Worthwhile

So we lost yesterday to Essex in a 20 over match in Barbados, but then took revenge for our two day defeat to Yorkshire by beating them by 7 wickets today.

As you'll have seen on the club site (follow the links on the left) we were undone by Ryan ten Doeschate again yesterday, the Dutchman probably wishing he could carry our attack around in his kit bag after his astonishing ton in the last game of 2009.

Today we bowled steadily, none more so than Chesney Hughes, whose three overs at the death for just twelve runs kept the Yorkshire total to a gettable 154-3 in twenty.

Hughes then scored a brisk 25 opening the innings and his form will have given John Morris food for thought for the T20 in this country, when my understanding is that he could play without penalty. The win was sealed by good knocks from John Sadler (36) Garry Park (29) and Greg Smith (21), before Graham Wagg hammered an unbeaten 40 from just 17 balls, he and Sadler adding 52 in just over 4 overs.

It was another good workout for the boys. Of course, results at this stage don't matter too much whether it is a win or a loss, but Hughes' all round display and Wagg's batting in an elevated position will have given John Morris a rewarding day.

Elsewhere, Middlesex are the latest to lose out on a star player with Yuvraj now unable to play for them in the summer due to international commitments. They will have a gem in Adam Gilchrist, who has impressed me considerably with his captaincy in the IPL. Especially impressive today was the death bowling of Andrew Symonds and Chaminda Vaas, who never let their opponents get anywhere near the 20 they needed from the last two overs with accurate, intelligent bowling. It was great to watch and Symonds is still a cricketer of the very highest class.

I just wish that we could afford him...