A Tense Finale

In my capacity as taxi service to the boys I arrived todays cricket for the last over and possibly the most exciting 10 minutes of the match.

As I parked the car next to the ground a head popped up over the wall and 3 players dashed out of the gate. Someone had slogged the ball over the boundary, over the wall, over the road, and over the next wall! Luckily no windows were in the way!

Then on to the final over with Penicuik needing 8 off 6 balls to win. First ball - 1, 2, 0, wide, 0, OUT ....So Jacky-Boy steps in for the last ball needing a 4. Ooh, such pressure for one so young (14). He was so up for it and gave it a good slog, they ran it but it just wasn't enough to get them the runs they needed. Good effort though.

I had to put my newspaper down so I could concentrate.