Cricket, the Lionesses and a Mascot Race
LAYTH YOUSIF fills us in on his week spent savouring top-quality sport, travelling from Birmingham to Brighton
STANWAY STUNNER: England’s Georgia Stanway celebrates scoring her sides second goal of the game
HELLO, how’s your week been? I’ve been lucky enough to have savoured top-quality sport in the flesh. And I’m still buzzing from it.
Last weekend I was at a packed Edgbaston to savour the T20 finals day on a very hot Saturday.
Despite my ongoing reservations over the format, three intense games over nine heatwave hours — resulting in more than 1,000 runs being scored — led to silverware being decided on the very last ball.
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