This is an underrated family day out both kids and parents will love

Ruth Mosalski took her children to the T20 Blast cricket and found there was more to it than just a sporting contest

- Ruth Mosalski

ALLOW me to tell you about an underrated family event in Cardiff that you can walk to within minutes from the city centre, take your own food, which you and your kids will love, costs less than £40 for a family of four and yet you've probably never thought of going to.

Last week we went to Sophia Gardens, the home of Glamorgan Cricket, to watch the T20 Blast and within a few minutes of the first ball being thrown I turned and asked: "Why aren’t more people here doing this?"

Now I’m from a family of cricket fans and grew up watching it at various levels but if you don’t know anything about the game, this is a great intro to it. It’s two teams playing 20 overs of cricket each. With six balls in each over, the whole game is short and sweet, which is important when two of your fellow spectators are under the age of six.

Play started at 2.30pm and was finished by 5pm but, crucially, that’s not sat in silence. Noise and cheering is encouraged and there are plenty of interactive bits in between to keep your small people happy.

For adults, there is live sport, bars, street food and, on our day, glorious sunshine - although rain does stop play in cricket, so keeping half an eye on the forecast is a good idea.