Saturday, 25 June 2011

2089 Women beat the Men at National cricket, Warrington stay at top, Glastonbury in Mud Again and great Durham win

16.00 24th June set off for Emirates Durham and the crucial game between the county and Lancashire in the 20 20 competition. As you will note this is not an instant note but was written when I returned home from the

16.45 After having a chat with a Member returning from a fortnight in the USA (American wife) I went to the Receptions and wondrously the garage remote looked as if it could be mime.

20.00 Durham smashed Lancashire through a great team effort but the night’s honours went to Liam Plunket who with Will Smith hit the visitors for over 30 runs in the last two overs, humiliating England bowler Jimmy Anderson for 54 in his 4 overs. Contrast this with Liam Plunket’s 5 for 32 and Breese 3 for 23. Claydon had 1 for 14 from his 2 and Blackwell 1 for 13 from his 3. Durham had hit 200 for 6 with Captain Benkenstein 60 with 6 fours and 2 6’s Plunket hit 2 6’s and Mustard and Blackwell the other 2. Lancs faced with the mammoth total started well but with wickets tumbling they were quickly trying to save their run rate. Wickets went at 35, 38, 38 and 40 and 48, then 68 100, 107, 110 and 117 all out in 17 over. As consequence of all the other matches in the division ending in 1 point no results Durham have leapt back to third with 9 points one behind Leicestershire who have 10 points with a game in hand. Durham can go above on Sunday when they meet Leicestershire at the riverside; Notts still look safe at the top with 14 points but with 7 games left for them to play. Only Northants look out of the having any chance of finishing in the top 4 at this stage. It omens well for the championship game next week.

20.30 Great it is my remote. It raises the garage door.

21.00 Watch the greater part of episode 3 of the Kennedy’s. He was bullied by the Generals and the Intelligence services into the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Fortunately he does not use USA forces to make the situation worse. The FBI monitor the President’s private life after Bobby is appointed Attorney General and exerts his authority. The President is then caught smuggling in a woman into the White House and his bed known to have mobster connections. J Edgar Hoover was incensed by the approach of Bobby Kennedy to him and ordered the FBI to keep watch on the President in order to find a means of exercise a hold over the family because he already knew that the President and his father had an urge to bed women bordering on an addiction.

22.00 U.2 the greatest Rock band in the World is appearing at Glastonbury and the BBC is broadcasting on three channels simultaneously BBC 2 HD, BBC2 and BBC 4. My ears are still hurting from the night I met the U2 tribute band looking for the digs part way along the hill and after directing them to their lodgings I attended their gig at South Shields Custom House. They were so loud that several in the audience could not cope and left during the two sets which went through all their Anthems.

I have recorded sets of BB King and Morrissey. 23.10 U2 set ends and I am for bed. Wrong just a change of channels as there is still a third of set to go opening with Sunday Bloody Sunday. We have had Streets with no name, With or Without You, I still have no found what I am looking for. The Game of Love 23.30. Will switch off the alarm for the morning as I decide to stay up. They are going to do an encore. Yes it is With or Without you followed by Moment of Surrender. One more then- Out of Control. 11.45 set finally ends . I check out recordings and accidentally erase Morrissey Ouch must find a way to resurrect set. Long past my usual bed time. Goodnight.

10am 25th June. Having stayed up it was 9 am before waking for the last time during the night achieving 9 hours of sleep and some interesting dreams already diminishing in memory. No lottery win after checking on Internet and starting the washing up. It has rained overnight but dry now. Feel inactive. Enjoy bacon roll and decide to have a second. Catch up Warrington versus another table topping club St Helens, Warrington go into 3 converted tries to 0 and should have had a fourth. But it is St Helens to do the great comeback scoring four tries, three converted in succession and silencing the home crowd. Wow.

10.20 Warrington win 35- 28 as they go ahead in the second half at the commencement but then St Helens also fight back but this time they are held and Warrington take a one point extra kick to force St Helens to score twice to win. This is the first in many years Warrington have done the double and open a 5 point lead between themselves and St Helens who for the moment are outside the league top runners. Later today Huddersfield must win against third place Wigan to continue to go head to head with Warrington. A Wigan win will see them go second. Later I check that Wigan trounce Huddersfield 46-12 and indeed go second on the table with 27 points to Warrington’s 28. The match points differences remain significant with Warrington 714 to 289 Huddersfield 518 to 285 Huddersfield 507 to 336 and St Helens 516 to 399

10.30 Watching recording of Wombats at Glastonbury. Not in mood to do iron yet or any other preparation for tomorrow or house cleaning. Getting brighter outside.

10.35 Complete washing up but forget the oven tray and the decision to make a Butterscotch whip for puddings today and tomorrow. I have been travelling light to the cricket for 20 20 games to avoid the baggage checks at the gate, putting the prepared rolls and pastry in the voluminous pockets of my outer coat and having the ticket ready in hand. The only accoutrement has been an umbrella.

