Moments on a green field

The simple joys of cricket...

1. A beautiful outswinger - pitched on middle, squaring up the batsman and swinging late to sneak past the outside edge to clip the top of off stump
2. A perfect toe-crusher hitting the base of middle and leg and toppling the hapless batsmen in a futile attempt to dig it out
3. A well-anticipated bouncer hooked perfectly to the fine leg fence
4. A wristy flick to send the ball soaring high over the square leg fence
5. An inside-out six over cover to a leggie
6. A backfoot punch beating the cover fielder in a race to the extra cover boundary
7. A high-backlift straight drive between the bowler and the umpire
8. A searing upper cut over point
9. A cherry plucked out of thin air at gully
10. A left-arm quick jagging one back in to take out the middle stump
11. A prowler at point pouncing on a square cut and breaking the timber at the non-striker's end in one smooth motion
12. A flowing cover-drive from a south-paw

There is skill, talent, instinct, intellect and above all a competitive spirit in every moment of this glorious sport...