For some reason only known to the ECB the 2 teams challenging for the Championship didn’t play last week when the weather was good. Autumn and rain seems to have arrived this week, with a possible return to decent days next week. I’m starting this write up at the end of day 2 when every … More County Championship Round 15 – 2023
Rather than go back to add Days 3 and 4 to my reports I’m going to write a general impression and share my photos from the 5 days. I love Ashes cricket and treated myself to the full 5 days at Edgbaston, a place I love to watch cricket full stop. This opening game was … More The Edgbaston Ashes – Wickets, Shots and Joy!
Going a bit out of order here. I’ll come back to days 3 & 4! I woke up in Stratford upon Avon around 30 miles from Edgbaston to the sound of torrential rain, that meant I didn’t rush to leave the house I was staying in. I had (stupidly) booked the RSC for As You … More The Ashes 2023 – Day 5 Edgbaston
I’m going to try to do this one as I go along as I’m heading to the theatre this evening. I woke up to drizzle and a cloudy sky, which sent me shopping for more suitable attire. That meant I was 5 minutes late. But, I didn’t miss the 2 wickets Stuart Broad took in … More The Ashes 2023, Edgbaston Day 2
In 2018 I went to every day of every test match and had THE best of Summers, I also followed the England v Australia series. When the Ashes were played in England in 2019 it coincided with the World Cup, I gave priority to that and had largely decided I didn’t want to be with … More The Ashes 2023 – Day 1
I’ve fallen out of love with watching England over the last few years; from watching every day of every test in 2018 I gave it a miss in 2019 and of course Covid then came along. In spite off loving watching cricket at Lord’s I doubt I’ll watch England there again the prices are just … More England v South Africa at the Oval
Having decided not to follow England in 2022 I’d had a carry over for Edgbaston where England lost and I couldn’t a ‘day’ at the Oval for this match. A 100 over match that lasted for just 44 overs, this was another white ball game dominated by the bowlers, well, the India bowlers at least! … More England v India – The First ODI at The Oval
Having booked an ODI at Edgbaston I found myself travelling to Edgbaston for 40 overs of cricket, that actually lasted for just 37 overs. This is going to be largely about sharing my photos than a write up of the match. England captain Jos Buttler won the toss and put India in to bat. This … More England v India – The Edgbaston T20
With Joe Root away for the birth of his daughter Ben Stokes took the reins in Southampton in the first test if the summer and in fact the first test worldwide since New Zealand beat India in early March. Stokes took the decision to bat first and we saw England bowled out for just 204. … More England Openers – Damned if they do, damned if they don’t
I wrote this article in 2019 and thought an update might be interesting. There are plenty of places to find out about Central Contracts but here’s an attempt to put the information into one place. Central Contracts were introduced in 1999, the amount of international cricket was increased and the ECB wanted greater control of … More ECB Central Contracts – Who and What? An Update
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