First Full day in Chennai presented Melvin and the Full England Touring party with a very Special Start to our Tour today.Organised by Our Tour Manager and especially our Squad member Mel Hussein through his connections with the Madras Cricket Club.We were given the opportunity to play at this historic Club and current home to the IPL Super Giants Chennai Super kings.From start to finish We were all treated like Kings and Queens in fact!
The Match with Members of the MCC was a great occasion for all involved and we were afforded fabulous hospitality throughout the day.This ended with a great and moving presentation involving management of the Club and our Tour Manager and Capt along with Mel Hussein who had a close relationship to one of the Club organisers. Our whole tour group were honoured to receive 175 year History’s of the Club in a lavish book along with a Club tie(which happened to match my trousers perfectly!)
The after party and bar were also great and all in all this day will be hard to Top!
Melvin was rather excited by the whole day as well and really pushed the boat out to enjoy his day out as well.It’s a day that he and all of the Tour Group will not forget in a hurry!Especially those who were a little unfortunate to encounter Melvin towards bedtime, when through slight over excitement he find himself needing a quick rest on the landing on his way to bed.I think Melvin has learned his lesson however and is much better prepared now for what is involved in ‘Touring in India’!
Thanks once again to Mel and Paul and the Organisers for laying on this Special day!
Preparations Continue tomorrow with a Game versus India!
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John Butterworth England Seniors at The World Cup in Chennai, India 