FORECAST RIGHT

By Brian Sanderson,

On Tuesday night I looked at the weather forecast.They  said Trent Bridge will have rain in the afternoon so we went to Chester-Le -Street were the forecast was dry.The match was Durham against Somerset in the first division. Somerset won the toss and put Durham into bat.It was a chance to see Philander bowl for the first time. He had broke quickly into into the Test scene with a number of wickets.

We sat near the dressing room looikng at Lumbley Castle. This must be the most picturesque view in County Cricket.Durham were three wickets down at lunch for eighty with Stoneman and Muchall batting well.However Durham were bowled out for 125. The best bowling figures surprisingly was by  Craig Overton with four wickets and was clamped off the pitch my his team mates. Looking at the Second Team Annual, he was boirn in Barnstaple and has a twin brother James who also plays for Somerset.When Collingwood was out we heard the bat been thrown  in the dressing room and shouts from him.

When Somerset batted they lost a wicket in the first ball bowled by Onions. At tea time we walked over to the Media Centre were they were selling cricket books.There was two books written by Tony Hutton and Peter Davies.By this time the Nottingham match was rain off so we made the correct decision. Theweather was dry but getting colder.We decided to leave the ground with  Kieswetter and Mechede batting. both been born in Johannesburg but that is English County cricket.We drove back to Leeds in the rain.