365 Sporting Days
Sharing a passion for Sport!
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 2 high! I chose 2 […]
Looking back to the final test of a great series between England and Pakistan. I wrote this at a time when I was adding in photos galore, they don’t necessarily tie up with the words, apologies for that. This series really saw my fondness for Pakistan cricket start, I was very late to that show. I saw them win the […]
I’m coming to this one late so I’m going to go mostly with photos to describe this wonderful win for Bangladesh! Tamim Iqbal opened with Soumya Sarkar, he batted for 40 minutes, facing 29 balls, he made 16 runs before he was caught by Quinton de Kick from the bowling of Andile PhehlukwayoTamim Iqbal opened with Soumya Sarkar, he batted […]
Guest Blogger Adarsh Shah was lucky enough to be at The Oval – Twitter @shah_adarsh From the moment I got on the tube to get to the ground, a sense of excitement was building within me. It proves that cricket brings people together when the whole journey was spent amongst complete strangers discussing the upcoming game. I was swept up […]
I’m going to have a go at writing this one during the game: Kane Williamson won toss and put Bangladesh in to bat. (Photos to follow) Sarkar and Tamim opened the batting and both looked comfortable until a Matt Henry ball demolished Sarkar’s stumps! He was out for 25, Bangladesh were 45 for 2 in the 9th over Shakib joined […]
I joined Surrey as a member in 2015, largely with The Ashes in mind, in the years since I’ve formed a soft spot for Surrey in spite of being an Essex fan. This then gives me mixed emotions when the 2 teams meet. I haven’t been able to give up that membership, there’s something I like about sitting in the […]
Finishing off a wonderful Summer of cricket!
I’m going to try to do this one differently, get the writing done before I tackle the photos (I took over 4000, they’re going to take some time!). I joined as a Surrey and England member before the last home Ashes, over those years I’ve managed to get to a few home games and therefore acquired one of those soft […]
As BBC TMS are replaying this memorable test for England and of course Essex favourite Alastair Cook, here’s a look back at that day in words and photos. Day 4 was the day of the horror journey to The Oval for me (it was about a lot more than that, but let’s get the journey out of the way) It […]
I wasn’t able to write up this match on a daily basis and have been torn over how to do this Final Test justice. For my own ‘records’ I’m going to go day by day so I can post photos from each of the 5 days. i decided last summer that it was cheaper and more convenient to stay close […]
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 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 Final Mark Wood – The […]
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 before being caught LBW by […]
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 at Trent Bridge I was […]
I’m coming to this late after being out all day watching my county team Essex play for the last 3 days, they beat Warwickshire by an innings and 164 runs! I have to confess my allegiance as far as the Champions trophy final is concerned, I am English and England are my team, but Pakistan come a very close second […]
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 weather forecast was good, but […]
365 Sporting Days 