England v South Africa

[oldcolner]

After my time in Colne but was that Gallash?
I remember Bill Alley Ray Flockton Jack manning and best of all Stan Jayasinghe who was there in 1959 when we did the league and cup double.

[Supersub6]

It was Gallash. I was the scorer for Church when Stan Jayasinghe was at Colne, he was a godd cricketer and a nice bloke.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I remember witnessing Clive Lloyd's Lancashire League debut at Haslingden.

They had to station two lads on Bentgate auction to chuck the balls back!

Brutal was not the word.

I played golf with Clive at Baxenden GC some years later, he had this daft windmill style golf swing and he hit the ball miles!

Great bloke too!

[oldcolner]

It was Gallash. I was the scorer for Church when Stan Jayasinghe was at Colne, he was a godd cricketer and a nice bloke.

We may have met then, as I often used to work the scoreboard at the Horsfield.
Stan had a Russian wife so they made a striking couple in the days before immigration took off. He brought a friend over from the then Ceylon who also played for Colne. Often then the only non white face in the own was the cricket pro.
Stan had a short run up but whipped his arm over so fast the ball shot off the pitch quite low and he took lots of wickets. I modelled my bowling on his style - not quite as successfully. He also scored 1000 runs faster than Everton Weekes with the ball often hitting the houses in Keighley Road. He left to play for Leicestershire.
My dad was friendly with Bill Alley who was another nice bloke and I met him in the Blackpool CC changing room when Colne played a friendly after he left. Then he went to Somerset for years playing into his forties and then became a County and Test umpire.
One of my school and play mates on the Horsfield was Andrew Kennedy who went on to open for Lancashire. Happy days playing in the shed on the Horsfield as they didn't let you play on the pitch.

[Altobelli]

England losing Captain Cook early for 69, the 190 man Root is in now, England 142/2.

[Altobelli]

Balance now gone bowled Morkel caught behind by De Kock for 34.

[Altobelli]

Root now gone for 5, bowled by Muharaj, S Africa coming back with a vengeance, England 146/4

[Altobelli]

Ben Stokes now gone for 1, LBW bowled Rebada, England 149 for 5.

[Supersub6]

Aye, we seem to be finding it difficult to score this morning because they are bowling well and four quick wickets will have boosted the South Africans.
Although Morkel has taken 3 wickets I think it will be the spinners who will figure highly before this match is finished.

[Altobelli]

Morning/Afternoon Sub.

Yes and the pitch is misbehaving also which is not helping, if it carries on South Africa could be in trouble when they step out to bat, hopefully.