Sellsy's Sunday Supplement

Hallelujah, Somerset win their first County Championship game of the season, by defeating, or should I say hammering, Hampshire by nine wickets at the Rose Bowl, well done boys.

Great knock by Marcus, smashing 227 in the first innings, supported by Craig and Jos. To me the victory was set up by the bowlers in Hampshire’s first inning, with Charl Willoughby going through the middle order and finishing with figures of 4-40, and the Peter Trego, claiming a four wicket haul in their second innings.

Young Liam Dawson of Hampshire looks to be one to watch, scoring 91 in the first innings and 169 in the second, and he is only just 21.

It feels like the past few weeks the headline have been dominated by youngsters, for example:

• Chris Woakes: (Warwickshire), only 22 years old, 17 wickets so far this season, and a batting average of 123
• Ben Stokes: (Durham), 19 years old, five sixes in an over against Hampshire, off the spinner Liam Dawson.
• Reece Topley: (Essex), aged 17 let of school to play for Essex and take 17 wickets!
• Barney Gibson: (Yorkshire), aged only 15 years and 27 days, becomes the youngest county cricketer ever, when he turned out for Yorkshire as wicket keeper, beating an 144 year old record. For the record he takes six catches.

We should not forget the youngsters at Somerset, Jos Buttler, who turns 21 in September, has been touted in many of the quality papers as an England player of the future. Plus Alex Barrow, who made his First Class debut for The Set this, who is only 18 years old (19 on Friday, the same day as yours truly!). Alex now has a bowling average of 4.00, there is only one way to go from there!

Over Stowey played in a friendly on Saturday, and youngsters, again, seem to be the talking point of the afternoon. Lee Villis, Jack Rich, Craig Norman and Michael Barrow all featuring; all making contributions with bat, ball or both.

Michael was the stand out player, smashing 48 runs, taking Stowey to the brink of victory, until he was caught on the boundary, going for another maximum. Great effort and well played.

Right, it is 9.57, time to go and watch the Under 13’s, talk some rubbish with my Technology Information Team colleague, and then it will be time for a pint!