Its not getting any better in Circus Cricket

Here is the first picture of the target audience for the franchise 100 ball T20.

As you can see she will have her hands full keeping any eye on the kids, I doubt she'll be seeing much cricket.

Which probably wont matter as long as she had paid for her ticket.

The ECB are now making eve more stupid suggestions, how many bowlers in the farce that is their latest idea.
obviously  thought  up after a couple of Sherry shandies in 'The old bull and bush' it seemed perfect.

I'm waiting with baited breath for further additions this week.
What about blindfolding the wicketkeeper for a few overs?
Making the slips put on  slips a la 'Its a knockout' as they take position ?
Anyone sent to the boundary must double up as a cheer leader?

The list of possibilities is endless and will no doubt be much more stupid than any of the above.

Seriously these people are getting paid silly money to...................well to be silly!

Worse still they get away with it.

Oh well lets get some proper cricket news.

As we expected Yorkshire won and are at this very early part of the season, top Division 1, no pressure on the boys, but please try to stay there.

Derbyshire won their first home game since 2014 as they beat Middlesex, this despite an heroic bottom order stand which included James Harris 64 not out. Toby Roly Poly 46,Tom Helm 52, and Tim Murtagh 5 ( ok that wasn't so great).
They were fighting to the end that's for sure.
Well done James Harris.

Sadly despite a century by Sam Northeast, Hants lost to Rockerfella CC. Better luck on the return match Hants!

I always rush to read an article with 'Sidebottom' in it,  And of course I had forgotten that Warwickshire had signed the 'other' Ryan Sidebottom late last season.
He took 10-96 yesterday and appears to be emulating his name sake.
However there is only one Ryan Sidebottom, the very much missed HRR.

It was odd to see him tweeting congratulations to Surrey, something very wrong about that.

I was very busy last night and had to force myself to go to bed, or I  probably would have still had a wallpaper pasting brush in hand now.

We are much depleted in the office as one is in Prague, one in Whitby, 3 out at site and one in bed with a respiratory infection!
Today it is me, my pet draughtsman ( the other two are tucked away from the main office) and one of my site managers.
Looks like I will be on tea and coffee duty in between answering the phone ( there receptionist is on holibobs too) and doing the mounds of timesheets, O & M's ( they breed overnight I  swear).

Oh well best to head off and face it.

I hope that you have a great day.

North East weather watch, it is very windy and quite chilly this morning.

just what I need!