorrow I’m going to Day 5 of the Test match at Trent Bridge! Those aren’t words I thought I’d be typing or even considering yesterday, or even at lunch […]
England v India – Trent Bridge – Day 3
My day didn’t start too well, I travelled into Nottingham Station by tram again, chatting to a couple as I went, I got off and felt bit light as I […]
England v India – Trent Bridge – Day 2
Before I start writing about Day 2 of this third Test between England and India I should confirm that I am an England fan, but, luckily for me I’m a […]
England v India – Trent Bridge – Day 1
After an unsuccessful test for me at Lord’s I was looking forward to the third test at Trent Bridge. I was lucky enough to have received a ticket for the […]
England v India – The 2nd Test – Lord’s
With tickets at £110 a day for the first 3 days I took the decision to only go for the first 2 days at Lord’s, I later added Day 4 […]
England v India – Edgbaston – The Finale!
And so we came to the finale of this intriguing test match, I had another horror night in my hotel, I have no idea why people coming from a different […]
England v India – Edgbaston Day 3
My journey to the ground for Day 3 was seamless, I felt like trying to tell those paying to park that they really didn’t need to! I had empty seats […]
