Sellsy's Sunday Supplement

The first part of the Charity Cricket Weekend went off exceedingly well, and it is now baffling me how I’m typing this, especially at this time of the morning. Part two to come of the weekend, plenty of six-a-side cricket to keep us entertained!

Thank you for all those who turned up on Saturday evening, events like these wouldn’t happen if we didn’t have the support from the public.

After such a successful day on Saturday, and it looks like it’s going to be a busy day today, I wonder if the club will invest in a hospitality tent, which will be hosted by former players, and invite a different variety of guests every home match.

Glad to see Somerset take to the field at home last Sunday, especially after the last four home matches have been rained off. I expect Glamorgan were glad to win the toss and bat, as if The Set batted first I think a score over 200 would of been in the offering.

Who is that Glamorgan player Cosgrove? Looks more like a villager cricketer due to his size (just look at some of Stowey’s finest!), and he did have to field in front of sun drenched, cider fuelled Somerset supporters; wonder what was said to him? Too many pies perhaps?

After all that hard work against Glamorgan, what next, they lose to Gloucester. Four games left, three wins I think to qualify, as it’s very close in that group.

The Stuart Broad debate doesn’t seem to be going away, especially now Tim Bresnan is now back in the one day side, even the great Ian Botham was giving his two pennyworth. What I can see of him, he needs a spell in county cricket, get his length right, as he seems to be bowling far to short all the time, take some wickets and get his confidence back.

The selection for the 1^st Test match against India will pose some interesting questions. James Anderson and Chris Tremlett are nailed on certainties, along with the spin option Graeme Swann. Then it’s one from three from Steve Finn, Bresnan and Broad, with, for me Broad being last in that pecking order. Plus I haven’t even mention Jade Denbarch who hasn’t done anything wrong. We shall see over the coming weeks.

Now I see Broad has been fined for “unacceptable and offensive” remarks to the umpires, makes me wonder what was said! Expect the umpire might of mentioned how bad his bowling was, or something like that for him to make those remarks…… drop him!

The first week in July is always a sad week, as we’ve now reached the halfway point of the season, which again has come too quickly. The kids have now finished their league campaign – what am I going to do on Sunday mornings to get rid of my hangover?

The youngsters have shown so keen spirit this season in difficult leagues, and it’s great to see a lot of youngsters turning out for training every Tuesday.

Now, when I was a youngster many years ago, we never had the luxury of training sessions at the local club, we just made our own entertainment down the local park, using breeze blocks for stumps (not quite jumpers for goal posts – but the best I could do!) Those long hot summer days when you were on holiday from school. We used to have four day games down the park, which usually comprises of about five innings a piece (that’s just on the first day), using pieces of left over equipment from the sadly defunct Nether Stowey Cricket Club and having a lot of fun, with the odd argument during the game which sometimes ended in tears!!!! Memories eh?

Has anyone found a gravy boat in their back garden? The dogs were barking at something on Tuesday morning, I went to investigate and found a gravy boat lying on our back driveway. Strange, I thought, it could only come from one place, from our favorite opening bowler / landlord / sponsor / chef! Now I thought as Molly was away at the weekend, he took his evening meal to his bedroom, left the gravy boat on the window ledge, had a few beers and knocked it off into our back garden.

However, it transpires that he lobbed it over the roof in a fit of rage over cold gravy (great left arm!), something to do with a waitress leaving it on top of the fridge over night! Apparently, we were lucky, as it could off been the whole lunch thrown over, the dogs would’ve been very happy.

On the subject of The Cottage Inn, the Breakfast Chef seems to have a spring in his step, I wonder why!?!?

We shan’t dwell on yesterday’s performance by the two senior sides, both restricted by injury, and we had the unusual sight of the second team skipper having to captain the 1^st XI, while the first team vice-captain taking the reins for the 2^nd XI, bizarre.

Oh well, 7.57, yes 7.57, time to go up the ground and clear up, ready for part two of the Charity weekend