Thanks Andrew. Well I am at the captain's behest but I am a vital cog too
I suppose I meant.
Bill
On Wednesday, 30 December 2015, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Seasonal and accurate. I like the allusion to the suburban field's surface.
> Too true.
>
> Only one thing disturbs me. You show how the captain can move you around as
> the game progresses, yet you finish with 'holding down a position' at the
> end. Seems a slight contradiction.
>
> I enjoyed it a lot ...
>
> Andrew
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> On 30 December 2015 at 08:29, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]
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> > Dud fieldsmen get captain-directed right
> > down on the fence, miles from mid-innings
> > action, when no one is likely to take
> > a swipe and test your unreliable hands.
> >
> > At change of overs, you either bolt
> > down the other end or get slight relief
> > by holding down mid-off for an over
> > where at least conversation is audible.
> >
> > Once in a blue googly, someone swats
> > a sitter to you in close and if you manage
> > to dispel your panic and actually swallow
> > the catch, you will know true gratitude.
> >
> > Normally restrained leggies and offies,
> > unlike their wild-haired, truculent
> > cousin quicks, will gather you up,
> > tousle your hair and grin goofily,
> >
> > pretending they planned the trap.
> > But mostly, fielding is a lonely business,
> > hearing distant thunks as the cherry
> > arcs off where others congregate.
> >
> > Late in the innings, you may be offered
> > another reprieve, closer to the popping
> > crease but equally isolated - deep fine
> > leg - on the off chance of picking up
> >
> > a skewed hook or a keeper's miss.
> > On TV, balls glide across bowling green
> > -like surfaces but in the suburbs, any-
> > thing can happen as balls spit and jump
> >
> > over mis-mown, crevice-cracked buffalo
> > grass. A sweep along the ground can
> > leap up and collect you in the teeth.
> > But must not fray your focus. Just don't
> >
> > let that ball get to the boundary.
> > Sorts you, fielding. You're there
> > for the duration of afternoon,
> > holding down a position.
> >
> > bw
> >
>
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