Another sporting triumph in Hampshire

Up early this morning and off to church with Mary.  Tom did his Sunday paper round and Sara stayed at home to cook an early roast pork lunch.  After church (Parish Eucharist with Jane presiding) Mary and I drove over to Tasha's to pick up her cousin Harry to bring him back for lunch and then take him, with Tom, to the T20 Quarter Final cricket match at the Rose Bowl.  We left for the cricket at around 2.00 p.m. and managed to get parked across the road from the ground.  It was another exciting and triumphant match for Hampshire with the Royal winning the toss, batting first and achieving 154 for 6 after the twenty overs despite being 0 for 1 after the second ball!  Durham really struggled against the wonderful Hampshire bowling - especially from Briggs who ended up taking six wickets - a T20 record for him.  Durham didn't even make a 100 after being all bowled out in the eighteenth over for 99!  Tom and Harry managed to get quite a few autographs from the Hampshire players before we left the ground.  Another KFC supper in Southampton (not good for the diet) and as we left the restaurant the heavens opened with torrential rain and close-by thunder and lightning.  We drove back through along the main motorway and A36 as the rain, flooding and darkness would have made the narrower side road quite treacherous.  We got home a little after 10 p.m. after another great sporting day in Hampshire.  Let's hope we can make it three out of three when we go to St. Mary's again on Tuesday night for the Carling Cup tie against Torquay United.