No visit to England could pass up a trip to a local cricket venue … or so Mic advises me. Hmmmm 🤔, I probably could have! However, to my surprise we visited The Oval, which was just around the corner from where we are staying in an area South of London known as Kennington. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it opened in 1845.
Whilst not Lords, which is considered the home of cricket (because it was the first officially built ground for the game of cricket honoring the builder Thomas Lord), it was home of the first Australia V England Test Match on English soil.
But let’s not mention the recent cricket scores! Well ok, England have just won the One Day World Cup and this was another reason we visited the Oval today, because they are celebrating the achievements of the players and showing off the silverware they have won for the first time. Australia have won it 5 times, Mic advises me smugly so I suppose it’s okay to share 🙂.
After Mic was satisfied that they would adequately caretake our trophy for the next 4 years, we decided to explore the paraphernalia and history records held within the Members stand domain. Glad we did, as we found a pair of doors honouring Don Bradman, named so because these were the doors that the great Don walked through to play his last innings in Test cricket. He scored his famous second ball duck leaving his average at 99.94. However, no one has never really come anywhere near him and as such his title remains intact as being the greatest player of the game.
And whilst on the topic of sport, another great event, was taking place, Wimbledon. Even though we couldn’t get tickets to the event, we decided to watch Halep annihilate Serena in the final, at one of the many popup London venues.
And then, there’s the soccer of course … whoops football, as they call it here. So, we decided to venture out and watch Crystal Palace take on Bromley in a trial match because the season only starts in August and tickets to those matches are like rocking horse 💩 (again, Mic’s words not mine). Bromley won 1-0.
But wait, there’s more!
As it happened, we just stumbled upon the mighty Lords venue. Remember, this is Mic who is navigating now, so I am not sure stumbled is the correct phrase given my love of the game cricket. Well, as it happened we found the Home of Cricket – Lords.
Unfortunately, there was a 20/20 match being played, however, it was all sold out …. shame! 😉 As all of you would understand marriage is about compromise sometimes it’s about doing something for the other person, even if you don’t want to. Guess there must be some girly shopping days to be had and just a few more visits to some trendy coffee shops. Feeling better already!!! 👛💄👠👗❤️❤️
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