At the Surrey vs. Kent Twenty20 last night and apart from the disappointing performance from Surrey on the pitch, it certainly didn’t stop the fun off the pitch!
We invited three blogging superstar friends, Ashley Norris (ShinyMedia.com - who’s ancestors were responsible for moving Arsenal north of the river!) & Canadian, Jeremy Wright (b5Media.com) & Californian, Richard Rocker (glam.com). There is no better introduction to cricket than a Twenty20 game, and what do you do when you are pissed up at the cricket and have plenty of empty plastic pints? You build beer towers, obviously!!
Middlesex will be wearing a pink strip in their twenty 20 campaign this summer, to highlight their link with a Breast Cancer charity named “Breakthrough Breast Cancer”.
This is an extension from the limited edition cricket batting grip used by Matthey Hayden, Phil Symonds and England’s Paul Collingwood in the World Cup.
It’s not a “Hold the Press” situation by any means, but considering that he couldn’t hit a cows behind with a banjo in the World Cup, his 66 form 84 balls for Lancashire against Northants may be just what the doctor ordered.
Is this the first step in Flintoff’s road to form?
Chump of the Day! Gareth Batty playing for Worcestershire against Nottinghamshire on Sunday 6th May (featured on Sky Sports 3) was sat in the commentary box, during the early stages of his sides innings, doing a 30 minutes stint of guest commentary with former Surrey batsmen Ian Ward.
Batty was stating his intentions to gain a place in the England setup as an all-rounder. “I’ve got to just keep getting loads of runs and wickets.”
An hour later, Batty strides out to the crease upon the departure of the Graham Hick to face Mark Ealham. He misses a straight one, and is bowled, first ball for zero! Golden Duck on his first televised game of the season. Im sure Peter Moores is taking notes Gareth!