Keelby veteran top-order batsman Jeremy Slater, the former Lincolnshire League general secretary, has been quick to contribute to Lincs Cricket Latest, saying: "What a superb idea - I really enjoyed browsing through the blog."
He recounts an incident from the match between Keelby 1sts and Caistor 2nds in last week's Lincs League division two game.
It was a really hot day and Keelby's captain, Grahame Avison, really felt the heat! Keelby were batting and a few wickets fell until Graham decided it was his turn at the crease. He quickly donned his cap, flicked his cigarette away, picked up the bat and walked towards the wicket.
About 20 minutes transpired in a largely unremarkable period of play then Graham's batting partner went to have a word the skipper.
"Are you hot, Grahame?"
"Why?" asked the skipper.
"Well, there appears to be smoke coming from your pad!" replied his partner
Grahame looked down and saw smoke and a slight flicker of flame. It was the fastest bit of legwork seen all day as Graham quickly ripped off his pad and started to pat his trouser to cool off.
Evidently Grahame had not thrown his cigarette to ground before he went out but had unknowingly dropped the tab-end down the pad.
Puzzled spectators took a few seconds to grasp what had happened and large guffaws of laughter followed.
That is typical of the funny, and memorable, incidents that occur in club cricket, and generally go unreported. So if anything similar happpen in your club, please ping off a quick email to Lincs Cricket Latest, the address being scoopfisher@aol.com
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