Sellsy's Sunday Supplement

First game of the season and Stowey go down by six wickets against Carhampton. Not much really you can say about that, apart from the spoofing afterwards. One spoof you don’t mind losing, as it is nice and cheap at the club, however it is the ignominy of losing a spoof which is always a problem for me (once being a World Champion at the game!)

Spoofing has been part of a Stowey culture for some year’s now, and it can get quite messy. One friendly away at Chilton Polden, we played cricket so badly, Timmy Little suggested that we spoof for our places for next week, and Timmy lost, so he was dropped! “Too clicky!” was he words when he failed to get his place for the following week.

So what has happened in the world of cricket this week?

Well Somerset defeated Worcester by 91 runs, inside three days. This allowed Gareth Andrew (former Somerset, now Worcester player) a day off to come and visit Stowey for the May Fair. Now if we known he was coming over, he could of brought his kit with him and opened the attack.

Nick Compton was the topic of conversation on Thursday, especially towards the close of play. While other people seem to agree that he isn’t fit to wear a Somerset shirt, I believe he is there to do a job, it seems to be an unpopular one, to hold up an end and make sure he stays in to accumulate runs that way.

I agree that he will not win Somerset matches (I know he did against Unicorns), but runs are important, especially in those close four day games.

On the subject of bouncebackability, well played Gemaal Hussain. Again he had a lot of criticism from your truly (amongst others), however a six wicket haul in the second innings got Somerset that well deserved victory, and will hopefully raise his confidence for the rest of the season.

A couple of well done’s to finish today. Firstly to Over Stowey’s Under 11’s, who had their first victory of the season in the week.

Secondly to Alastair Cook being named England’s new one-day international captain. Hopefully now he and England will prepare for the next World Cup and get rid of that dead wood clearly floating about in that one-day side. Plus, this is the next step for Cook to becoming Test captain when Andrew Strauss steps down.

Can’t wait for the question to come up: “Who was the first England captain to tour Australia?” Of course, Captain Cook!

Lastly, has anyone read the Sunday Telegraph today? Steve James must be copying my work, what did I blog last week, the youth in cricket, and guess what Steve done today?

Well it's 10.57, time for a pint!