more cricket

g'day


yeah, go on then. another update on the cricket, to be sure, whilst we have some splendid weather to enjoy it, look you see. mostly, i suppose, this is all an excuse to allow friends and family around the world to catch up with how the boys are doing, but then all lovers of cricket are most welcome here.

so, another match recently, and another game in which cricket was the winner. indeed, our team lost, but what a match.

James was in particularly fine form with the ball for this game, taking at least two wickets. i know this because i have two videos of him doing so. possibly he had another, but i did not record it.

and there above is the video of the first of them, for your viewing pleasure. nice line and length on the bowling, and surely there can be no disgrace to the batsman for falling to such a superb bit of bowling. even if i am perhaps biased.

in the interests of fairness, then, William.

no, indeed, as you may have observed, this is not at the cricket. far from it, i suppose. there was a weekend when James was off over the hills with his mates, so William and i elected to go on a jolly adventure by the sea. when the tide was, alas, in, which meant no beach fun. besides, at the seaside we got to have a bit of a gander at them wind turbine things which my Dad considers to be amazing. which they are.

how did James get on at the cricket with his batting? reasonably well to quite well.

yes, there is some footage of him deftly guiding the ball away from the fielders, enabling him and his batting partner to take a quick, or if you will cheeky, single.

and here are the two batters leaving the field with their innings over, leaving of course to the applause of their opponents in the game.

most sports, i believe, follow the civil and dignified ways of applauding your opponents and thanking them for the game. the only instances i can think of where i have not seen it is in football, when one team or the other has had their oh so fragile ego harmed by worthy opposition. hey ho.

but what of that which was promised? as in, the second wicket James took earlier with his bowling? why, sure, here you go, here it is below.

some super lovely bowling on display again there, then. and, you know, obviously it worked.

a last shot of William staring at me instead of the sea, with the wind turbines in the background doing their thing? why now.

indeed, he was a trifle miffed that the sand was inaccessible. but, we made do with various amusements and candy floss. as one does.

ok, then, that would be that for this update, no? apologies for the sparse words, but i suspect with these updates it's simply the pictures and videos which are of interest. which is, indeed, all as it should be.

until the next time, then,



be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!