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Wednesday 14 August 2013

Everything is coming up orange



Well the curls are a not so subtle shade of orange ( please note that the picture above is not moi!) and that is one more job ticked off my 'to do' list. So tonight I have only to sort myself out and get myself ready before I set off on my journey to the other end of the country.

Which is where Durham nearly were yesterday for their match against Essex. Sadly there journey south was in vain and the Dinosaurs Dynomos were well and truly beaten, Durham scored  138 but Essex came back with  139 in 26.3 overs. It looks as if Essex were getting a bit of practise in for Saturday and Finals Day.

Things were fairing better at Headingley were Yorkshire were taking on Unicorns.Yorkshire made 266 in their 40 overs with Unicorns only managing  234. A great win by The Vikings and to be honest i never expected any less.

The Netherlands were taking part against Sussex but unfortunately could not continue their winning streak and lost! Never mind it is the taking part ( but hell, if you are taking part you should be winning!).


Hampshire also beat Scotland, so moving steadily on for Saturday!

Australia have taken their thrashing  rather badly with coach Lehmann telling the boys that their careers are on the line if they don't step up to the mark. Now to be honest, this is a fairly new team, there has been trouble in the camp for most of the cricket season and surely the 'coachy' thing to do would be to encourage the boys and lead them forward rather than to threaten them. Or is this a cunning plan to lull the England team into their usual smug and satisfied position and then beat the life out of them in the 5th test????? who knows!.

England Lions have named their team to take on Australia on Friday. with the surprise call up of none other than Laim Plunkett who after a glittering start to his career went on a downward spiral, ending in a terrible turn of events last season ( look through last years blogs). However this season after a move to The Mighty Yorkshire and being taken under the wing of Gillespie the Gallant ( not a bad place to be!) he is now showing what he is made of and looks to be getting a second chance. Good luck Liam and keep focused.
Gary Ballance and Alex Lees have also been named in the squad so a good Tykey turnout!

Well due to besty friend in the south Countess Cruse having an accident and breaking several fingers, the cat is now out of the bag ( actually if the cat had been in the house the Countess would never have broken said fingers) and she is aware that I am arriving on her doorstep tomorrow evening. Although the surprise is gone the excitement is mounting ( or excrement as autocorrect keeps putting in and I hope that she won't be doing that with the excitement!!!!).

So as I contemplate my last full day in super swanky Lady Lainey office this week, I note that yesterday there was not much shouting going on ( although lots of coffee swilling) so guess I will have to change that today.

have a super day where ever you are.


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