Down came the rain
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005 01:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
caddymanToday (strictly, in view of the time, yesterday) has been a good day; it would have been better if the thunder storm could have held off a further half hour so that we could have had a result in the Twenty-20 cricket match at the Oval between Surrey and Middlesex. Nonetheless, we got thirty of the forty overs, and saw enough of this stripped down version of cricket for me to be convinced that it is a winner. And the grass roots game in England definitely needs something to pull it out of the doldrums, Test Matches (International, country v country series, for my non Commonwealth, or North American friends)continue to be well attended, and there are signs that the one day game is reasonably supported at that level, too. But county games are notoriously under attended, and resources are a real problem. The Twenty-20 series' could be the game's saviour.
It's even fast paced enough, and generates enough stats to keep even an American interested; far better than the incomprehensible baseball (or big-boys' rounders, for my Commonwealth and UK friends).
The thunderstorm may have brought this all to an early end, but it did clear the air and a great deal of the smog that has been hanging around London these past weeks. Unfortunately, it also demonstrated the folly of leaving windows wide open in an attempt to get air circulating around the Athenaeum Club. I have spent a good deal of time this evening mopping up in my computer room up here in the Tower. I had a veritable lake on the table; happily there was nothing there to be damaged. There could easily have been had I left art equipment out.
Oh well, it's 2.09 am. I really should sign off and go to bed.
It's even fast paced enough, and generates enough stats to keep even an American interested; far better than the incomprehensible baseball (or big-boys' rounders, for my Commonwealth and UK friends).
The thunderstorm may have brought this all to an early end, but it did clear the air and a great deal of the smog that has been hanging around London these past weeks. Unfortunately, it also demonstrated the folly of leaving windows wide open in an attempt to get air circulating around the Athenaeum Club. I have spent a good deal of time this evening mopping up in my computer room up here in the Tower. I had a veritable lake on the table; happily there was nothing there to be damaged. There could easily have been had I left art equipment out.
Oh well, it's 2.09 am. I really should sign off and go to bed.
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curses.
Date: 2005-06-29 07:21 am (UTC)For The Record
Date: 2005-06-29 11:21 am (UTC)Surrey Lions 180-7 (R Clarke 46) v Middlesex Crusaders 78-4 (R Clarke 3-11)
Surrey (2pts) bt Middlesex by 22 runs D/L Method.
Rikki Clarke hit 46 from just 28 balls before snaring three wickets for just 11 runs to inspire Surrey to a 22-runs victory over Middlesex via the Duckworth Lewis method.
The Surrey all-rounder produced a triple wicket maiden taking the early wickets of Scott Styris, Ed Smith and Ed Joyce to leave the visitors struggling on 41 for four.
When play was interrupted by rain after the 11th over of the Middlesex innings, Jamie Dalrymple (18no) and Ben Hutton (16no) had steered their side to 78 without further loss, 22 runs short of the Duckworth Lewis target of 100.
Earlier Clarke had shared in a stand of 60 with Jonathan Batty (39) as they steered Surrey to their total of 180-7.