Howzat!!

Today we had our first practice with the Morioka cricket club. When we woke up, it was bucketing it down with rain, but when did a drizzle stop a bunch of foreigners?! For a 10am start, there were a surprising amount of people already there when we arrived, and by the time we left for lunch at 2, there were about 15 or so on the field, including 3 rather confused looking Japanese boys, including ozzys, Brits, a few yanks and handful of Canadians. Very international.

The rain held off for most of the morning, but then the heavens opened. Did we stop?...oh, no! Despite the rather bewildered looks from the Japanese, we splashed and sploshed our way through the rest of the game.

I was spectacularly bad. You could certainly tell the people who had done it before, and the people who have only played baseball were even more obvious, with some bent armed throws and a scared batsman, and a few flung bats.

I did take a camera, but unfortunately, it only got as far as the car park, but the organisers were taking pics, so I guess some will appear at some point on the site.