I love my cricket and at my tender age should know better. At my club (Slimbridge) I am now in the super veteran stage! I never thought I would be playing cricket much beyond 40! Yesterday we had a game with local rivals Uley. It wasn’t distinguished by great batting especially by yours truly who didn’t trouble the scorers out to a very lazy drive (not very Bill Church like!) The good news is I still manage to hold my own on the field. We just scrapped over the line chasing a low total, it was good to see my former junior players being the key figures in the game.

Off now to Derbyshire to meet up with friends going back to my college days and the forecast looks promising.