Life as a village cricketer
It's back for 2014! Your favourite cricket column, direct from the village cricket field.
Life as a village cricketer
It's back for 2014! Your favourite cricket column, direct from the village cricket field.
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Only a couple of recent games to report on. We lost our first game of the season to the elements in what was shaping up to be... Life as a village cricketer
Life as a village cricketer
The village season feels like a distant memory now as the cold, wet and early evenings have well and truly set in. A long hot summer has passed us by and for thousands the land over, the private hell...
Life as a village cricketer
Only a couple of recent games to report on. We lost our first game of the season to the elements in what was shaping up to be a close encounter and we played a friendly fixture against the clock in w...
The Blind and Visually Impaired Cricket Club, Sierra Leone
It starts with a cry of “Bowler, bowl”, echoing around the large and dusty school playground. The small band of on-lookers then hear a rattling sound of a small old bell before a thwack followed by ...
Life as a village cricketer
The season is now well under way and Englefield Green 2ndXI has played five games. We’ve lost four of those and won one. The biggest surprise, however, has been the weather. Mercifully, not one fixt...
Life as a village cricketer
Pre season has finished and it’s time for the proper action to commence. Nets will only take you so far in the white hot competitive environment of the village green… Out there you’re on your o...
Cricket coaching made easy
Not everyone who plays cricket has had access to any form of coaching. Many of us simply pitch up and enjoy the game, going only on a few words heard on TV or from enthusiastic team mates. Those who ...