Last Days Of Cricket 2010

Hi there and welcome to the second instalment of my blog ! What a week, it feels as if my feet have barely touched the ground since the last time I sat down to write my blog. 

In just seven days I have started back on my research, set a date for moving house and more importantly J attended my last cricket match at Lord’s for this season! Today I’ll be including a new slot on my blog called ‘J’s Record of the Week’ just look to the end of the page...

Cricket
Last time I blogged I was having a bit of turmoil over deciding who support in the T40 county final. Actually it was my lovely mum who came up with the solution and I quote: ‘... of course it’s easy Jerushah, I am surprised you were in any doubt at all. You should support Somerset as their captain is Marcus Trescothick, he must be Cornish with a name like that.’
So the die were cast, the scene was set . On the afternoon of Saturday 18^th September, my daughter and I headed off to meet our friends and family on the top deck of the Warner stand. Just to make sure that we really got into the spirit of things, I stopped off at the bet365 stand (disclaimer: I do not advocate gambling in any way shape or form!) to place £1 on Somerset to win.

In spite of the best efforts of ‘our man’ Trescothick, and Compton who was the top scorer for Somerset with 60 runs. Somerset had only made 199 by the end of their innings. What we hadn’t bargained for came in the form of Imran (hitherto known as ) ‘The Tornado’ Tahir who despatched the majority of the Somerset team in quick succession – the mighty, how they fell ! All except one roguish member of our group were supporting Somerset, and as the evening wore on we became progressively more demoralised. That was until we noticed one very significant fact... WARWICKSHIRE HAD FORGOTTEN TO FLY THEIR TEAM FLAG FROM THE PAVILION ! 
We imagined Ian Bell doing the head count on the team coach and checking off his to do list as they pulled into the Lord’s car park:

Ian Bell : Now let me see, have we remembered everything ? Kit bags? Stumps? Bails? Secret Weapon Imran Tahir ? Break time drinks ? Warwickshire flag ?

Keith Barker : Doh !

Team : Oh Keith !!!

Now I was assured by an anonymous source at the MCC that there is unwritten rule which states: Any team found not to be displaying a team flag above the appropriate dressing room will thereafter be disqualified. See photograph below for evidence:

So now I know, you are all smart people and of course you’ve worked it out already. We can now reveal that Somerset were not actually the victims of a crashing defeat, but are indeed the true winners retaining the moral high ground! Now I’ll just have to see if I can still get my £1.66 winnings from bet365 on that basis.
Alas though as I think I may have already mentioned, all will be quiet on the cricket front for a while.
That is until the first Ashes test begins in Australia on November 25^th.

J’s Record of the Week
I am sure it has been said somewhere before that two of the most important things in life are cricket and reggae, so as this will be the last cricket report for a while I thought it only right that I should feature a reggae track this time.
‘We need love’ by Johnny Osbourne was released in 1979 on the Truths and
Rights’ album. It boasts Johnny’s fine and soulful vocals and an absolute wow!
Hammond organ solo. A very nostalgic song, the style of which is reminiscent
of an earlier time.  Jerushah x