Packing the bag last week was its usual challenge after the winter break. The Saturday morning scramble for socks, whites, match shirt and spikes was like a mad dash around the fun house with Pat Sharp, trying to locate where I had 'safely' stored my kit for the hibernation. There was one piece of kit that was definitely coming with me though, my hockey bench coat.
Thankfully, last weekend remained mostly rain free, and we managed to get two good warm-up games in, but you know as soon as the league starts this weekend, the heavens will open and Severn Trent Water executives will start their celebratory dancing.
This time of year can be difficult for a spin bowler (yes boys, not that I would know!), with cold temperatures, two jumpers and moist, seamer friendly wickets meaning that your services are not often required. However, it is important to stay ready to contribute, and it can be amazing how successful pace off the ball can be when players have just come out of fast, bouncy indoor nets.
It looks to be a very exciting season ahead at Kimberley this year. Dan Birch has already instilled a minimum set of standards which we need to hit in everything we do. If his hard hitting batting can continue as it started last weekend, it will hopefully give us a platform to make some big scores. One of the best aspects about the coming season is our strength in depth. With 15/16 Premier League quality players vying for places, it should enable us to stay competitive all season and avoid us dropping points in chunks when people are missing, as we did in August last year.
Hopefully the rain will hold off this weekend and we can get under way with a win. The brolly is already packed though, just in case.
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