Timmy

C’mon Timmy – we know you can do it. Ah, too late. Oh well, there’s always next year. And so the hopes of middle England are passed on – the fans now congregate to cheer on Murray Field rather than Timmy’s Tip.

Pet hate of the week: the dumbing down of the news. ITV’s lead “news” story one day this week was an interview with Michael Owen. Apparently he’s an injured soccer player. Middle-east meltdown made it to the “in other news” section.

Rugby Notes

A lull this week before the Tri-Nations kicks off on 8 July.

The new season looms closer with the announcement of Ebbw Vale’s pre-season “friendlies”. They’re in Cornwall on 12 August and play Bristol at Clifton on 21 August. I can almost smell the liniment already.

Good news in yesterday's SW Andrex is that the Premier Division will remain at 14 for the next 3 seasons. There was talk of a further reduction in the number of team down to 12, but thankfully that has passed and we will have a full fixture list.

Cricket Notes

Quite unbelievably, on the hottest week of the year, our cricket was rained off. Yes, the fish got washed out. The game was Monday this week, and it rained all day.

Glammy have got a taste for cricket at last. 2 for 2 in 20/20 thus far (Worcester home & Warwicks away), but this evening they take on Somerset. Could be trickey as in their first game Justin Langer got 90 off 46 balls and Cameron White (another Aussie) 116 for 53 balls. They knocked up 250-3 in 20 overs.

In my time I’ve been known to hit one off the square in the first 20 overs myself.

England’s woes continue. The are dropping like flies. The ones that aren’t injured are just playing very badly. 4-0 down now. And it looks like Michael Vaughan will be out for the winter Ashes tour too.