It's a team game, and everyone does a shift of umpiring - probably the most thankless job, and although it looks like a country dance step, Alex and the Page boy are changing shifts
So, to the first of the 'one-shots'. The Chairman demonstrates the fine art of cover driving...
again, and ............
Again!
He bowls with his eyes shut, he bats with his eyes shut and now he does the scoring with his eyes shut! Don't give him a cheese grater, he'll try and read it!
The Chairman shows us the half sweep. Only half, because he can't actually get down on one knee!
Meanwhile, at the other end, Joey is seemingly disinterested
Until that is, he gets to his 50 and treats us to a little dance
Then displays his prowess at the back foot drive
Whilst old one shot smacks another one through the covers - has he never heard of cow corner?
Joey shows his other shot of the day, the front foot drive - which always looks more graceful when executed by a left hander; why is that?
With the Chairman's departure, young Goulash briefly encourages the bowlers
While Adam and Steady juggle with their balls!
Exit Goulash, and enter Richard who evidently does only have one shot; this is it, and it went a long way, but........
he missed this one and was bowled!
Enter the Page boy. This, as the head position might suggest, went straight up in the air and goodnight!
Time for Joey to bring some calm to the mayhem going on around him
In the vain hope it might rub off on whoever might stay around long enough at the other end to take notice
Alas, Alex will bat the way Alex does
which seems to affect Joey as he runs to leg to play an off drive
and Alex displays his one shot
and again! I have a theory - his bat has some metal in it and is drawn to magnetic north?Why not?
And yet, clever stuff, with exactly the same finishing position, he manages to get this one over cover - that's talent.... or a complete mishit!
Anyway, Joey departs and enter Morgs on a pair for the weekend. He said to me that everytime he looked up all he could see was me and my effing camera... and is it any wonder when he provides such rich entertainment!
