Had a shocker yesterday
We agreed to an early start, for an umpire who wanted to watch the footy,,,the same umpire,then turned up late?
The omens were there from the start,,,,,to say he was comfortably the worst umpire I’ve ever seen would be a massive understatement. 81 yrs old, so fair play to him for still doing it,(and he drove a Porsche!), but he was dire
Miscounted bowlers overs, wides,didn’t give head height beamers as warnings, and several horrendous wicket appeals turned down, which probably cost us the game.
The pitch had two football pitches running across it,,,absolutely lethal outfield
50yard boundaries, now I’m not usually one to whinge at that
A lovely chap who does wormsleys ground turned up at 12, to cut! The wicket,,, then the outfield with a gang mower attached to his nice Wormsley company Isuzu
But neither removed any grass from either the outfield or the wicket?
Anyway, not that I’m still peed about the waste of a day
They were a bunch of idiots led by a cheating stand in skipper, who took their chances,rode their luck etc etc and hammered us if you go off the scorecard
And,,,second time this season, I’ve been fired by an umpire,(not the dodgy old one!ha)
Aaaaannndddd the teas were (No Swearing Please)