Cricket 2025

Have had a pretty good off season. There are still a few areas of the body requiring rehab with the neck/right shoulder been the main one, and the left glute/hamstring …

Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week Twenty)

C is for ……… concentration, a small run of form, a narrow defeat for Staffs Seniors but we still in the hunt for a semi final position, and taking the …

Diary of a Vegan Cricketer (Week Nine)

Beginning to wonder why I carry my batting gear round with me at the moment! Couple of games played in the sunshine …. well mostly spent my time watching, and …

A Subtle Shift Of Brands

Two games this week, both debuts making it 5 debuts in a row, and I may have just reinvented myself as an opening bowler who rarely bats! First game was …

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 …

Season Two: August Round Up

Last month was a very mixed month with the focus being on rehab and getting my mind around my future cricket. To that end August saw me sign up to …

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 …

Season Two: I have a plan

I have a plan, well several actually, for Season Two and they involve wearing tights! I think that anyone reading the diary last year will have worked out that it …

Waiting!

Rejoice the cricket season is here, although it hasn’t really started for me. The pre season game on the 12th (today) that I was scheduled to guest in was cancelled, …

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 …

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: September Round Up

Final month of a very mixed season: dominated again by injury, but when I played I played much better than last season, introduced myself to Staffordshire Seniors, got more clarity …