Author: Not Out
I field good
We live and move in a sea of miracle. (James Brown) When I first started playing League cricket around fifty years ago, pre-season training consisted of a half-...
Baby you can drive my carbs
Who in the name of God would bring a half-eaten eight-ounce jar of Hellmann’s mayonnaise to a public meeting? (Tom Wolfe) I’m at the batter’s end fo...
Able was I ‘ere I saw LB
It’s partly true, too, but it isn’t all true. (JD Salinger) Some years ago I had the pleasure of meeting a professor of neuroscience who was researc...
Dull as dishwater
I was just caught up in a life in which I could find no meaning. (Charles Bukowski) During the months of May through to September, an umpire, if so inclined, ca...
Fred Karno’s Circus
Here goes nothing. It will be interesting to see what happens. (Sloan Wilson) The old English Cricket Board (ECB) Level 1 umpiring course was excellent, althoug...