EPISODE 750 MY NEW ZEALAND CRICKET TEAM
alan skeoch
Feb. 25, 2023
This will forever be my New Zealand Cricket Team…athletes all.
This is a short episode . A stand alone episode. Do you see the Cricket bat? There is a warm story here.
Marjorie, Andy and I did not have a lot of money. Enough to rent a car but not enough to stay in hotels. So we went
camping as lots of New Zealanders do. Many many campgrounds are available which I will talk about in my next
episode. This is devoted to my team…cricket team. Take a moment to look at each face. Ignore the beer bottle.
Characters all.
At one campground Marjorie and Andy were invited to go fishing by a couple of fellows with a boat and some spare
fishing rods. So while they were being buffeted by ocean waves, I was just lying around watching a very professional
cricket team batting a ball around a sand beach. Super athletes.
“Hey,, we need another player..join us.”
“I don’t know how to play cricket.”
“Good, we’ll make you the pitcher (they had another name for the position)
“What do I have to do?”
“Throw the ball over hand at the wicket…
“Wicket?”
“The shovel in the sand”
“Batter will try to hit it.”
“Never done it before.”
“That’s why you are the pitcher.”
(the guy with the beer bottle never let go of the bottle as he walked into field.
So I Spent the afternoon with a bunch of guys and I think one female…find her if you can. They were much like our curling team back in Toronto.
Lots of fun…good natured…not taking the world too seriously. And looking forward to a pint of
beer after cricket. Some may want tea but I did not notice that.
Our experience of New Zealand was just like that. Easy to meet people. Actually people who were
genuinely interested in tourists. As you will see in the next episode.
The Secret? Touring New Zealand from one campground to another. Never staying in grand hotels
whose costs were the same the world over. High. Campgrounds were cheap…almost free. We could
tour New Zealand without starving just to pay hotel bills. And we could meet super athletes like
my New Zealand Cricket Team.
This is a short story so take the time to look at my team members.
alan
P>S> That happened years ago. Is New Zealand the same today? Molly Skeoch , 17, is there right now
and seems to be having the time of her life.