Essex v India – Warm Up Match
July 24, 2018
The squads for the warm up match between Essex and India … More Essex v India – Warm Up Match
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England v India 2nd ODI – Lord’s
July 23, 2018
The ODI series moved on to the Home of Cricket, could England find their mojo and even up the series? A man who’d been out of sorts would make sure they did. To put the ‘moaning’ about Joe Root into perspective, in the 7 ODI’s he’d played in before this one, he scored 136 runs … More England v India 2nd ODI – Lord’s
England v India ODI Trent Bridge
July 21, 2018
This is going to be another blog with more photos than words and those photos will tell the story of the game. (lots of Rohit again!) I’m going to add them in differently this time, posting each innings after I’ve written about it. (lots of Rohit again!) The first ODI between England and India took place … More England v India ODI Trent Bridge
England v India T20 Bristol
July 17, 2018
Lots of photos for this one, especially of Rohit Sharma The mini road trip to watch England play India took my friend Monica and I to the County Ground at Bristol for the 3rd and decisive T20 between the 2 teams. We chose to use the Park and Ride which worked really well going but … More England v India T20 Bristol
England v India – T20 – Cardiff
July 16, 2018
My cricket schedule means I’ve fallen behind on writing, here’s hoping I can keep up with the test matches! This was the second of three T20’s to start this series between England and India, India had won the first game at Old Trafford in an atmosphere that was more akin to a home game … More England v India – T20 – Cardiff
England v Australia T20 – Edgbaston
July 3, 2018
I’m catching up on writing while I’m watching the first T20 between England and India, looking back to Edgbaston and the only T20 between England and Australia. Aaron Finch took over the captaincy for this single T20 game, he won the toss and put England in to bat. England had a change around in the … More England v Australia T20 – Edgbaston
England v Australia – 5th ODI – Old Trafford
June 26, 2018
With the single T20 between these 2 teams happening tomorrow I’m going to write this with just a few photos included, then I’ll add more later. 413 runs were scored in this 5th ODI and it was far and away the best of the 4 games I went to. Tim Paine won the toss again, … More England v Australia – 5th ODI – Old Trafford
England v Australia – 4th ODI – Durham
June 26, 2018
I drove to the Durham area from Nottingham via Fountains Abbey, I lingered longer than planned, it’s simply stunning! I’d booked an Airbnb in Lanchester a few miles outside of Durham, the welcome was amazing and the accommodation lovely! I drove to the park and ride for the match, that proved to be a good … More England v Australia – 4th ODI – Durham
England v Australia – 3rd ODI – Trent Bridge
June 24, 2018
4 days after the event due to a lack of internet, I’m not too sure where to start or where to go with this one! Records are made to be broken, in 2016 England scored 444 against Pakistan at Trent Bridge, Alex Hales scored a record 171 that day. Hales was to break his personal … More England v Australia – 3rd ODI – Trent Bridge
England v Australia – 1st ODi – The Oval
June 17, 2018
In October/November 2016 I bought tickets for every England v South Africa test, then came the announcement that AB de Villiers wouldn’t be playing. I bought myself a ticket for 4 of the England v Australia ODI’s in 2018 at a similar time of year, then, out came the sandpaper and out went David Warner … More England v Australia – 1st ODi – The Oval
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