I can confirm (as if it needed spelling out) that playing cricket as an unfit 44 year old is considerably more difficult than playing as a fit and agile 17 year old!! I opened the batting yesterday for “England” against “the rest of the world” at the hong kong cricket club and soon got off the mark with a neat push wide of mid wicket, unfortunately a couple of overs later i paddled a short ball down the leg side into the hands of the eager wicket keeper and my innings came to an early end! I was given the role of patrolling the extra cover and midwicket areas, some of my favourite positions, and started to redeem myself by taking a couple of “skyers” at extra cover before putting down two on the run, catching one at deep midwicket and then falling on my back while attempting a fourth catch this time at a wide mid off. A mixed day in the field and england lost! Thanks to kpmg for hosting! (never thought i’d say that!!) am now nursing grazed knees a bruised thigh and finger, strained hamstring, severely bruised thumb and palm, bruised ribs, sore groin, shoulder and lower back. Great fun!!!!!!
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 10:32:10 +0000
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