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Cricket
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Week 132 – September 24th – England v India – Part 7
Sharma driving again The famous Father Time at the Lords ground. Zooming in at Father Time -
Week 132 – September 24th – England v India – Part 6
Jhulan Goswami out for a golden duck in her last match. Jhulan Goswami falls for a golden which I managed to capture. You can see the bails in the air.
Very proud of this picture capture.
Sharma to face 
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Week 132 – September 24th – England v India – Part 5
This was Jhulan Goswami last international match which has spanned 20 years.
Incredible career, ending with the most wickets in international matches.
England prepare to welcome Jhulan Goswami on her final international match. 
Jhulan Goswami comes on to a huge cheer from the crowd 
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Week 132 – September 24th – England v India – Part 4
I have to admit I didn’t think I would reach 1000 posts so quickly.
Quite glad it is of cricket and my new hobby of taking photographs.
I hope you have been enjoying the blog?
Sharma waiting to face as England attack. 
Sharma defends. 
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Week 132 – September 24th – England v India – Part 3
Some more pictures from the match. India still batting.
The press area, doesn’t look very busy. 
The number 1 bowler in the world Sophie Ecclestone to bowl. 
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Week 132 – September 24th – England v India – Part 2
Some pictures of the ground and India batting.
Lord’s pavilion in all it’s splendor 
Smriti Mandhana clipping the ball on to the leg side. 
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Week 132 – September 24th – England v India – Part 1
Today we went to Lords to see the England v India women’s ODI match, final international match of the English summer.
For the first time ever I arrived at a match late, as we left late.
Had a lovely taxi journey from Charing Cross with a Greek driver, very chatty.
There was still a fair queue outside to get in, though it moved pretty quickly.
Went and checked our plaque on the Father Time wall before sitting down.
England had started well on a lovely day in September, but there were main twist and turns in this match.
India batting and the ball just over the stumps. 
Flying out to the covers, not a great shot. 
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Week 131 – September 17th – Kent v Lancashire
Kent 306 -6 of 50 overs (J Evison 97, O Robinson 43, J Denly 78, A Blake 38, D Stevens 33*, T Bailey 10-0-46-2, L Hurt 10-1-64-2) beat Lancashire 285 of 48.4 overs (K Jennings 72, S Croft 72, G Stewart 7-0-42-3, N Gilchrist 10-0-65-3, J Evison 6.4-0-34-2) by 21 runs
Finally after all these years at the 8th attempt.
Kent kept their cool with three superb match-winning catches as they beat Lancashire at Trent Bridge to win the One-Day Cup by 21 runs and claim their first List A trophy since 1978.
Tom Bailey struck with only the fourth ball of the match when left-hander Ben Compton carved to gully – and Croft comfortably held onto to a catch above his head. But Kent rallied well, as Ollie Robinson came in to help Evison share a stand of 78.
It was ended contentiously when Liam Hurt cut Robinson in two with a lifting ball that appeared to hit something as it made it through to wicketkeeper Lavelle, who snaked out an arm at full stretch to take a superb left-handed catch, but whether it was bat or pad was hard to tell.
Either way, it mattered little as skipper Joe Denly came in to put together a stand of 133 with Evison in 20 overs.
But Evison missed out on a ton when he was bowled by Danny Lamb, Hurt bowled Denly, Alex Blake holed out to a Rob Jones/Keaton Jennings relay catch at long on and Grant Stewart went in a run-out mix-up with Stevens.
As they say, catches win matches and it was the fielding that was the big difference between the two teams.
Two trophies in two seasons now. Well done Kent.
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Week 130 – September 6th – KIA Oval ballot
Entered the ticket ballot for the cricket next year at the Kia Oval.
See if I’m lucky here.
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Week 129 – September 4th – Memories
This is where it all started, though it wouldn’t be possible now, looking at this picture.
This is where from the Easter bank holiday until the school summer holidays finished, on average about 8 of us came here and played cricket all day.
We even brought a lawn mower up to cut a pitch every so often.
Looking at it now, it appears no one plays on this land, how the world has changed.
This was where a lot of my summer day was spent playing cricket.
