The 2010 Allstars Tour has been thrown into doubt by a general strike in France — leading to the cancellation of our Ryanair flight on Thursday.
Watch this space for further news…

Rumours that a website along the lines of www.becomeawag.com is to be set up to cater for the many thousands of women who wish to date an Allstar are so far unconfirmed. We will bring you more news as we get it.

One thing which the Festival highlighted was that lots of Allstars really like the “Fifteen15Fifteen15” format (thanks to Chadders for the name), involving two innings per side, each of 15 overs, in which the batting order is reversed for the second innings. The bowling restrictions usually involve most people having a bowl – I believe that at the Festival this year almost everyone bowled at least 2 overs. (The rule in place was maximum of 5 overs per bowler over the whole game, minimum of 7 bowlers to be used.)
For me and others, the format real contributed to the atmosphere and the enjoyability of the day. I for one would like to play more such games.
So I am starting a campaign today to encourage the playing of more games in this format, not just “fun” games at the annual-ish Festival, but regular season games too. After all, aren’t all our games supposed to be fun?
If you agree, and would like to see the Allstars play more Fifteen15Fifteen15 games, please say so in the comments box below.

Player of the Day was Venay, for his allround performance with bat ball and in the field. Venay was particularly happy to catch James A in the first innings and then bowl him in the second innings, after which he announced that he had forgiven James for a rather unfortunate umpiring decision in Ibiza.

Today’s 2010 Allstars Festival was a huge success, enjoyed by all. We played a two x 15 over innings per side game, with the batting order reversed in the second innings, which meant that everyone got to participate. In the end, “Young Boys of Barnes” captained by Gren, beat Devers’ eponymous team by 24 runs. The picture shows Maxie presenting the match ball to the victorious captain — with defeated captain Devers in the background.