{"id":8219,"date":"2026-02-13T14:29:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8219"},"modified":"2026-02-13T14:29:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T14:29:17","slug":"at-the-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8219","title":{"rendered":"At the Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Picture of us at the World Cup on Wednesday. We were treated like celebrities and featured several times on the big screen! We have now won our first game of cricket!!! The body now feels like I have played 5 games of cricket! Other pictures are me at the Brabourne Stadium, one of the many Black Kites!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/686dbd73-706a-4fc5-b473-47cdd77114f5.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8220\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=8220\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/686dbd73-706a-4fc5-b473-47cdd77114f5.jpeg?fit=2000%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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We were treated like celebrities and featured several times on the big screen! We have now won our first game of cricket!!! 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