Diary Tour: A misadventure in London and a Kohli ride

Virat Kohli must adore Nottingham, and most other cities in England where he can indulge in the simple pleasures that he has denied in India – like wandering around the city. heart of a city without being noticed.

With two days out for the first ODI, his wife – another celebrity who would be absolutely upset at home – walks in a beautiful ray of sunshine without attracting the # 1 Beware, how I know, it happened to me to pass in front of them trying to reach the city center

I moved to Nottingha m and I realize very quickly that the best way to travel in the city is to take the bus. this bus ride gave way to a fascinating conversation. I meet a very talkative Mr. Mark, from Scotland, who went to the music school, could play several percussion instruments and is responsible for organizing music festivals around the city. 39; England. The Scottish accent is hard to grasp, but I'm fine. I understand enough to know that he's not particularly a cricket fan, but he recently took the joy of rubbing it to his English colleagues, thanks to Calum MacLeod.

Well done, Mark.

July 11 – The practice of the target and the excitement of the World Cup

The England team has an interesting training exercise on the eve from the opening of the ODI series. The players have gathered in one file and are taking turns, as they would by taking high shots, for a soccer skill. By far, a football is touched on each side, waiting for it to reach the ball and return it to the coach in one kick. Do you target practice to succeed in such tight scenarios? It looks like that.

At the press conference, Joe Root could not contain his enthusiasm. It's after all the day when England tries to go one step further to make sure that "it gets home". There is a great expectation that they will overcome Croatia and meet France in the clash of the summit. The roads are completely empty at quarter to seven, and just five minutes into the match, Kieran Trippier winds up to send the city – and the whole country – into delirium

. Croatia fought back, and again, for another victory from behind. The dream is over, he does not return to England this year

July 12 – They take it, they do not choose it!

England can not decide on Kuldeep Yadav. They fight at Old Trafford, learn and face Sophia Gardens, to fail again, at Trent Bridge – the country of 481. He has his best ODI figures at the end of the first half and India has a target modest to hunt to go 1-0 up to. Easy, peasy .

July 13 – Misadventure of London and Dump Trump & "

I had hoped that the passport fiasco was behind me and I had finished grimacing on tour, but a misadventure was waiting for me in London: just when I was coming out of the London Finchley Road bus station, I realize that I booked myself a hotel and the cameraman was 20 miles away from Lord's, in my defense he was wearing the same name as the one who was was 4 miles away, but the cameraman is not too happy. that we will have to lug his equipment for such a long distance

We are heading to the nearest metro station, and after an hour and two tube rides, we are in East Ham. for a positive takeaway from such an error – because I am – there is one. I now have a good knowledge of how to move from one corner of London to the other without any hassle.

I decided to spend my evening in the beautiful street of Oxford. It is an evening where Londoners have decided to cut off all possible links with subtlety and to make known their feelings about the President of the United States, who was in London for a visit, loud, clear and rather graphic.

14 – Boos for MS

This is a weird output at Lord's for India. First, England manages to score points off Kuldeep, then India decides to go on the hunt when the asking rate is too high.

Dhoni deserves the dubious distinction of being booed by the mob the same day he becomes the fourth Indian to get 10,000 ODI outings.

Virat Kohli launches an angry defense of "Mahi bhai" after the game, Chahal does it in a press conference. For a finisher to judge an off-limits pursuit, and close shop, deserves to be questioned. But the answers are all predictable

July 15 – A view of the stadium

I've made up for my London blunder. The hotel in Leeds is just behind Headingley. I even managed to spot the stands and spotlights from outside the hotel and I felt proud. In other news, Sachin [the cameraman] is happy today and offers me his box of orange juice.

July 16 – Sam Wisniawski – Do you remember the name?

Sam Wisniawski is 16, skinny and feels a little out of place in the England camp filled with tall, athletic people. But one day before the crucial playoff of the series, Tyro holds the key to Morgan's troubles.

Wisniawski has been in Yorkshire since the age of 14 and, as a wrist player on the left, he is very popular. Morgan decides to test himself against the young man, and he goes well until a stock delivery turns sharply to hit the stumps.

It delighted Wisniawski that Morgan did not choose one of the four googlies that he deployed, and the fact that Captain the National Party has words of praise for him. .

He obviously has a few more levels to climb to be the answer of England to wrist spinners, but it looks promising. Remember the name, then?

July 17 – A rumor of retirement

MS Dhoni is the subject of Internet chat once again, but there is no dissatisfaction this time around. This time, it's an "act" taken from the camera that thrills the spine of its fans.

Unhistorically, Dhoni took the ball from the referee after the defeat of India and slipped it into his pocket. And so it is that was born the rumor of retirement of Dhoni.

At the press conference, Shardul Thakur said that he was not aware of it, and the media director laughed. False alert … but she does not kill to monitor all press releases arriving in the mail. In case, for now, my tour of six cities in England involving twelve subway sandwiches, seven pizzas, a few visits to Nando's and Indian restaurants, interspersed with a few English breakfasts, has come to an end.

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