{"id":8063,"date":"2017-07-21T07:33:59","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T06:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/?p=8063"},"modified":"2017-07-21T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T13:30:37","slug":"summer-cricket-t20-blast-at-lords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/achieve\/summer-cricket-t20-blast-at-lords\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Cricket: T20 Blast at Lords"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4307\/35242790283_3875657b6d_z_d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the dust settles on Wimbledon tennis and anticipation building away for the new football season, what does the discerning gent with taste for sporting action watch, let alone attend during the balmy summer?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Summer is, of course, cricket season up and down the nation \u2013 and globally too for those in the northern hemisphere. Whilst the five-day test series that cricket is famously known as somewhat of a commitment for the time-poor and entertainment craving discerning gent, the shorter quick-fire matches of the T20 series offer a better bite-sized option.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Played over 20 overs \u2013 it is a game of fours and sixes as each team races towards as high a total as possible within the 20 overs and without the entire team being bowled or caught out in the process. Combine this with the possible chance (weather is never guaranteed, sadly) of a balmy summers\u2019 evening with friends and ice-cold beverages \u2013 it\u2019s the perfect blend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The T20 Blast schedule of matches is nationwide but for those in London, there is only one venue the discerning gent will want to experience all the action at \u2013 the iconic Lords venue. Home to Middlesex Cricket Club, the venue with host four games in total across July and August, with remaining fixtures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Middlesex vs. Essex \u2013 Thursday 27<sup>th<\/sup> July, 6.15pm<\/li>\n<li>Middlesex vs. Hampshire \u2013 Thursday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> August, 6.15pm (family night)<\/li>\n<li>Middlesex vs. Sussex \u2013 Thursday 10<sup>th<\/sup> August, 6.15pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To give a flavour of the action, here&#8217;s some of Middlesex&#8217; finest attempting to smash balls over the famous Lords pavilion stand:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Lord&#039;s Pavilion Six Hit Challenge Returns\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7N0m2Qz-kpg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tickets are priced at \u00a320 for adults and under-16s at \u00a35. For more details and to buy tickets, visit <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lords.org\/natwest-t20-blast-at-lords\/\" target=\"_blank\">lords.org\/t20<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the discerning gent is looking for an excuse to stay out on a Thursday night, the T20 Blast cricket is the one for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[274,275],"tags":[581,3438,456,3702,3441,3442,3437,3440,3704,3439,3435,3436],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/35242790283_3875657b6d_z_d.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8063"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8071,"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8063\/revisions\/8071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elysium-uk.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}