Tom is a keen cricketer, he plays at school and for the village team; unfortunately for Tom, his Mum and Dad aren’t as up to speed with this very British game as he would like, but luckily his Grandma is, and she eagerly awaits news of the results of any fixtures. She played cricket at school, because there weren’t enough boys to make up a team, family legend has it that she fell down a flight of steps, because she had the pads on upside down, but it did nothing to put her off cricket especially village cricket, it seems once it’s in your blood, cricket is for keeps.
One of the problems of playing cricket up in the hills
is the lack of a flat pitch, here are the boys, notice the batsman appears to have no feet, this is because this pitch is best described as ‘terraced’, he’s way down the hill.
But even from the nets the view is green and pleasant, it’s rather a nice place to spend a sunny Sunday morning.
Cricket is fantastic! I was always highly envious of my brothers being allowed to play at school (I went to an all girls’ school, so there wasn’t even a chance of sneaking onto a boys’ team).
I was never one for cricket but my mother loved it, especially local matches.
If I was Tom I’d be proud to have a grandma like his!xx
I played the game quite well and even faced a bouncer from the great Joel Garner as a boy.
Tom seems to like his batting and bowling and looks the part in his whites