Sellsy's Monday Supplement (SMS)

Somerset’s Alfonso Thomas takes to the field for Perth Scorchers on Wednesday morning as his side takes on the Melbourne Stars in Australia’s Big Bash League semi-final.  

Alfonso has had a huge impact for the Scorchers as lies third in the table for most wickets taken in the whole competition with 12 and has a healthy average of 10, equal first. Not bad eh, just hope he brings this form with him this summer, not just in the T20 competition, but the whole summer. Somehow I think the guys from the IPL are eyeing him up, if he hasn’t already been snapped up.  

Tomorrow morning there is even more cricket fun when England take on India in the 2^nd ODI from Kochi, so that will mean another early start, and hopefully I will be able to see the end of it when I get home from work on Tuesday afternoon. If it is as exciting as the last ODI, it should be a thriller. 

Well done to England in winning that 1^st ODI, it seems all the experts gave the tourists no chance as a score of just over 300 wasn’t going to enough, experts eh, and well done to James Tredwell, not only did he take wickets his economy was good, better than Samit Patel (not exactly difficult was it!).  

New Zealand are having a bit of a torrid time in South Africa, having been bowled out for just 45 in the first Test at Newlands and thus losing by an innings, a similar score was on the cards in the second Test. All out for 121 in the first innings and if it wasn’t for Bradley-John Watling’s 63 who know what the Black Caps would have been bowled out for. Incidentally, he scored the same in the second innings. 

New Zealand lost the Test by an innings again, and guess who goes to NZ in February, yep England. Now that is what I call an early start to watch those Test matches, midnight, will I really go to bed at 6pm to watch the Test? Who knows? 

Right, 6.57, time for skittles and a pint or two of Thatchers!