Scotland v England...

Had a couple of sessions yesterday, photographing around Uppingham, my old school, and catching some cricket on the TV of a pub in the marketplace. Scotland v England didn’t sound very promising - England should win easily, I imagined - though it turned out to be a hell of a game. The Scots batted first, and carted the best of England’s bowlers all over the ground. They ended up with 370, which looked like a winning total. England kept up with the rate, thanks to a rapid century from Jonny Bairstow, but wickets kept falling. Joe Root was run out needlessly, and a couple of other batsmen offered easy catches. In the end it was Moeen Ali and the bowlers who tried to see England home… only failing by 6 runs. The Edinburgh crowd had seen a memorable Scottish win and 736 runs scored in a day. I wonder if the foootball World Cup, beginning on Thursday, will offer as much excitement.

Another supermarket shot, licensed last week...