MJ Mad Dog

Author: Michael James

  • Week 64 – May 31st – Week 3 of lockdown easing phase 3

    Speldhurst 127 in 37.3 overs (Ben Harrison 46, Pieto Swart 9-0-29-2, Nolan Wilde 9-0-31-3, Tim Thirkell 9-0-24-2) lost to Linton Park 128-3 in 32.1 overs (Richard Piper 39, Henry Bourdillon 32*) by 7 wickets.

    Put into bat on wicket that had been baked all week, but hit by the Friday mass downpour as mentioned by me in the Canterbury Kent post, we struggled to 127 all out with the main innings comming from skipper Ben Harrison 46, both Flemington, James and Mark made into the 20’s, but the slow outfield and accurate bowling restricted us.

    In reply with no wicketkeeper, this reduced our bowling attack and the vistors Linton Park eased to victory by 7 wickets.

    My cricket season seems to be going into a downward spiral as I get the only ball to spin and was bowled for a golden duck. I know how Ravi Bopara must have felt in test cricket. ?

  • Week 64 – May 31st – Week 3 of lockdown easing phase 3

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  • Week 64 – May 31st – Week 3 of lockdown easing phase 3

    Today as part of the National Statistics Covid19 survey that we have been doing since last year. As well as doing a Covid19 test, we also did a blood test to find out if we have antibodies for the virus from the vaccine.

    Which we found out we did.

  • Week 64 – May 31st – Week 3 of lockdown easing phase 3

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  • Week 64 – May 31st – Week 3 of lockdown easing phase 3

    For the first time since March 2020, there were no deaths reported of Covid19 in the UK on 1st June.

    The vaccine is starting to help, but this is with us for a long long time to come.!!

  • Week 64 – May 31st – Week 3 of lockdown easing phase 3

    Enjoying the good weather at the end of May whilst resting my foot.

    Capturing a magpie and butterfly in our garden.

    Me
    Enjoying the good weather, garden and letting my foot rest.

    Magpie
    Magpie in our garden

    Butterfly
    Butterfly on the garage wall.

  • Week 63 – May 24th – Week 2 of lockdown easing phase 3

    Penshurst Park 201-9 in 40 overs (Simon Leegood 51, Nicholas Scott 51, Ben Harrison 9-2-33-4, Nick Coffin 8-1-28-2) beat Speldhurst 29 in 14 overs (Dave Smith 6-1-14-4, 6-2-6-3) by 172 runs.

    10-man 2s were very much looking forward to their trip to sunny Penshurst on Saturday; unfortunately, the cricketing gods didn’t support their optimism. Winning the toss and bowling looked like a good decision when PPCC’s dangerous top four were sent packing for 40 runs between them wih Ben Harrison bowling a top spell and finishing with 4-33. The middle overs belonged to the home team however, and a couple of 50s put the bowlers on the back foot. In the end, tight spells from the returning Peter Colman, Nick Coffin and young Sam Harman stifled what could have got out of hand.

    Needing 202 to win from 40 overs, we never looked comfortable in the face of two opening bowlers swinging the ball prodigiously both ways. In the end, we succumbed, and… quickly! As statisticians were scurrying to find our lowest ever score (we think it was 4 v Rusthall in 1902!), we subsided to 29 all out in just 14 overs, with Nick Fowler’s 12 making up a substantial portion!

    I was bowled for an eight ball duck by one of the best balls I have recieved in 40 plus years of cricket that I have played.

    I think this is one of the prettiest grounds that I have played on in Kent with Penshurst house in the back ground.

    Penhurst
    Penhurst Park cricket ground with Penhurst house in the background.

  • Week 63 – May 24th – Week 2 of lockdown easing phase 3

    Today I did my first training session with the Speldhurst under 13 boys. I worked with Mark Utting.

    It was good to put into practice things that I have learned from the course. There was a good turn out of 16 boys.

    I enjoyed session with the boys.

  • Week 63 – May 24th – Week 2 of lockdown easing phase 3

    As the weather finally improved, it gave me chance to grout the patio

    For a first time effort, I think I did a quite a good job, don’t you agree?

    Patio
    Grouting the patio.

  • Week 62 – May 17th – Week 1 of lockdown easing phase 3

    Sun May 23rd 2021 PREMIER LEAGUE

    Leeds United 3 West Bromwich Albion 1 FT – 2-0 HT

    Rodrigo (17’minutes), Phillips (42’minutes), Bamford (79’minutes pen) – Robson-Kanu (90’minutes)

    Assists Raphinha (17’minutes)

    Leeds United ended their first season back in the Premier League with a fourth successive victory as they comfortably beat relegated West Brom in front of the returning fans at Elland Road.

    Able to watch their side at home in the top-flight for the first time in 17 years, 8,000 Leeds supporters created a suitable party atmosphere to celebrate the club’s stellar campaign, and Marcelo Bielsa’s side produced a fitting finale.

    Goals from Rodrigo, Kalvin Phillips and substitute Patrick Bamford ensured the hosts end the season ninth, after one defeat in their final 11 games.

    Leeds won four in a row in a single Premier League season for the first time since April 2001.

    Leeds’ striker Patrick Bamford scored his 17th Premier League goal of the season, the most by a player for a promoted club in a top-flight campaign since Charlie Austin for QPR in 2014-15 (18).

    Raphinha registered his ninth Premier League assist for Leeds, the first player to do so in a top-flight season for the club since both Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (13) and Harry Kewell (nine) in 1998-99.

    Final league position 9th after 38 games

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