Twenty - Weston Creek Cricket Club

Weston Creek, Cricket ClubYou have just recorded your fourth consecutive "duck",dropped a catch and got belted out of the bowling attack. Assoon as you step inside the club, the questions start flowing.How many runs did you get? Did you get any wickets? GeeBob, you're not having a good trot are you? Then yourcaptain starts making you feel better by saying that if we canget a decent allrounder into the team we can win thepremiership. He adds that he would prefer an openingbatsman who can double up as a spinner. It really makes youfeel great as that's the role that you have in the team. Whenyou finally arrive home you go through the same routine.How did you go, Dad? Did you get any runs? Did you getany wickets? Did you win? "Shut up, kid."As far as my cricketing career was concerned, I was fortunateto have had a relatively injury-free ten years with the Club.Admittedly, there was a time at Mawson when I wasscratching my ankle with the spikes on my boot, \Vhen Ioverbalanced and spiked myself. This can happen to anyone.On another occasion, I was batting in a semi-final againstANU at ANU South, when I was hit where no batsman likesto get hit. It took three years and twenty-seven days to cartme off the field. I was bowling at Rivett at the end of a hotSaturday afternoon, when the batsman played the ball straightback along the pitch. After watching the Test players ontelevision, I decided to be smart and emulate them by flickingthe ball up into my hand using my foot. I almost lost twoteeth.In summarising, the off-field and on-field "comedies" areunforgettable, whilst the actual matches will eventually fadefrom memory. I have thoroughly enjoyed my cricketing daysat Weston Creek and hope that circumstances will permit meto return to play cricket at the Creek in the near future, as aVeteran. #64