Somerset's new friendly dragon mascot Stumpy spent a rare day outside of the county when he attended the Nat West One Day Final between England and India at Lord's on Saturday.

It is unusual for Stumpy to stray far from his home in deepest darkest Somerset, but when a personal invitation was sent to him by England batting hero Marcus Trescothick, he just had to accept.

Stumpy had to keep in the shadows at Lord's for fear that the hot sun would upset him, but I am told he behaved impeccably and thoroughly enjoyed himself, and was introduced to many former players, including Alec Stewart's father Mickey.

Stumpy's presence certainly brought good fortune to Marcus Trescothick who played a tremendous innings in the match, as a result of which the Somerset skipper has personally invited him to make a special guest appearance at the Cheltenham and Gloucester quarter final against Worcestershire at Taunton on Wednesday.

Even Stumpy can't say no to an invitation from England's number one batsman, so lets all hope that he brings Marcus the same good fortune on Wednesday!

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