No Boundaries Cricket Club
Really liked the fact that both my first game of the season and the last game of the season were for NBCC (@NBCCCIC) against the Birmingham Unicorns (@bhamunicons) as they …
Club Cricket
One of my better decisions this year was to wait and see how my fitness was and how my cricket with Staffordshire Cricket was going before I got involved with …
Not So Social
I recently had a bit of a purge of social media accounts, primarily because Sands and I have closed down our ALStrays Rehoming and Transport project and will be taking …
Development Cricket Project
Development Cricket is back on the agenda for me, but this time the theory is about to be tested as through the No Boundaries Cricket Club CIC initiative I set …
T12B The Next Cricket Franchise
I have been trying to watch the IPL whilst I continue my rehab. In theory it should have been a perfect break in the day: breakfast, walk the dogs, rehab, …
My Cricket Bats
All feels a little postseason for me at the moment: not playing cricket, days spent rehabbing various parts of my body, and just spent the last two days sanding down …
Product Review: Gray-Nicolls Hypernova Pro Batting Pads
Goes without saying that the Hypernova Pro Pads go with the Hypernova 2000 Batting Gloves which gives me yet another ongoing dilemma: how do I use all this stuff!!?? Current …
No More Stuff!!
If there were any regular readers of these cricket diaries they would know that I have way way too much cricket stuff partly through the generosity of Williamson Boucher, Masuri …
Product Review: Gray-Nicolls Hypernova 2000 Batting Gloves
I know, yet another pair of cricket batting gloves, the fifth pair of Gray-Nicolls gloves I have reviewed. If I use these at all it will be with my T20 …
My Cricket Kit List
When I decided to return to playing cricket in 2021 after a 33 year break between innings I made a list (because I like lists) of the basics I would …
The Forty Club
I mentioned in my July Diary that I had played for an invitational team against a Dubai Club and that I was becoming more involved (well aware really) of the …
Cricket Diary: Balance
Can’t remember the last time I wore sunglasses! This was the outcome of a discussion with Sand about the weather this summer. WellI say summer! We only have two summers …
Development Cricket: My Thoughts
My hope this year is that I can get involved in ‘Development Cricket’ at both Penkridge Cricket Club and Barlaston Cricket Club. I played for Barlaston Cricket Club as a …
Season Review & Off Season Plans
The end of my third season since the ‘great comeback’ in 2020 aged 57 following a 33 year break from the game, and this was always going to be the …
Oxygen Supply
The more time I (through No Boundaries Cricket Club) spend looking at how clubs can embrace increased diversity and inclusivity, the more I realise just how hard it is going …
The Elephant In The Room Is Drunk
I have been working with a number of clubs recently with my No Boundaries Cricket Club cap on looking at ways to not only embrace but to deliver inclusivity and …
Walk A Mile In My Shoes
I have got to know and admire both Azeem Rafiq (@AzeemRafiq30) and George Dobell (@GeorgeDobell1) in recent years. It always struck me that Azeem had already suffered unimaginable personal loss, …
A Weeks R&R
A much needed week off from anything other than walking the dogs and some stretching gave me the opportunity (well no excuse really) to get some jobs done around the …
Product Review: Gray-Nicolls Black/White Pro Performance Batting Gloves
What do coloured batting glove and London Buses have in common ….. Only two weeks since I said No More Stuff having just reviewed the Hypernova 2000 Batting gloves and …
Product Review: DKP Pro Edition Black Batting Gloves
Following my product review of the Gray-Nicolls Hypernova 2000 batting gloves and the comment I made about not being sure I would use them for T20 and that I had …
A Month Of Nets!
Quite a lot has changed since ‘my day’ (and a lot hasn’t) but probably the one thing that has changed the most is the Winter Net, primarily and simply because …
Mid Winter Break
I am off to Almerimar today for a week. The plan was that it would be a mid winter break from the rehab and fitness and an opportunity to enjoy …
Mid Season Report
Whilst the plan was to spend the of season on rehab, training and fitness it is fair to say that the majority of my time has spent on rehab, which …
Season Two: Reflections
Time for some post season reflections again, a season which in many ways mirrored last season, my first playing again after 33 year break between innings. Next Season then, what are …
Season Two: July Round Up
Last month ended on a high, albeit a painful one, so I carried a couple of bruises, sore knees and stiff legs into the first game, my second for the …
Coughing and Spluttering
Funny old weather. Funny old season. Just as the cricket seems to be picking up some momentum the weather kicks in and puts it all on hold, and then we …