Danny Briggs, you are a legend, what was what he
said, the World T20 is more important than his wedding. Good for you, cricket is just
far more important! Just wonder what his future mother-in-law would say. I did
notice that he is getting married in Taunton ,
I wonder where?
Anyway, England
got off to a flyer in defence of their crown, beating the mighty Afghanistan by
116 runs. It could have been a lot more especially at one stage the Afghans
were 26-8 chasing a mammoth 197 to win. England are now in to the Super
8’s, and hopefully this is where the tournament will start to get going
properly.
Congratulations to Nick Compton with his England call up for the tour of India . I do
hope things go well for you Nick, fully deserved especially after the summer
you had, eclipsed every batsman by a distance.
Ok, this is now hard for me to do, I was wrong last
week when I said England would pick Kevin Pietersen, good job, as Compo would
of not got his call up. Also I said Panesar would be picked, however Samit
Patel has been picked instead, why?
There were a few things I did get correct, one
wicketkeeper and Jonny Bairstow as back-up, pus Eoin Morgan being recalled. One
thing I am over the moon about is the non inclusion of Ravi Bopara and he is
not even in the England Performance Programme squad which goes to India . So have
we seen Rave in an England
shirt for the last time, I do hope so.
That Performance squad shows the exciting talent
coming through the counties, the likes of Matthew Coles of Kent , Roland-Jones of Middlesex, the afford
mentioned Briggs and Somerset ’s
Jos Buttler and Craig Kieswetter.
On the subject of Somerset , many congratulation must go to
Peter Trego for picking up the MVP award for the 2012 season, plus 50 wickets
for the season, many congratulations. I do know you are a great favourite with
a few people I know. But why wasn’t you picked for the Hong Long Sixes?
Now, shall I book up my ticket now for the Lord’s
final for the CB40? Am not wanting to count my chickens, but have you seen who
is in Somerset ’s
group for next season? Well, let me tell you: Unicorns, Glamorgan,
Leicestershire, Yorkshire , Gloucestershire and
Middlesex. Surely Somerset
should get through their group, surely???
A question for Mr Sortwell of Over Stowey CC. Has
the square been re-laid / scarified yet? I was in a village called Avebury
yesterday, and wow, was they doing some work on their square yesterday. It was
in the process of being completely re-laid, and the amount of people working on
it just goes to show what a good working party can do. So Mr Sortwell, my
questions still stands.
Ok, 10.57, time for a Thatchers, could be a long
afternoon, England
on at 3.00pm don’t forget.