MARYAM BIBI & KARY CHAN
Week 01
We were so lucky that we were given a chance to travel to the UK for a 2 month cricket season . Here is our life in the first week :
🏏 *Cricket Highlights :*
- Joined *Aldershot Cricket Club & Hursley Park Cricket Club*
for matches and training.
- Had *one-on-one coaching sessions with Nancy*, a player
from the Southern Vipers .
- *Net bowling with the Hampshire squad*—an amazing
opportunity to train alongside professional players!
🌍 *Exploring the UK+UK Life highlights :*
- Visited local landmarks. Southampton,Oxford, London and Knoll Beach Studland
- Tried classic British food (fish & chips, chicken wings,local pub).
-Bibi first ever cooking by herself🍳
Biggest fine of the week 👑
Getting Maxinest Bale Arm Crate instead of actually trolly cart. (BIBI)
MARYAM BIBI & KARY CHAN
Week 01
We were so lucky that we were given a chance to travel to the UK for a 2 month cricket season.
Here is our life in the first week :
🏏 *Cricket Highlights :*
- Joined *Aldershot Cricket Club & Hursley Park Cricket Club* for matches and training.
- Had *one-on-one coaching sessions with Nancy*, a player from the Southern Vipers.
- *Net bowling with the Hampshire squad*— an amazing opportunity to train alongside professional players!
🌍 *Exploring the UK+UK Life highlights :*
- Visited local landmarks. Southampton, Oxford, London and Knoll Beach Studland.
- Tried classic British food (fish & chips, chicken wings, local pub).
- Bibi first ever cooking by herself🍳
Biggest fine of the week 👑
Getting Maxinest Bale Arm Crate instead of actually trolly cart. (BIBI)
13/06/2025 Arrival day
First day in the UK
After a 14hrs flight and 2hrs driving, we went grocery shopping and discovered that we had gone to the incorrect store and had purchased the highest priced items, totaling over £90. We thought we were going to ALDI, but we took a wrong turn and ended up at Waitrose & Partners instead😂It showed that how tired we were!
14/06/2025 Vipers Net bowling
Train with the Hampshire team and got net bowling and fielding with Nancy. Everyone in Hampshire was friendly and made us feel like one of them. After the training,
We visited Bibi’s cricket club-Hurley Park Cricket Club, and took a look at the field and nets. It's an impressive club.
Still a bit jet lag so went to bed at 8:00pm😬
15/06/2025 Match Day +Bibi first cooking
Time for UK cricket🏏 We both played their first-ever 40-over match in UK and finally met our teammates but before the day started, Bibi made her first omelette 🥳
Bibi’s feeling after the match :
Since I had a fractured thumb and was playing my first game in a month, the first game was crucial for me because it was more about boosting my confidence and feeling positive. I did this by taking one catch, fielding well in the boundary, bowling four overs, which wasn't bad as I didn't give up a lot of runs, and batting since I didn't have to bat because our openers performed so well that we won in 12 overs.
Kary’s feeling after match:
Once I reached the ground, my teammates welcomed me a lot and gave me opportunities to open the bowl & bat for the team. We got a young team that day, so didn’t win the match. But as for the first time played for my club - 29 runs and 2 wickets. Not a bad start. I especially met some new friends that day, even still trying to remember all the names. And now I know 1hr drive in UK is normal 😂
16/06/2025 Explore day (Southampton)
During our free time
and *CHEAT DAY*, which allowed us to eat anything we wanted, we went to Local Wing’ restaurant for a ton of chicken wings and fries. After good food, we went shopping and randomly went to a peaceful pretty lake. Spent a bit of time there and ate ice cream. We feel like we live here for a long time.
17/06/2025 1to1session + Watch match in Utilities Bowl
On such a hot day in the UK, we did 1-1 sessions with Nancy. Sweat is like when we shower. After it we didn't go back home, cause we liked to stay for the women's game between Hampshire and Surrey. It’s new experience for both of us watched cricket match at stadium. Music and audience around was amazing. It’s close game because Surrey only needed two runs on the final ball and they made it! Such a good game and great performance from both teams.
After the game,it did motivate us to become better cricketer , so we went to gym and had some smashing times. Both of us died after😂.
18/06/2025-20/06/2025 1to1 Training + Oxfords +Knoll Beach Studland+London
During our one-on-one time with Nancy, we worked on some skills individually for an hour each. After that, we went to Oxford to explore the university and sneak in. Ready for our 3 DAYS HOLIDAY WOOHOO 🥳.
In Oxford we sneak into the campus, until a staff member caught us doing this and pretended that we were lost, so they showed us how to get out. We also purchased a matching jumper that said Oxford University, took a picture, and pretended to be students.
The next day we decided to relax after exploring Oxford all day, so we headed to the mini golf and beach. Bibi won the mini golf “championship“ so
Kary bought a ice cream 🍨
After it , we drove 1.5 hrs to
Knoll Beach Studland. The icy
water was refreshing, and it
acted as more of a recovery
activity for us. We also enjoyed
the lovely scenery and the chilly
ferry ride to the main beach.
On our last day off, we went to explore London the following day since we had already seen the majority of Winchester, so Kary drove two hours there. We parked and explored Chinatown, had Chinese food for lunch because we were craving it, and met up with our friends Ruchii and Mahek, who lived nearby London. It was a lovely day, and we also explored Big Ben and the London Bridge. We also heard someone perform one of our favorite songs (Perfect by ED Sheeran). What a nice ending for our holiday and time in London.