New Zealand Tour 2013

Morning everyone. I will never forget Auckland. Not the Test match, which I hope to forget as soon as possible. No – the arrival on …

Morning Everyone After an enjoyable car journey north from Dunedin, Lofty and I arrived in Renwick, wine capital of the Marlborough Region. Unfortunately we were …

Morning everyone. We arrived in Dunedin after a four-hour coach journey from Queenstown, a mention here for our kind driver, who dropped us off almost …

Morning everyone We are actually still in Queenstown, despite the comments on my last report. The four day warm up game between England and New …

Morning everyone. Picture the scene if you would. We are sat outside an Irish bar in Napier. It is 1.30am. Lofty is spangled, and gets …

Morning everyone. After the T20 defeat in Hamilton we travelled north to Rotorua and then to Whakatane, where friends of Lofty’s, Berny and Trish, had …

Morning everyone. We are now in Hamilton awaiting the first One Day International. Our brief stay in Auckland was not without a few highlights. Firstly, …

Morning everyone. We are now in Whangarei, some three hours drive north of Auckland. We have found a great motel called the Kensington, run by …

Morning everyone I’d like to start this diary with a piece of negative comment about New Zealand especially to please Herbie, the Dark Lord of …

Morning everyone. Before we even left the UK there were a couple of dramas. First, on arrival in Manchester with 400 Duty Free cigarettes, Lofty …