LEE PAYNE

An aspiring writer on sport, music, history and more

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I am a graduate journalist. I’ve enjoyed writing for as long as I can remember. I’m a huge Norwich fan, and I am also interested in cricket, history, architecture, the media and London.

Tag: 1st

  • A winning start: what I learned from the Lord’s Test

    England vs New Zealand1st Test (of 3)Lord’s, London2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th June 2022Result: England (141 & 279-5) beat New Zealand (132 & 285) by 5 wickets I’ve looked it up. There were 281 days between England’s men completing an innings victory over India at Headingley on 28th August last year and scoring the winning runs…

  • A draw – but for England, it will almost feel like a win

    This article was originally submitted to another website on Saturday 12th March but not published. Cricket being the glorious game it is, after five long days in Antigua the first Test between the West Indies and England ended in a draw and both sides move on to Barbados with the series level at 0-0. England…

  • This one’s for you, dad…

    Latest newspaper column As you probably know by now, I write a column for the Eastern Daily Press. It’s about Norwich City FC and there are four of us who write one to be published in the paper on a Tuesday during the football season. We rotate, so I have one every four weeks. When…