It's going to be a long day!

it was an early start this morning and it is going to be  a long long day, however it is mid week and so it is much closer to the weekend..

Yesterday was 'eat your body weight in chocolate before you give it up for Lent'day , well it wasn't actually  called that but it was in my book as I decided that after abstaining from alcohol for the whole of January ,and after being so unwell on Saturday ,probably for the rest of February.

Yes I decided to deprive myself of chocolate and sweeties  until Easter..........and at 4.30am this morning I nearly caved in .......................good grief it is a long time until Easter!!!

Well, well, well I had predicted that the South Africans would be back fighting and sure enough yesterday after letting little Joey Root get a century and letting England post over 300 runs and so thinking that they had the series in the bag, we were entertained by the de Kock/ Amla show.

And what a show that was,de Kock putting on 135 anf Amla 127 helped to bring the Proteas over the line with a 7 wicket win.

de Kock was also ( and rightly ) named Man of the Match, he still had he 'rabbit in the headlights' look as he was interviewed.
This young man is at the start of his  international career and has already hit 10 ODI century's which is more that 'he who must not be named in the blog' , who in my books is at the end of his career. #myopiniononly

Bad news for Durham as it was announced that John Hasting will not be available for the season as he is having shoulder surgery, after he has played in the IPL ( well you have to get your finances right).

Durham have been sniffing around Kagiso Rabada ( all a bit incestuous as Keaton Jennings dad coaches the SA under 19's). My view, play some of the bowlers who sit around on the balcony and play 2nd's and then get injured and spend their time on Twitter and Snapchat.

Just a thought, their rarely seems to be any bowling rotation at Durham.

Right I have lots to do.

see you all tomorrow.