On Tuesday I had a day away from watching cricket and went to the 364 Luncheon.This a celebration of Sir Leonards score at The Oval 75 years ago. There was a excellent meal of Yorkshire pudding and beef. The speakers were Jim Cumbes and Micky Stewart. Pity the microphone was not better and sounded like sometimes from a comedy routine.
Yesterday I picked up my sister and went to Brandon in the County of Bishops.Durham Seconds were playing Derbyshire Seconds in a double header 20/20 match however we just watched the first match.The ground is a typical mining pitch ie large and flat.As you can see from the photgraph there was a new pavilion and shed for the scorers including Mr Hilton ,the Durham scorer.Next to the shed was the person working the sound system and blasting out the records.My sister did not know the records so I spent most of the match explaining the words.They of cause had Dreadlock Holiday from the 10.CC.They are at the new Leeds Arena this November with Stats Quo. End of the music section.
The first person I saw was James Lee ex Yorkshire and Leeds and Bradford player. He opened the bowling for Debyshire so must be looking for contract.Durham opening batsman and captain was Usman Arshad who was born in Bradford and went to school in Bingley.Durham scored 166 in the twenty over with Arshed , Hickey and Thompson being the top scorers.
During the break I had ham and peas sandwiches which is a contrast from yesterday
In the Derbyshire side were Gegory Cork and Scott Elstone. Cork is the son of ex England player Dominic and Elstone had been released from Nottingham last year.Derbyshire started slowly with Slater and Godleman and struggled to catch up. Cork and Elstone tried hard and finished eleven runs short.There was a cold easterly wind blowing and it was cloudy so I thought my sister had enough of her first 20/20 match.
Good to get away from Headingley were I had spent six days.
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