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
I was travelling home from a 6 day holiday in Bruges when this first test of the summer started, England fell to 76 for 4 in the 23rd over, with Alastair Cook out for 3, Keaton Jennings 8, Gary Ballance 20 and a man who’s been a saviour for England so often, Jonny Bairstow out … More England v South Africa – Lords Test Day 4
Having been at the horror show that was the 3rd ODI between these 2 teams at Lords I was hoping for a very different performance from the home team. Captain Eoin Morgan had said before the 3 match series started that all in the squad would get a game, that meant that several of the … More England v South Africa – T20 – Sophia Gardens
Nearly a month after this game I’m not going to write a novel, but, the game was attended and the photos taken so I have to post something as much as I’d like to forget this match! This was my first trip of the summer to the Home of Cricket, Lords. The place has … More England v South Africa ODI – Lords
Match 6 of my Champions Trophy watching gave me the chance to see 2 of the best teams in the world for a second time. I was hoping both would play to their potential. Amazingly the trains from Chelmsford were working which gave me quite a nice day trip albeit with an early start. The … More India v South Africa
Logistics were interesting again to get to this match at Edgbaston, I had a dinner for the Chris Gayle Foundation to go to in London the night before and a game at the Oval the day after. With this in mind I booked an Airbnb near Euston and a Virgin Train to Birmingham and back … More Pakistan v South Africa
Having booked to watch England play Sri Lanka in Nottingham it seemed a perfect opportunity to head up to Manchester to watch the future starts on the rugby union world. I’d booked blind to a degree, but was betting on England doing well. That was to be the case and I had the mouthwatering prospect … More World Rugby U20’s Championship – Semi-Finals Day
This is going to be a bit like the bridesmaid following behind the bride – but I just had to get the RWC Final out of my system before I got to the Bronze Final. In reality of course this came the night before the Final – a match between South Africa and the team … More South Africa v Argentina – The RWC Bronze Final – Event 151
After a journey to Gloucester to watch some Premiership rugby I was relieved that the semi-final of the Rugby World Cup was due to start in Twickenham at 4pm – that meant I was able to have a chilled breakfast and a leisurely journey to the vicinity. Teddington station was my target – a short … More New Zealand v South Africa – The RWC – Event 149
My second trip to the Olympic Stadium was another straight forward one – the place really is easy to get to from my part of the world – and the stadium from what I’ve seen so far is pretty impressive. I arrived in plenty of time and managed to swerve the people directing everyone the … More South Africa v USA – The RWC – Event 141
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