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: wickets

  • 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…

  • What England can take from the Sri Lanka Tests

    England have become only the third team ever to go to Sri Lanka and whitewash them in a Test series. They may not have their great players any more, such as Mahela Jayawardene or Kumar Sangakkara, but Sri Lanka remain a very difficult opponent in their own conditions. They beat South Africa 2-0 in a…