Gratuitous self-promotion. And something serious. Ish.

On the weekend I played in a cricket match (wow) which was Guernsey Island Cricket Club versus the MCC. On the face of it, it sounds rather glamourous. In reality it wasn’t really very glamourous at all. The MCC put out a reasonable team, including John Stephenson, an ex-England all-rounder. The rest of the team were quite strong (especially compared to us) and we actually gave them a bloody good run for their money – we fell an agonising 9 runs short of their fairly meagre 189 off 62 overs.
(Incidentally, fielding for 62 overs on the bounce is not something …read more