Played cricket again today, slightly more sucessfully than last time. Went up to play Kingston University, which was quite nice as grounds go despite the abysmal standard of the teas, which is the standard by which any cricket club is to be judged. Anyway I opened the bowling (yes for those of you who played with me at Dean, I am now opening the bowling for Sussex 1sts - hmmm), 9 overs, 2 wickets for 20 - a couple more wickets would have been nice. So me and Jo Harman had them 40-4, then the pie chuckers came on, anyway the end result was them finishing on 187-9…. hmmm…

Batting usually doesn’t require my involvment, though I did get 0 not out. We got to 190 on the first ball of the last over. The previous over I got called a cheat, which I was suprised at how much that offended me - I didn’t hit it, so I didn’t walk. However, the previous game I did walk (the umpire wasn’t going to give it either), which is causing something of a crisis of conscience… what happens if me walking causes the team to loose? Why should I walk when others don’t, especially people I’m bowling at?! I’m sure there must be something biblical that can be applied to this situation (do not lie?) but I can’t be bothered to consider this too deeply right now… I feel bad when I lie/cheat, so I think when I know I’m out, I’m going to walk!

On the way back we stopped off in Horsham, lots of rich people live here. Anyway, we went for food and drink at the Weatherspoon… but being Horsham, it’s not your typical Spoons; it’s non-smoking, no loud music, no chavs or scallies, no middle-aged alcoholic men, I could see the carpet and it was clean, I didn’t feel out of place in a shirt and tie. Loving my purple shirt and tie…