28/02/2008

200 yards ‘hit’

This may be old hat to some, I, however found it enjoyable.

The cricketer was proud of his progress as a batsman and invited his mother-in-law along to watch him play, hoping to impress her.

At the crease, he turned to the wicket-keeper and said 'I'm anxious to do well and really hit this ball. That's my wife's mother over there.'

'Don't be silly,' said the wicket-keeper. 'You'll never hit her at two hundred yards.

My sympathies are with the wicketkeeper – here is a man who tried and failed.

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