Forgot to say - sadly the boy was not selected for the squad this sunday - you can imagine the language- but after calming down he is beig very mature and will still go on the coach with the rest of the squad and will be dressed in his essex number ones. He is also thinking about doing something academic at uni - my god I think he might be growing up.

Oh and one other thing this week I caught up with two old friends - both of whom I havent seen/spoken to for 25 years - it was great.