The first T20 was held in East London at Buffalo Park. Last December I went there for a recce and at the time it was difficult to imagine how it would look as the ground seems disjointed, but on the night it looked a lot better! A very good Crowd[...]
We began the tour with Welcome drinks which was set on the waterfront with absolutely fantastic views, it was no surprise that it finished well into the night, everyone made new friends, and the scene was set for the ODI series.
After England posted 400, with under pressure Crawley top scoring with 66 and further contributions from Root 59, Pope 56 followed by a quick fire 82 partnership between Wood & Broard, England took the field and bowled the hosts out for 183. Man of the match Mark Wood taking 5[...]
We held our tour event in Cape Town at Green Point Cricket club the day after our win. The event started with the much anticipated cricket match with myself & Richard named as captains! It was an extremely close contest - Richards side – the Rebels – with an average age[...]
I arrived in Johannesburg a few days before Christmas. The first thing on our agenda was to hand over a cheque for ZAR15000 as a donation Kevin Richardson for his lion Sanctuary. A few of us went to visit him and were treated to a guided tour with him in[...]
The first test was in Tauranga with lovely scenic views of Mount Maunganui it was a beautiful setting for a match - the first to be played at Tauranga. It was played on a wicket very different to anything I’ve ever seen, it was very flat and dry and it[...]
Our first stop to break the journey was San Francisco. I have never been there before so I thank those of you who gave me advice on restaurants and must do sightseeing, Our boat trip round the bay, strolling along Fishermans Wharf, riding the cable cars were all great but[...]
There were so many great memories of the summer - winning the World Cup, the unpredictability of the Ashes, brilliant batting, brilliant bowling and some spectacular catches. Cricket has undoubtedly been the winner!
A great Ashes series has come to an end with Australia retaining the urn. I think overall they deserved the plaudits, with number one ranked batsman and bowler in their ranks.
Let’s be honest if you have a player who scores over 200 in a test match you are not going to lose too many.
I must confess I’m not a great lover of T20 and am certainly against the 100. I do however go to T20 games at the Oval, home games only! As it is part of my Surrey & England membership, earlier in the season I decided to go for a walk around[...]
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