cricket heroism...
My greatest (only) sporting achievement at school happened thusly:

Ended up in bat against the champion bowler in cricket. Smirking, he took a run up and lobbed the ball. I somehwo managed to tap it lightly with my bat but managed to fall flat on my face in the process. He was so busy cracking up that he didn't notice the ball roll slowly between his legs to hit the stump.
I pretended I'd done it on purpose but everyone knew I didn't and I still got chosen last for team sports.

Please ignore this one - my brain clearly wasn't functioning properly when I typed it. version that actually makes sense here
(teasus likes tea, Thu 19 Apr 2012, 17:09, 2 replies)

This...what...?

That's not how cricket works.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 19 Apr 2012, 17:24, closed)

Unless
he'd arranged it in advance with an Indian bookmaker and was getting £60k for it
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Fri 20 Apr 2012, 13:05, closed)

Erm ... how was hitting the ball onto your own wicket a good thing?

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 19 Apr 2012, 17:30, closed)

Hahaha I am such a dope
I've just realised I misremembered it after all these years.....

He was batting and I was bowling. I fell over running up with the ball and it trickled between his legs. He didn't hit it because he was too busy laughing....

I was wondering why it didn't seem quite right. My memory isn't what it used to be...

Duh!
(teasus likes tea, Sat 21 Apr 2012, 10:16, closed)

shows how much attention I pay to sports!
I think I'll go and post it the right way around and hope not too many people saw this version!
(teasus likes tea, Sat 21 Apr 2012, 10:26, closed)