Wodehouse only dealt seriously with cricket in his early school stories. It is frequently asserted that cricket has produced a great literature, but in truth no great writer has ever been inspired by the sport, in the way that Hemingway could be moved by bull-fighting or Tolstoy by hunting. I was forced to read about the game instead, but that too was a disappointment. Sports shops like Lillywhites only offer repulsive stretch-nylon garments that feel as horrid against the skin as they are revolting to the eye.įurthermore, this April was exceptionally cold and wet, so the cricket matches I had hoped to play were cancelled. This is an even bigger disaster than it seems because manufacturers appear to have given up making proper cream cricket whites. It is a harrowing process: this year my cricket bat has vanished, and it turns out that I have put on so much weight that I can no longer fit into my cricket trousers. My most important ritual of the year comes at the start of April, when I burrow in cupboards and old boxes for my cricket kit.
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