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Mikey Smith

Trotters up! Theresa May chillaxes at the cricket after bailing out of Number 10

Theresa May was spotted chillaxing with a nice day at the cricket on her first day off after bailing out of Government.

While the rest of Britain braces itself for Boris Johnson's right-wing government taking over, the newly ex-Prime Minister was photographed at Lord's cricket ground.

Also spotted with Mrs May were former chief of staff Gavin Barwell and ex-ministers David Gauke and Greg Clark.

Both Gauke and Clark left their government jobs yesterday.

She gave Johnson's first moments at the despatch box as Prime Minister a miss.

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Which is just as well as he spent a fair proportion of his opening speech tearing her Brexit deal to pieces.

Wearing her trademark Frida Kahlo bracelet and a large-beaded necklace, Mrs May smiled as she was handed a drink garnished with a lemon slice in a shaded area of the ground.

Just last week, Mrs May hosted a reception at Downing Street to congratulate the men's one-day cricket team for lifting the World Cup after a dramatic finale against New Zealand.

The former prime minister was waited on in the hospitality section at the central London ground as the England test team tried to recover from a first-innings collapse against Ireland.

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Any early hopes she might have had of England rallying were dashed slightly when the visitors' wicket-keeper Gary Wilson provided the perfect Irish backstop to catch out Rory Burns with the hosts on just 26 runs.

The cricket-loving Maidenhead MP follows one of her Tory predecessors in seeking solace in the sport after leaving office.

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John Major, whose love of cricket saw him write a history of the sport, went to The Oval on the day after he lost the election which saw Tony Blair replace him in Number 10 in 1997.

Mr Major wore dark glasses and sat in his shirt sleeves in the warm sunshine, watching from the pavilion as his beloved Surrey took on the British Universities in a one-day knockout cup match at the south London ground.

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