365 Sporting Days
Sharing a passion for Sport!
And so the Superstars of India Cricket arrived at the Cloudfm County Ground in Chelmsford to play a warm up match against Essex. The game was due to be played over 4 days but that was reduced to 3 once the visitors had arrived in town. Hugely disappointing for those who’d planned to come along on Day 4, the Saturday. […]
The squads for the warm up match between Essex and India
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 with a top score of […]
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 at Trent Bridge. I travelled […]
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 was something of a disaster […]
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 for them. The weather in […]
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 batting order with Jason Roy […]
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, and again elected to bat. […]
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 way to get to the […]
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 record in 2017, when he […]
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 and Steve Smith, then came […]
I read a comment on a Wasps Facebook page and thought the views contained were worth sharing further so asked Dan Willis to write a Guest Blog. You can find Dan on Twitter @danwillis1986 (the photos are 6 Nations) So, a fourth test loss in a row for England fans, and on Facebook the ‘Eddie Out’ brigade are unsurprisingly out […]
Day 3 at Headingley and I decided to dress for sunshine, whether it came or not! I drove half the way and walked the other half, there’s plenty of street parking if you’re prepared to walk around a mile. I object to paying to park when I’ve paid for my ticket and accommodation. England were in a strong position and […]
I woke up to rain in Leeds on Day 2, but like the eternal optimist we England fans need to be I headed to Headingley to arrive in plenty of time. I drove and parked in the street, giving me around a mile to walk to the ground, so, getting some steps in, but not a feeling of exhaustion as […]
I travelled up to Leeds via the beautiful Belton House a much nicer place to stop than a service station! I’m staying in another Airbnb, this time a small basement apartment, with cooking facilities and a place to sit and write. My host, Aaron was kind enough to drop me off at Headingley on Day 1. I made my way to […]
Guest Blogger Greg Boon with some thoughts on the state of the game (@AshesRugbyGuy) I have actively tried to stay away from debating the impact of the ECBs reforms on County Cricket, and ultimately test cricket. The announcement that the new based franchise base tournament would be an entirely new format came close to ruining my good intentions. England’s loss […]
