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 … More England v Australia – 1st ODi – The Oval
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 … More My Top Cricket Photos in 2017
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
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 … More India v Pakistan – The ICC ChampionsTrophy Final
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
Match 5 of my Champions Trophy took me back to the Oval, I was very excited to be watching Virat Kohli and his India. I’d watched them play test cricket in England in 2014 and knew I would be watching a very different team. Virat Kohli has in the intervening years become one of the … More India v Sri Lanka
Having been at Lords to see England’s horror show against South Africa I was looking forward to a good game of cricket at the Oval in the opening Champions Trophy match. I’d only received 2 tickets through the ICC ballot, including the final, but access as a Surrey and England member and persistence with the … More England v Bangladesh
Yet again I’ve been gallivanting watching a lot of cricket so am coming to this very late, as a Surrey and England member I had tickets for 5 days of this final test and was hoping for 5 days of great cricket! I was in the pavilion every day and that proved to be a … More England v Pakistan – The Final Test – The Oval
England and Sri Lanka meet at The Oval for the 4th ODI … More England v Sri Lanka – ODI The Oval
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