After having kept and eye on the weather all day (it was coming down like "stair rods" this morning in Durham)
I along with thousands of other fans made my way to The Riverside, Chester-le-Street in the hope of catching some
Twenty-20 cricket action in the quarter final Durham v Yorkshire. I entered the ground as a few spots of light rain were falling, bought a
a pint of Guinness only to be informed that there would be no cricket played, as the game was postponed, due to Yorks playing a
'wrong un' in the previous round. Looks like this one's is gonna rumble on for a while before it's sorted by the powers that be...but nice
of DCCC to allow spectators to travel, enter the ground and sting them into paying car parking fees, and contribute to burger, drink and programmes sales before breaking the disappointing news, seeing as the ineligible player came to light mid afternoon and as it happened the weather faired up

I was there as well in support of the Yorkies - got off work early and was drinking in the rain at chester le street cricket ground from about 4.15. It was a joke that an announcement was made so late in the day the announcement itself was also a joke - there was only Bumble who explained anything to the fans.

Surely the powers that be could of notified spectators sooner. I wondered why they stopped soaking up the surface water on the outfield at about 4.55.

It turned out being a decent night weather wise as well.

And it was also 3 fukking quid for a packet of jelly babies...... And £3.70 for a burger......

Durham are the innocent party in all of this.

The first they heard of this was a phone call from the ECB 10 minutes before the gates opened. The ECB were still asking the players to play a friendly for the sake of the supporters. The game wasn't actually officially called off until just before five O'clock.

The Notts V Yorkshire game was played 10 days ago, why has the this happened on the day of the Quarters? I have a feeling Yorkshire have realised they've fooked up and tried to sweep things under the carpet. Apparently the first time the fact the lad only had a Pakistani passport came to light was this morning. The ECB's own administration is also under scrutiny here as he's captained England U15's!! His future as a British citizen is also in doubt now apparently! It's a bit complicated.

It's a mess but I fail to see how you can blame Durham who have done nothing wrong, obviously it's extremely frustrating for the people who made the effort to go. I'd have gone myself had I finished work earlier.

Crickets shit anyway

After rushing home from work, calling in to Tesco's to sort out our 'picnic', and making sure the lads had something for their teas, we set off for Chester-Le-Street. We had just got into the car park, with about 20 minutes to go to 'kick off', or whatever the Cricket equivalent is, and decided to have a quick bite to eat, and drink of the alcohol we weren't allowed to take into the ground. A text from home was the first we knew off the 'postponement'. The message was that it was being announced on Sky. But none of the Stewards knew what was going on, apart from what they were hearing from the fans. Most people seemed to take it in good humour, which considering the circumstances, shows the remarkable understanding of the British public. PC, in her Yorkshire shirt , and I went for a stroll around the Riverside area, rather than sit in the queues of cars waiting to get out of the packed car parks. It would have been a great night for the match, with the first decent weather off the day. C'est La Vie.

There were quite a few people who had travelled from sheffield who were pissed off. And where do you get Yorkie one day shirts from these days? Do you have to order online? I don't really like doing that because I am a bit picky with sizes......

Yesterday was a complete farce. They are talking about replays involving Notts & Yorkshire with the winners playing Durham but that's not possible as there are hardly any days spare to play them before finals day.

The simplest solution (which is not the fairest, I know) is to ban Yorkshire as they failed to follow the correct procedures involving registering the player concerned, and Durham would progress by default.

I dont smoke Ganja

It is a mess, something like this was always going to happen, I'm surprised that it didn't happen due to the influx of south africans in the county game. I personally hope the Notts v Yorks match is re-played and I see that as the sensible outcome, no doubt Durham and Glamorgan wouldn't be happy with that though.....