20/20 cricket at Lords

Many of you will know that I am a massive sports fan, therefore last Wednesday when I read there were still tickets to see a 20/20 World Cup cricket warm up game at Lords I made my way to the ground. I arrived at 1.30pm the time the first game was supposed to start. I missed most of Sri Lanka's innings in the first game because it took me over an hour to get into the ground which was less than a quarter full. The Sri Lankan's set the South Africans a dismal target and although it took the South Africans till the last over to reach their target they never looked in doubt.
Following the South Africa versus Sri Lanka game England played the West Indies. This was the game most of the crowd had come to see although the ground was still less than half full and lacking any real atmosphere. The West Indies set the English 144 to win which they reached easily thanks to a strong opening partnership from Ravi Bopara and Luke Wright. Wrights three successive sixes on his way to an unbeaten 75 was the highlight of the evening. I was disappointed the openers did so well because I was hoping to see Kevin Petersein make some runs. In the end he faced less than an over and the English won by nine wickets.
Lords is a good cricket ground for spectators because it is quite a small venue. I could not understand though why there were not more spectators. For 20 pound it was a cheap chance to see some of the worlds best cricketers at the home of cricket.
The 20/20 World Cup is now well underway and surprisingly and disappointingly the Aussies lost their first two matches which lead to them being eliminated from the tournament. The English found their losses quite amusing. The English themselves lost to The Netherlands though, a country not well known for their cricketing talent. India has looked pretty good so far and I expect they will win the tournament.