the Big Day arrives!

Firstly before I type anything else, I would like to send ‘get well wishes’ to Jonathan Trott, who has left the Ashes Tour and returned to England to take a break from cricket for the foreseeable future. This has been put down to a’stress related illness’. This is a sad loss for the team, but if the powers that be, have know about this as claimed, then why was he included in the squad. He could have been getting rest and treatment and not in Australia being the whipping boy.

I read a lot on Twitter yesterday about the stress life of an International cricketer, and I am not knocking that they work and train hard, however every single one of us works hard ( sometimes 7 days a week for months on end without a break). Soldiers out on tours of duty work hard in very difficult conditions. Life in general is very stressful for everyone. I think that it was wrong to send him to Australia with the squad and subject him to more stress.

So wishing him a speedy recovery and hope that next season sees him fit and well.

Ben Stokes is being tipped to take Trotts place in the squad. Hmmmmm, well it is to be hoped that he had learnt a lesson earlier in the year when he was sent home from the Lions Tour for disciplinary reason. if he is selected I wish him the best of luck. He was lucky enough to be given a second chance.

Shane Warne has once again put his voice to backing some unsportsmanly behaviour by Australia. There was trouble at the crease between Anderson and Clarke which now seems to be overshadowing the Trott saga.

My thoughts????? Well Warne ought to be doing what he does best..........................putting his make up on and escorting Ms Hurley to her numerous public appearances  #noplasticsurgeryinvolved!

And now to  next season…………….today is the day that the fixtures come out. I am so flipping super excited. ( my life gets boring in the winter as you can tell!). I cannot wait to see where and when my Tykes are playing and also when the big ‘local Derby’ is. Oh roll on 9.30am.!!!!!

Scotland  beat Denmark in the ICC T20 World Cup qualifiers to get through to the play off s,good luck to the boys and hope that they play well.

Well yesterday in super swanky Lady Lainey office it was flipping freezing. No heating over the weekend!!! However to cheer me up, at lunchtime ‘Trill Boy’ went out and bought me an advent calendar!!!! It was a Rupert Bear calendar too. It is fabulous and I can’t wait for 1^st December. However it pales into insignificance to the Sunderland ‘Lager’ advent calendar. That was tremendous!!!!!!

I went to see the new baby last night. 'Which baby?' I hear you asking. well my little friend Peggy the border terrier who 'works' in the local cycle shop has got a new brother. Micky the Border terrier. He is super gorgeous and a tiny bundle of terror. After 'tiddling' on my shoe in excitement he then went on to having a tug of war with the sleeve of my fleece whilst growling very loudly. he is very very funny. However Peggy is not so sure , so she sat on my knee watching the little monster wearing himself out.

Well time and tide wait for no Lady so I am off to the freezing depths of super swanky need my blanky, Lady Lainey office.

A bientot!