What Ho Chaps! Any One For A Spot Of Cricket?

Wishing every one a golly fine (in every sense of the word) season in dear old blighty. God knows you deserve a good one after the last winter!

Tide Stops Play

Based on another great shot from the guys at Getty Images, taken at Brambles Sandbank in Southhampton.

There is something about the game of cricket that just makes it seem right on a beach, even when the light is failing and the pitch is getting a touch damp.

Bats A Flying

Who says there is no intensity and aggression in county cricket. Not James Taylor and Alex Hales, who are seen here being struck hard enough by the bowler to loose a bit of bat focus. The cricket aficionado will understand that these events did not occur at the same time despite the photographic evidence.

Atmospherics

The only way to deal with an English summer is to embrace the concept of change. It also helps if you develop an interest in cloud formations and as an after thought it does help those swing bowlers!

For Those Who Wonder ...

... if English cricket has lost its way? This image may proved an answer. Go Mozambique!