Our Man in Europe/davedelacroix/ZENITH No. 9: The Piacenza Cricket Club (P.C.C.)
(dedicato: Mike - Machine-Gun! - Elkerton/a True Ex-Patriot)
...IT WAS INTENSE. (Really!) Sunday afternoon, blazing sun. The BRITS up against the PAKISTANIS, on Piacenza's "village green"/grassy spot next to Renaissance crumbling city walls?
National pride was at stake!
Opening "innings?" -the Pakistanis bowled against the Brits (I was Captain of the team); ergo, my nerves were on edge even if it WAS only "6-a-side" and we were ALL wearing "Whites"?
...WE (the Brits/mostly Italian) were "UP" to 50! -getting ready to "declare" when Pharney (Pakistani name/ opposing team Captain) bowled me out fair and square:
"OWSATT!!!"
So we stopped for Darjeeling (tea). Then? THAT'S when it got really interesting? The "crowd" (5 people) were going wild! The PAKISTANI team CREAMED US: 50 - 51, with a last "under-arm" ball , again, by Pakistani team Captain, PHARNEY - whose NAME will live on in Cricket professionalism-infamy!!!
I was devastated.
But? -relax, BRITS. My Lawyers are on the Case. THIS is going to Civil Court.
c 2013davedelacroix/lord borgo/piacenza-italy.
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