With Part 1 posted we move into July and the cricket still came quick and fast! July 2017 Tom Curran – Essex v Surrey T20 – 7th July 2017 I’ll confess I am an Essex member and fan, but I’m also a Surrey member and fan of the Curran brothers, so this is a performance … More My Top cricket performances in 2017 – Part 2
I’ve been thinking long and hard about this, I watched a lot of cricket in 2017, I’m going to go month by month I saw so many top performances! This could well end up being more like a novel than an article. I’m only including cricket I saw live. I have an overlap in April … More My top cricket performances in 2017 – Part 1
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
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
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
Unusually for me I was at Trent Bridge with a group of people, mostly Kent fans, we were joined by Paul Calland and his son Dan on Day 2. Paul plays and coaches rugby league so we had lots to talk about and Dan, was amazing! At 8 years old he sat and scored for … More England v South Africa – Day 2 – Trent Bridge
As I was at the first 3 days of this match I’m going to write up each day separately. Before I start a few facts about the first test at Lords to bear in mind. And to give some context to what happened in this second test. Englands’ first innings saw the following batting figures … More England v South Africa – Day 1 Trent Bridge
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