So last night was the start of the T20 'season' and Mr Funky the chauffeur picked me up in the big blue tank thing and we then went to collect Pauly Paul ( who was touting his trade at the bus stop but not getting much interest!). The sun was shining so we all were thinking happy thoughts..................... we headed off to Cherster le street (OK not really a city but home of former besty home county of Durham).
Meanwhile over in the besty city in the world ( apart from Paris), Leeds, they were planning a late start to give the floodlights a debut in their match against Derbyshire.
Durham were taking on Northants and let me say they have a couple of 'rotund' players on their squad! partial to a slice ( or whole) cake I think. Which is rich coming from the 'Queen of cake'!!!!!!
Durham have employed a very excitable young pup to man the PA system for the T20...................he needs to take some sedatives and lie down in a dark room.
Chester the Lion was up to his usual hysterical antics mimicking the Durham players, this had to be the highlight of the night and the guy in the costume deserves an 'Oscar' for his performance!!!
Anyhooooo, Durham went into bat and lost Mark Stoneman very quickly, however The clan MacLeod should be very proud of their son who went in and scored 60 along with Mustard who hit 51.Durham finished their innings on 174...................as big spots of rain started to fall on my freshly washed barnet!!!
By the time Northants came out I was wrapped in a blanket and the rain was steadily falling.Wickets tumbled as quickly as the rain was coming down until the umpires decided that they did not want to get their coiffure wet and they all went off.
Meanwhile over in Leeds, Yorkshire put Derbyshire into bat and saw them all out on 128.
Young Matthew Fisher saw bowling scores of 5-22, wowwweeeee, well played that teeny Tyke!!!!!
Captain Gale was in opening and scored 41 with Jonny Bairstow only one run behind on 40.
My Tykes beat them by 7 wickets.
Back on the rain sodden boundary, we saw the umpires signal that the game was all over and packed up to go home knowing that Durham had won. This was calculated on the very difficult to understand ' Jack & Vera Duckworth method'. You calculate the winning by adding how many arguments Jack & Vera had in their married life, divided by how many pints Jack could drink in an afternoon session, multiplied by how long Vera worked at Mike Baldwins 'knicker factory'. Hey presto the winner!.
It is actually called The Duckworth Lewis method for the uninitiated but the calculation is very nearly the same!!!!
All said Durham came out on top, as did My Tykes.
South Durham ( aka Hampshire) also won with Michael Carberry hitting a very pleasing 36.
And today??????
well the dishwasher is on, the first load of washing is about to start it's spin cycle and I have British Gas coming to give me back hot water after they took it away when they serviced my boiler.
I also have the decorator coming to give me a quote on the sitting room and dining room, and after that I think it will be time for 'rubbish telly' and a nap!
Good grief!!!!! I am exhausted at the thought of it!
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