Staffordshire Seniors Cricket

Returning to the cricket field last year, aged 57 after a 33 year break, I wrote several times that I had set myself the target of paying Seniors Cricket for …

Diary Of A Vegan Cricketer (Week Twenty Five)

C is for …… Considering my League Cricket future, 1 more social game, then a winter of fitness, coaching, netting, golf and …. shooting? 2024 Season Week Twenty Five: September …

Diary Of A Vegan Cricketer (Week Twenty Two)

C is for …… coaching (decision), NBCC LGBTQ+ first game (first win), an early end to the season in preparation for winter nets at Edgbaston, and initial thoughts on next …

Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week Eleven)

Runs, wickets, golf, and positive news on the Vegan front, (nearly) watching cricket at Edgbaston and Fathers Day ….. what next? 2024 Season Week Eleven: June 10th – June 16th …

Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week Ten)

Still can’t buy a run, but would be nice to have the opportunity, playing in the wet and the cold, and …… understanding inclusivity. 2024 Season Week Ten: June 3rd …

Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week Five)

Almerimar is certainly no place to be a Vegan, one coaching session, a trip to Lords, T20’s should not be played in Whites! and availability issues before the season has …

Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week Four)

Playing as a Bowler for the first time, being a Vegan is really highlighting the issues of inclusivity, some great progress with the NBCC LGBTQ+ team and Church Eaton, but …

Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week Three)

The season starts (ish), first request to provide dietary preferences, (yet) another cricket app, 8:56 Foundation (@856Foundation), and a change of plans for the season! 2024 Season Week Three: April …

Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week One)

In January I ‘went Vegan’ or as I prefer to call it ‘plant based’ for two very simple reasons: I could not accept that any animal should suffer so that …

Off Season Review

Has been a very strange off season for me: I have hardly picked up a bat or ball other than when coaching, which has taken up a lot of my …

Product Review: Playeroo Junior Clothing

A much debated topic within cricket and one which No Boundaries Cricket Club are seeking to help through their Cricket Kindness Project is the cost of playing cricket: specifically is it expensive because you …

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 …

Coaching Plans

An unexpected (huge) plus from this season has been how much I have enjoyed my coaching and it is certainly something that I hope to repeat next season. I applied …