Showers lopped off the last 50 minutes so Warwickshire close the opening day on 267 for 3. Maddy 121, Loudon 6.
Maddy threaded some fine strokes among a fair few streaky ones. But his focus and purposefulness were immense. He has batted for 343 minutes, faced 263 balls and struck 16 fours, not all of them to third man.
Suddenly, clouds have closed in. Time to go. Another night on the lonely, hostile old road covering the Bears up and down the country beckons. As country and western legend Don Williams always used to say: "And now I'm gonna take my hat off".
Comments (4)
Another entertaining blog Brian. Hope the weather holds out. Are you in a nice hotel?
Cake for all next home game.
Posted by Jane Hyatt | July 9, 2007 9:40 AM
Posted on July 9, 2007 09:40
On behalf of all the press may I say cake always welcome Jane, thanks very much. Accommodation acceptable - although being 122.8 miles away from Mary is always hell!
Posted by brian | July 9, 2007 10:18 AM
Posted on July 9, 2007 10:18
I think you'll find it's a bit further than that. At least 150 miles. According to an expenses claim form.
And wot if Mary moves around a bit?
Posted by alan from the village | July 9, 2007 2:21 PM
Posted on July 9, 2007 14:21
Indeed. Do you have to have to synchronize movements so as never to cross the 122.8mile threshold?
Would make covering a game at Durham tricky.
Mary would have to spend four days somewhere around Leeds.
Posted by Eddie from the end house | July 9, 2007 3:25 PM
Posted on July 9, 2007 15:25