Well, made my TV debut week before last, it was quite an experience to be honest. Met Ashley Giles who really isn't that bad a bloke, even though I do bag him out a lot. We got 10 hits on the stumps in "Carpark Calypso" - a game where you have to hit the stumps as many times as you can in 60 seconds. We went atop the leaderboard, our closest rival having 8 hits - none of you will be surprised to know that in 3 attempts I did not hit the stumps once.
Such is my growing celebrity (apparently people watch TV here) on each of my trips to the pub since I've had numerous people buying me beers/drinks of all descriptions (helps im going alright over here too) so they love me - just wait till I start to bowl rubbish and keep missing straight ones, I dare say I'll be buying plenty of drinks myself!
Well, that saturday we preceeded to be bowled out for 72 and be absolutely flogged, never to mind I guess, these things happen, just disappointing especially after the bad luck we have had in the previous 2 games. We won our midweek game on Tuesday (as reported on my blog - I'll update that with game info as we go - just to recap, I made 54 (6 sixes) and took 2/21 off 4) and lost on Thursday in another competition to a much better side - we played Alton (12 and 1/20 off 5), the team I first played here - AND I had their Aussie dropped first ball I bowled to him, by our keeper... No one means to drop catches, and that one was unlucky as he made 70 and smashed them to victory thereafter. On Saturday just gone, we won by 10 wickets to the team at the top of the tree, which was a great feeling and really should give the guys some confidence. I bowled at the death (again) and took 1/24 off 8, coming out really well just no luck at the moment.
Moving on to Sunday and a couple of the boys, Metters, Chrissy Jnr, Ricky, Nicko and myself had a BBQ, cooked by the mercurial Joe, father of Chrissy. Honestly can say for an Englishman, he does a pretty fine job of cooking a barbie. Few beers later, watched the World Cup all day (Speaking of World Cup, what a win by the boys, 3-1 and looking good to make the next stage now) and had a good sleep in the next day. Tonight we have another game, against a team called Pepper Harrow at home, so that should be interesting. Been opening the batting and bowling in the midweek games, so its good to know you are doing a bit.
Well I better shoot off, not before mentioning that the average temperature over the last week has been 27... sensational! Who told me England was a cold, wet and miserable place?
Stay Classy,
Moose.
P.S. Omen is the worst movie I have ever seen! Avoid at all costs!!! Its not even scary!!! But then again, I am always wrong, hey JB?
"...Incredibly, Barry forged the path to Black Belt Master within a few years and was soon dubbed "The Cougar" when, on a trip to the zoo, he was bitten by a cougar. "I like to think it gave me some of its power," says Barry. It certainly gave him some stitches, seventeen in all..."
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