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What was it like to watch New Zealand v South Africa at the Basin Reserve? (a match report)
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Continue readingA legitimate excuse for missing Warwickshire v Kent in County Championship Division Two last year (a match report)
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Continue readingStumps in a Salford toilet
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Continue readingWhat’s it like to watch cricket at Galle? (Sri Lanka v South Africa match report)
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Continue readingA Middlesex Second XI v Lancashire Second XI match report (from 2016)
2 minute readGed writes: The best laid plans, eh? My plan for the day was to have a real tennis lesson at 10am and stay to watch the finale of the Middlesex v Durham match. But Middlesex decided to bring an end to those proceedings the day before. Plan B. Real tennis
Continue readingA near-streak match report from Lord’s from when England played India
2 minute readEdwardian writes: I had stayed in London the night before, so got to Lord’s early. I was frisked by a security chap who was pouring with sweat. “Blimey, mate,” I said. “You’ve been on it.” He replied: “It’s the menopause” – a line I suspect he was using liberally. After
Continue readingEngland v Australia ODI at Cardiff – an overview of food, beer and men in odd shirts
2 minute readTom writes: Having not been to Sophia Gardens before, I was a little unsure what to expect. However, having been to international matches before, I knew that I would be at least £60 less well off before I started. Nevertheless, we got in, only to find out they can’t serve
Continue readingEssex v West Indies indoctrination of a young mind match report
2 minute readDan writes: My seven year old son looks a demon with the bat in his hands in the back garden, and he actually pays attention when the cricket’s on the TV. He seems to reserve special interest for the Test matches, which is very pleasing. So this summer we signed
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