At Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Suffolk for the weekend - Gomez on the BBC Sounds stage ๐ต
England win the ICC Cricket World Cup final. Unbelievable and dramatic game of cricket - Iโve been glued to it all day. So pleased that England won, but it was such a close, hard fought game that neither side really deserved to lose. A great end to the tournament. ๐
Brilliant! England beat Australia by 8 wickets in 32.1 overs to go into the ICC Cricket World Cup Final. They will play New Zealand on Sunday at Lordโs. ๐
Australia all out for 223 in the ICC Cricket World Cup semi-final against England. Some really outstanding bowling by England. Iโm hopeful but, given the last couple of days of India v New Zealand, taking nothing for granted. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐
Just catching up on yesterdayโs cricket results - so, amazingly, itโs England v Australia in a World Cup semi-final! My hope of an England v India final is still alive ๐
Skiathos Town harbour nights
Our final evening in Skiathos - meal at BU on the Bourtzi of Skiathos. Possibly the best grilled halloumi Iโve ever had!
The House of Alexandros Papadiamantis in Skiathos 2017
The House of Alexandros Papadiamantis in Skiathos 2019
Slighty disturbed that Iโve spent my pool and beach time this holiday lying on a One Direction towel.
England dispatch New Zealand to seal Cricket World Cup semi-final spot - England 305-8, New Zealand 186. Now I can relax about cricket until next week. Would love to see an England v India World Cup Final but have a feeling it wonโt work out that way. ๐
Interesting ๐ stats:
Most wickets by an England bowler at a World Cup
JC Archer - 17 (2019)
IT Botham - 16 (1992)
A Flintoff - 14 (2007)
Finished reading Circe by Madeline Miller. Very readable and lively recounting of the Greek Odyssey tales (and more) from the unique perspective of goddess/witch Circe. Iโll be looking out for a copy of Millerโs first novel The Song of Achilles now. ๐
England v India: Jonny Bairstow & Liam Plunkett star in hosts’ Cricket World Cup win. Exciting match to listen to on TMS - now England just need to maintain that level of performance. Perhaps the return of Jason Roy is the talisman the team needs ๐
Increasing my limited space holiday cooking repertoire - โpizzaโ made in a frying pan using pitas, fresh tomatoes, cheese, olive oil and oregano ๐
Very pleased to get BBC Test Match Special streaming in Greece ๐ฌ๐ท to listen to England v India Cricket World Cup game ๐
