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I love fielding! Of Course, it’s never for more than 40/45 overs, and as a bowler the time is broken up, but it’s where I feel most like I’m actually playing cricket rather than watching it. You’re never more alive than standing at slip to the new ball or at long on / off waiting for a skier later in the innings. Drops? It’s the one thing in the game we ALL do but when they stick there’s no better feeling. In 20-odd years’ time, when I’m finally finished I reckon it’ll be the catches and those moments in the field that’ll bring wistful tears to the old eyes.

(I should add I can’t run at ANY speed and have, in 45 years of playing, never been able to throw a ball overarm 😊)

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