The season's under way... and I've missed it

I can't believe it. The first match of the season and I missed it.

Ok, so it was a warm-up game, but I was still gutted to miss out. I did have a good excuse, I suppose - I was on my way back after a stag trip to Prague and our flight was delayed. And if I'm being brutally honest, after a night on the ale, I doubt I would have been any good.

Still, it does mean I've now dropped down the pecking order for the first game proper next week. We're up against the Orthopaedic so it's going to be a tough start to the season.

On the plus side, I have it on good authority that our pacy left armer, Steve Daulby, has been visiting a gym and dieting during the winter months. Hopefully this will turn him into the lean, mean wicket-taking machine we need.

As for me, I've not picked up a cricket ball since last September so, if I do make the squad, the first ball is going to be interesting. And then there's the obligatory pulled muscles and bad back to look forward to...