'Bat'tering the bowler

Walking back from the park I watched a few minutes of cricket at Bloxwich CC.  During half a dozen overs the home team batsmen each reached half centuries as well as putting on over 50 runs.

When I was younger I played cricket twice a weekend throughout the summer.  That was when I was single and living with my parents and could dedicate myself to sport.  Often I'd have played 18 holes of medal golf on the Saturday morning before rushing to the ground for the afternoon match.  Looking back I struggle to understand where I got the energy from to do all of this, but perhaps that's more of an indication of the years passing by.