Cricket... Playing not watching...

[mboy]

Who here still plays?

I used to play a lot of cricket as a kid, kinda drifted out of it when I went to uni, got back into playing a bit of pub cricket in my late 20’s, then moved again, got more into MTBing again, stopped playing. Here I am just about to turn 44, got asked to play for a mate’s team again (I played once 4 yrs ago, the only other time I have played since I was 30) as he was desperate yesterday as half of his regulars didn’t want to play cos they wanted to watch the footy, and thoroughly enjoyed it again!

Not least cos I very nearly helped them win the game (59 not out, ran out of batting partners only 10 runs short of the target sadly, not bad considering I’d not picked up a bat in years!), but just doing something different again and playing a team sport once again made me feel things I hadn’t felt in quite some time.

I am now thinking of joining my local cricket club (no excuse really as it’s not even a mile down the road)…

So who else here plays, if not regularly then at least once in a while? I am not sure I’m ready to commit to playing on a weekly basis (after a 2yr fight with bowel cancer and still not fully out of the woods there, my fitness is shocking, I am slowly getting back out on eMTB but today I feel broken after batting for 2hrs yesterday!), but do fancy the odd game again… ?

[Count Steer]

Greenman was the only cricketer that I remember mentioning it. I was 1st XI at school and played a bit at Uni (not very well ). Haven't played since.

[Beancounter]

I was always sceptical about cricket - never played it at school or anything. Then I got roped into making up numbers for my mate's old school team, I was crap and so was the standard. Never liked batting or trying to catch the ball but it was a very enjoyable way to spend a Saturday afternoon in the sun.