h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Some brilliant photos there - those action ones of the cricket chaps are fab! What equipment were you using?

I was using a Canon EOS digital camera with a 400mm lens. The beauty of a good camera with a nice crisp lens is that you can crop very selectively without losing too much quality, so the pictures you see here are far better in terms of composition than the originals. But it was nice to catch a few key moments; I particularly like the shots of Bravo being bowled and Shah's run-out - in both of those, the bails are actually in mid-air, and while you can take a photo of the bowler's action 60 times in an innings, you only have one opportunity to catch those moments.