Three ladies from Nottingham are loving their day at the cricket and for this special occasion are sporting their own Ashes-themed fascinators.

Louise Kew, Laura Stephenson and Jo Sheppard had the idea when they came to the ODI against South Africa last year, so they set about designing and constructing their own fascinators for this Ashes test.

Consisting of a cricket ball, bails and tiny Ashes urn, it was the latter that set a real challenge for them until they saw the pencil toppers to the ECB pencils and their urns were ‘in the bag’.

Mind you, sitting as they are in the blazing sun of the uncovered Larwood and Voce Stand, no doubt they not wishing they had gone for full hats instead!

Nick Shaw