10.40 Wood Gravel at Glastonbury among the mud. And a new commentator does the Glastonbury crawl going to the Circus area and the laughter tent, the Cabaret area where someone does a good impersonation of Frank and lots of thingies including electronic tree post, women on electric shopping trolleys formation dancing team or are they men? And lots of figurines voodoo like.

10.50 Enjoyed coffee. Also enjoying Two Door Cinema Club (mispronunciation of Tudor) from Ireland who are making it big this year at the festivals for the first time. Sound similar to others but original music and pleasant enough. Fleetfoxes on Pyramid stage rumours of a big band to appear as the secret gif at the Park Stage (Radiohead?) Must check out programme for rest of the day.

11.00 Find England already playing Australia 20 20 series and are 83.3 having just lost wicket in 13th over with run rate just over 6. Needs to be better. 12.30 England went to 136 for 6 Australia has played at the require rate but has lost wickets 86 for 4 and 12.2 over and are looking for the win. They need only 49 from 45. Another wicket goes with a great running catch in the deep. This could change things. It is 95 for 6 and the game has changed. Another wicket a run out and 100 for 7 and 37 from 28. They hit four and then hit a juicy full toss into the goods hands of a fielder 113 for 8, A great stumping and 113 for 9, Aussies need 23 from 12 with only last wicket. LBW appeal and decide to try quick run and are run out so England win by 22 runs and as a consequence gain place in Final with one game still to play against India. Australia should have won hee hee.

(The game continues until lunch at 1 and then England play India men’s 20 20 at 2 and continues until 5. There is also rest of Glastonbury catch up and also ongoing Glastonbury not enough time so must begin some of final preparation for trip).

11.10 Bring down big case and do some packing as match continues after watching rest of England Innings and reading some more of Game of Thrones where I want to complete the write up of first series and book. Is here

11.15 Is there a Marriott close to where I am staying? It is in Town centre so only if the weather is a washout day, so will take stuff.

12.30 Completed the reading of the Game of Thrones. A magnificent tale but I will resist commencing to read the second volume in the series until the new season is broadcast which could be some nine months, decide to have prawn salad which means defrosting he prawn so lunch will be late, Collect post and ticket arrives for the outward journey to London in September so will try for the return in a moment. Still no cheap fares as yet, Try again this afternoon and if not try again on Sunday morning.

12.35 In the post invitation to Seaham Hall for a seminar on financial management by St James’s Place Wealth Management, Would love to go and see Seaham Hall. Alas I have no wealth to manage, Must try and change that. Now if the invitations was for debt management!

13.00 Work on Game of Thrones while watching BB King set who is now aged 85 years he has to sit to play and sing. Every day I have the Blues. Tempted to go for salad and have the prawns later when fully thawed. Rock me Baby. Three O’clock in the morning.

13.30 I enjoy the prawn salad and a glass of the Rosé.

14.30 I have enjoyed my lunch completed with pain au raisin, Butterscotch whip and can of Pepsi.

14.30 I have completed work on Game of Thrones writing, and uploaded to Google and My Space, printed out copies and then an album edition.

14.30 I watched the end of BB King session and the part of the U2 session again.

14.30 Switch quickly to Bristol and England V India 20 20 new era team. Sri Lanka. New Captain Broad leave out current best player Bell and Lumb and Kieswetter open batting as Sri Lanka wins toss and puts England to bat. Michael Lumb disaster and is out with a slot to sky and is caught. Bad show drop him. How dare they drop Bell and Collingwood and the others. England 3 for one wicket after first 9 balls, hopeless. Sack the selectors I say. Kieswetter fails, see what I mean. Sack the selectors with England 12 for 2. On boundary from Pietersen. And Owen Morgan arrives. Run rate is only 4.24.

2.55 That is better with a six and several fours. Now 30.2 from 4.4. Enter 21 more home delivery leaflets for meals but no new outlets to the 81 listed. Number of leaflets now 194. Run rate 6.5

3.20 Morgan hits two sixes in succession 87 for 2 and run rate up to 7.81. Then after more good hits both men are out under 50 and Patel is run out after a sloppy piece of work. Run rate went over 8 is now 7.5. New boys are all hopeless so far. Sack em I say and the selectors. 6.30 am Sunday morning. What happens is that the England failed miserably after the departure of Pietersen and Morgan, failing to score boundaries and the innings ends at 136 for 9 Pathetic. Broad is run out for 0. Pathetic. He has no captaining experience. What were the selector’s thinking? Sri Lanka look comfortable against uninspiring bowling and gently make the runs with the loss of only one wicket when the total was 40. Jayewardene not out 72 and Sangakkara not out 43 get the runs in 17,2 overs. What a hopeless performance by the national side. Sack the selectors I say.

21.00 I have watched SALT and Angela Jolie Super spy woman jolly of utter rubbish but popular with those like lots of action and leave their common sense outside the cinema. I watch Merlin now. I may be able to write more if I am not too tired when it ends. (I will write about both tomorrow which is already today).

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