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“I had an idea how the day would pan out but I went anyway” – a match report
Send your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. If it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. If it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.
Continue readingA match report from a man who claims to have “won the Ashes single-handedly”… in Galle
Send your match reports to king@kingcricket.co.uk. If it’s a professional match, on no account mention the cricket itself. If it’s an amateur match, feel free to go into excruciating detail.
Continue readingA Middlesex Second XI v Lancashire Second XI match report (from 2016)
Ged 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
Edwardian 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
Tom 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
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