During the Sunday of the 3^rd Test, my friend in Australia was texting the hell out of me with cliché comments about the weather here. He then tried to suggest that Jimmy Anderson had Australian roots (bleached blond?). I may have jeopardised my trip down under in 2010/11 by saying that I had made a search and could find no criminal record for Jimmy and therefore he did not qualify. The texts stopped.

Now, this little blog is not meant to upset people, it is just a personal view from the boundary, and if I have upset anyone I really do apologise, these are not the views of Hurley CC! Of course a little controversy can be a good thing, I would hate for this blog to be bland and uninteresting, but not offensive. I take full responsibility, my comments are supposed to be constructive, and sometimes we all need a little perspective.

The development plans for the club took another huge step forward last week. About 8 of us gathered to plot the progress of the club. The support of Berks Development Board is dependent on us providing volunteers to train as coaches and deliver structured training sessions for colts next year. We think we have identified 6 but could always use more, anyone else interested should contact Dave Forrest. Things look bright a few years hence, but I worry about this season and next.

Both Saturday sides are beginning to fall away to the blight of brittle batting but the youngsters are doing well. I just hope we can keep them interested until both sides can be competing again.  It was good to see Alex Dunnings, Ross Brown and Alex Ridgeway all contributing on Saturday and Ross and Jack Chambers on Sunday. Well done skippers for giving them a game.

Now hopefully that did not upset anyone except a few million Australians