The Cricket Keeper

Part 2: The Friends 10. 07 .2026 If you missed Part 1, go and have a read of the flag chaos first. This one picks up from Day 4 and covers the part of this experience that, if I'm honest, is the most beautiful part of sport. Day 4: 21st June — Sri Lanka vs Scotland Day 4. The last shift. And if Days 1 through 3 were incredible, Day 4 was the cherry on top. If you've been paying attention to my posts, you'll have picked up the hints by now. I've never openly said it though but, I am...

Part 1: The Flags 10.07.2026 If you've been following me since 2024, you'll know that when a World Cup comes around, I am all in. Squad previews, constant posting throughout the tournament. I did it for the 2024 T20 World Cup, I did it for the 2025 ODI World Cup. This time, I was a lot quieter, and there were a few reasons for that. Life has changed quite a bit for me between then and now, and time hasn't really been on my side. But the other reason is that I was actually a lot closer to...

22.06.2026 There's a moment in every World Cup where the cricket stops being about cricket. Where you stop tracking run rates and start watching people, their faces, their history, the years it took to get here. This tournament has given me a few of those moments already. And the one that's stayed with me longest belongs to New Zealand. You've heard the line before: form is temporary, class is permanent. It's one of those phrases that gets repeated so often in cricket commentary that it risks...