Twenty20 Cricket World Cup

I attended my first ever Twenty20 Cricket match last night as I took The Boy and two friends to see England take on the might of Holland at Lord's.

As a rule I am always suspicious of 'versions' of a game, e.g. Soccer Sixes, Rugby 7s as it's never quite the same as the real thing.

For cricket with its complexity, nuances and subtleties, I will make an exception, this was fantastic.

Despite the rain which forced the abandonment of the opening ceremony, which was no big disaster other than missing the lovely Alesha, the game was a fantastic night out.

Only 240 balls, all over in a three hour window, excellent big screen communication, music an integral part of the event that had fans of all ages shapes and sizes singing and bopping along, edge of the seat last ball drama as England suffered one of their most ignominious cricketing defeats ever (BBC.co.uk) and a supereb atmosphere as the large Dutch contingent partied and brought their brilliant Orange sporting gusto to the Home of Cricket.

The only blackspot was the exhorbitant pricing on Food and Drink......Pepsico are a tournamnent sponsor...are they happy at Pepsi at £2 and crisps at £1.10?????

we'll be back for more Twenty20.....with a picnic hamper