What is going on????

I am not sure what is going on at Durham CCC, but they seem to rev themselves up and start well and then 'wind down'  quicker than a tin robot, before nearly  coming to a complete standstill.


Wickets were tumbling like skittles yesterday and they finished their first innings on 163.
They then bowled Notts out for 173 before closing overnight on 15-1.

strange ( and dark) days in the Durham camp?

Where is the team that came from no where to win the county championship a couple of seasons ago????

Well they aren't at Chester le street that is for sure!



Meanwhile over in the heady heights of Headingley, besty home county and champions of the world, My Tykes were in action against former besty county in the south.

Brooks and Rashid both took 3 wickets a piece to bring Hampshire to 223-8. Michael Carberry ( eye candy for The Dame) managed to put on 97, shame he didn't hit a century though.
It does also seem that Adam Lyths England campaign may be over, which is sad for him but great for my Tykes.
Come on Peanut!!! hit those centuries!!!1


Fantastic news filtered through from the ICC Euro T20, when the Italian coach sent me the news that they had won  both of their matches yesterday  against Norway and Guernsey. now they just have to beat Denmark tomorrow to go through.

GO ITALY!!!!!


It was a quiet day in Super swanky Lady Lainey office due to being one boy down, which meant that every one got on with work. I completed the work on the O & M manual  for super big build in London and today it will be back to the boring archiving,   and when that gets sent down to HQ we should have enough room to swing a cat! If we wanted to!



oh yes........... and according to the BBC sports website ( so it must be correct).........................the problem child will not be playing for England ever again, that would be never never ever again.

Well to be honest after being given another chance after the texting scandal, and then writing his 'autobiography' ( fairy tale.................'once upon a time there was a little boy from south Africa who was bullied by 'big' boys from England so he texts his mates in South Africa to see if they can beat the bullies at cricket'), I  think he should consider that he had a charmed cricket career.

I am sure that AB &  Faf are quaking in their cricket box ( not) in case he tries to get into the SA team!!!!!


So lets see what Tuesday has to offer.


Bon Journee