Jimmy’s last warm up
I pretty much spent all three days at Lord’s watching this match – interspersed with some real tennis and stuff.
I wrote this match up for King Cricket:
If anything ever goes amiss at King Cricket, you can read that “match report” here.
I have little to add to that report. Here is a link to the scorecard and Cricinfo resources for that match.
My only other comment/memory is a conversation I had with a charming fellow when we were milling around in the Tavern Stand awaiting the post match presentations and inevitable Jimmy farewell ceremonials. He had come down to London from a remote place in the North of England, the exact location of which escapes me but I think Northumbria. He was recently retired and was also recently widowed. He had treated himself to some fancy photographic equipment and was delighted to be able to photograph Jimmy’s last match at close quarters and seemed similarly delighted that he could talk photography with someone like me while he waited.
Did my new friend get better pictures than me?
Almost certainly. But mine with my phone are not too shabby.