Defending a low score is a club cricket captain’s chance to shine … or crumble. See how our guest leader fared in the latest entry from the secret diary of a village skipper.
Out on the field in the pressure-cooker of a Club Cricket Run-Chase Situation, when the runs are flowing and your boys’ heads are in danger of going down – that’s when you earn your corn as a skipper. If you were being paid in corn, that is. Or paid at all. Which, obviously I’m not. The best I can hope for is a swell of pride and a crisper tasting pint. Which, to be honest, is probably better than corn, anyway. Either way, whatever was up for grabs, this was my chance to earn it.
It’s first versus second and naturally we don’t have enough on the board. 212 on the quickest outfield in the county – bowled out with a full 10 overs of the available 50 entirely unused – was hardly the stuff of champions. There’s a chance here, lads, but we’ll have to be on it.
We’ve bowled brilliantly, obviously. But one or two of the lads are even good enough to praise the various plans and bowling changes. They know the way to my heart.
No corn, then. But my, the pints are tasting crisp.
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