An image of hope and frustration

A box of pristine cricket balls glinting in the few paltry rays of sunshine that have somehow managed to penetrate the dense cloud today. We might even get to use one of them tomorrow! Also nestling in my cricket bag is a brand new bat, knocked in and ready to smite the ball to all parts, or ideally those parts with no fielders. Early signs aren't bad, the key performance indicator of my batting (the on-drive past mid on's right hand) seems to be working well. Whether it will work as well against reasonable bowling on a damp pitch, rather than pie-throwers in the nets is a moot point...