Saturday/Rāhoroi
Reg and Shayne allowed us to stay in their lovely London apartment. They live in the second floor of this block. I will take a photo next time and not get off Google because Shayne has planted a whole lot of pots. We felt very privileged. It was so homely and just 15 minutes walk from Lords.
Then the cricket/Kirikiti.
It was 33 degrees, then 29 degrees. The Black Caps did well we thought in the first half, and then the Aussies were so so good. Their bowlers were better. I did not realise I could have kept the radio from the last game and it would have worked here. I threw both radios away from the last two games! I liked listening to the radio. It was just as well I had Esther. We chatted about everything. As Anna (daughter) said about Esther, "Yeah, she is a good time."
(I got this from the internet.) Reduced to 5-92 after electing to bat first, Australia looked destined to suffer its second loss of the tournament only to be rescued by a 107-run sixth-wicket stand. Hampered by a hat-trick from Trent Boult, Australia fired back a riposte of its own in the form of 10 wickets shared between five bowlers and, of course, a five-wicket haul from Mitchell Starc to crush its trans-Tasman rivals by 86 runs.