Dust off the cobwebs from your gear and prepare for the cricket season
A member of Slough CC looks for a ball at the Indian Gymkhana Cricket Club in July 2020. Photo: Alex Davidson/Getty Images
The ball feels like a stranger in your hand. It's been, what, five months since you last twisted your arm? Are you sure you can still do that? Those unused muscles in your back and shoulders stiffen with fear. You know this is going to hurt in the morning.
Slow breathing. You try to remember the good times. You conjure up memories of that sun-drenched five-fer from three seasons ago. You visualize that Jaffa defying the laws of ...