Twenty Twenty Cricket Courtesy of Npower and Affiliate Window

Sunday saw the Northampton Steelbacks and Glamorgan Dragons go head to head in 20 / 20 (not the teen drink) cricket action and we were lucky enough to get a pair of free tickets courtesy of official sponsors npower which we thankfully received from the guys at Affiliate Window (cheers Owen).

Talking of windows, we were actually stood under the one which was smashed by a huge hit by Glamorgan’s Herschelle Gibbs, who scored 98 off just 45 balls. Luckily our stunned expressions were caught by the Sky Sports News team, which made me spit my tea out at breakfast the following day!

A big crowd caught a spectacular game in beautiful weather with Northampton posting an imposing score of 207, with opening pair Rob White and Niall O’Brien putting on 103 without loss. Glamorgan came out of the traps slowly with both openers Robert Croft and David Hemp both falling in the same over. Herschelle Gibbs then entered the fray but his Herculean effort was not enough to overcome Northampton’s massive total, with Steelbacks South African all rounder Andrew Hall taking 5-29.

Our first taste of 20/20 cricket was an excellent day out. There’s a real mixture of supporters attending, from the very young to the very old, and the action is constant and absolutely spectacular. You see more fours and sixes in 5 overs than you sometimes see in a 5 day test, and I for one can’t wait to go back and sample more of the same, not to mention the Tetleys and Magners!

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