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It's all the more amazing as I'm actually (I say I'm like I'm still playing regularly) a bowler who can bat a little bit.

After playing club cricket regularly for 20+ seasons, I had to step away about 5 years ago as having young kids wasn't really conducive to pissing off every weekend. I now make a return once per season for a weekend. This time, played in a couple of friendly games on Saturday and Sunday last...

Fun fact: I took my only career hattrick (thus far) playing a club cricket match on that ground. My dad was umpiring at the end I was bowling at and thankfully didn't need to get involved as all three victims were bowled.

At school, we played matches against both the MCC and Lashings CC. The latter had Tino Best playing, who was stepping up his comeback from injury at that time. He was bowling medium pace essentially. I was at the non-strikers end and my batting partner smashed him through the covers for four...