Right in the heart of town, Slug and Lettuce in Leicester Square is beginning to get quite a name as a bar showing cricket. Due to the two floor layout, they often put Test Matches and ODIs on the three screens upstairs whilst the bar continues to function normally downstairs. It's a big venue so there's plenty of room, but crucially, the new manager is a big cricket fan so it's a first point of reference if you're after live cricket on TV! As with any Slug and Lettuce, there's a very decent food menu so you don't need to worry that the game might have you there all day!

Shepherds Bush Walkabout is a popular venue for LIVE sport, one of the best places for watching live sport in London. They justifiably lay claim to having the best atmosphere in town helped by their massive HD Projector. Everywhere you look there is a plasma TV.... and if you can't see a TV you are either vertically challenged or are staring at the ceiling from a few too many beers. With all those screens, they can show any number of games at once meaning that if the cricket's live on TV, it's live in Walkie Shepherd's Bush! Hot food, cold beers and one of the best sports pubs in the UK. For advance bookings email shepherdsbush@walkabout.eu.com and you can follow them at www.facebook.com/SHEBUWALKIE.

The Normanby offers the perfect viewing for sport and its chilled out atmosphere during the day makes it one of south London's best cricket pubs. It boasts 5 large plasma screens and the only American pool table in Putney. So, after the morning's play, you can order some of their delicious freshly prepared food and shoot some pool with your mates. Offering a wide range of homemade classic pub food and live entertainment every weekend, The Normanby has something for everyone both during the day and after dark.

To finish our list of the best cricket pubs we've got one of the best sports bars in London - Riley's Victoria. It doesn't open until midday so you might miss the first hour's play if it's a home Test Match, but once you're in there, you won't want to leave till the day is over! During those breaks for Lunch, Tea and drinks, you can play some pool or snooker on one of a huge number of tables, though given that there's a screen by every table, you could probably relax at the table while Cook, Pietersen and co are knocking it about anyway. There are great offers on for their members (easy to join on the website) or you can get a day pass and get the most out of it that way.