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 … More My Top Cricket Photos in 2017
It was very hard to stick to those I’ve included! My favourite cricketers! … More My Favourite World Cricketers
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 … More England v South Africa Day 2 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. … More England v South Africa Day 1 Old Trafford
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 … More England v South Africa – Days 2 – 4 – 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 … More England v South Africa – Day 1 – The Oval
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 … More Engaging South Asian Communities with Cricket
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 … More The Women’s World Cup Final – England v India
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 … More The Asian Sports Foundation
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 … More England v South Africa Day 3 – Trent Bridge
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