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I'm just going to mention in passing (!) that I played my first game of cricket in over 20 years on Sunday. Roped in to play for a friend's primary school fathers team that were a man short.
I used to bowl as an early teen, but stopped once I could talk to girls and drink booze...
Batted at number 10 and scored 3 off 9 before being caught behind from a nick.
Called on to bowl, at over 10 of a 30 over game, with only one wicket having fallen and the opposition looking set.
Ran in, not knowing what on Earth to expect, mainly worrying about not over stepping and not bowling ludicrously wide.
Stumps upended, a clean wicket with my first ball!
Second ball : edged and caught behind. I'm two off two! Totally mobbed by my mate and 9 men I met about two hours previously. I'm being hailed as the Messiah! (And a ringer)
Third and hat-trick ball was probably on 12th stump if I am generous. They should have got two for it, it was so wide!
Ended up with figures of 2 for 15 off 2.5 overs, before we lost the game. 8 of those 15 were extras...
So much fun. I can't wait for the next one.
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The caught and bowled was so funny. I was watching it and my immediate reaction was that it all happened too slowly and allowed him to think "Oh wow, this is it, I catch this and it's all done, this story is perfect, how odd." and then dropped it.
If it had been a bit quicker and a simple animal brain catch, he never would have dropped it.
I like it, it's a nice moment at the end of the career.
I would have liked it more if he had taken the last wicket afterwards. But it's the legacy, a story. It has overtones of WG Grace's 99.x batting average. Leave them wanting more...
Also, the way that it allowed Gus to take two fivefers is a wonderful thing. Real baton passing.
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