MJ Mad Dog

Author: Michael James

  • Week 107 – April 3rd – Woman’s Cricket World Cup Final

    Australia 356-5 in 50 overs (Alyssa Healy 170, Rachael Haynes 68, Beth Mooney 62, Anya Shrubsole 10-0-46-3) beat England 285 in 43.4 overs (Natalie Sciver 148*, Megan Schutt 8-0-42-2, Alana King 10-0-64-3, Jess Jonassen 8.4-0-44-3) by 71 runs.

    Delayed by a year due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the Woman cricket world cup final was played today.

    Somehow England managed to make the final, after becoming the first team at any World Cup to lose their first three games.

    Though they came up against the mighty Australian team who had been unbeaten and have only lost two games since the last World Cup in 2017, which we had seen England win at Lords in one of the most enjoyable days of my life.

    Alyssa Healy (player of the match and tournament), made the highest score in any World Cup final (women’s or men’s) with hitting already the ground after a steady start and was given great support by Rachael Haynes and Beth Mooney.

    Anya Shrubsole the player of the match in 2017 final, was the only England bowler to really trouble the Australians. 

    In reply only Natalie Sciver made any impact with the bat in scoring a brilliant 148*, but no real support from anyone else as Australia rightly won the final by 71 runs.

  • Week 107 – April 1st – Not an April fool’s joke

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  • Week 107 – March 29th – Holby City

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  • Week 107 – March 28th – Health Check

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  • Week 106 – March 26th – Garden time

    Today we cleaned up the garden a bit and got rid of some old plants and brought some new ones and a couple of new pots.

    Hope you like?

    Plants
    New grass plants.

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    Some new plants and pots.

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    From a different angle.

  • Week 106 – March 25th – Covid19 test

    I registered today for Covid19 test kit, but everywhere I went over the next week didn’t have any.

    Could that be down to this being the last week of free test kits?

  • Week 106 – March 25th – Claire parents

    Claire mum’s operation went ahead and appears too been successful – Took 8 hours to remove the cancer.

    Unfortunately her dads operation was cancelled twice over two day and on the second day, the ward was hit by Covid19. Thankfully he didn’t catch it and came home later that day.

    Just shows the pressure that the NHS are under.

  • Week 106 – March 23rd – Markets turn

    Since my financial review last week, there was a huge turn around in the markets, as there was good forecasts in the USA.

  • Week 106 – March 21st – Claire parents

    This week is a big week for Claire parents as both of them are due to have major operations.

    Claire’s mum has actually been in hospital since the 7th February.

    Hope everything goes well.

  • Week 105 – March 18th – Wolverhampton Wanders v Leeds United

    Wolverhampton Wanders 2 – Leeds United 3 – HT 2-0

    Castro Otto (26′),                     Harrison (63′), Rodrigo (66′)

    Machado Trincão (45’+11)      Ayling (90’+1)

    Assists –

    Machado Trincão (26′),           Greenwood (66′)

    Podence (45’+11)

    Luke Ayling scored an injury-time winner as Leeds came back from two goals down to beat 10-man Wolves in a pulsating encounter at Molineux and move seven points clear of the relegation zone.

    A bizarre, bruising and breathless Premier League contest was turned on its head by Raul Jimenez’s red card eight minutes into the second half.

    At that point, Wolves were cruising, ahead in the game thanks to Jonny’s first goal since July 2020 and a superb effort from Francisco Trincao in the 11th minute of first-half stoppage time – and facing a side forced into three injury-related first-half substitutions.

    But when Jimenez, who had already been booked, collided with Illan Meslier chasing a 50-50 ball, referee Kevin Friend decided the Mexican was at fault and produced a second yellow card.

    The Leeds keeper could not continue and became the fourth visiting player to be replaced because of injury, joining the only recently returned Patrick Bamford on the bench.

    Amid the chaos, Wolves completely lost their way. Jack Harrison turned home the loose ball after Ayling had first struck a post to make it 2-1, then had the rebound cleared off the line.

    And three minutes later, after a Dan James effort had come back off the woodwork, Rodrigo’s shot flew in as Conor Coady tried to clear off the line.

    Then, just as eight minutes of injury time was being signalled, Ayling reacted quickest as the ball bounced on the edge of the six-yard box and smashed it home before being mobbed by ecstatic team-mates.

    This was a very important win for Leeds United, hopefully the road now to staying up in the Premiership.

    League position 16th after 30 games – After 30 games last season, Leeds were 10th.

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