It has well been said that a village cricket match is won or lost, not on the field of play, but on the telephone in the days before the match.  A nuanced approach is required: cajoling some, bribing others whilst always being careful to circumvent any involvement of wives or partners who might be inclined to put the kibosh on a weekend’s cricketing.  The life of the 21st century captain was made somewhat easier with the introduction of email as a ready means of communication, and more recently by the What’sApp.  Nevertheless, the tactics of team gathering remain just as important to a captain as field placement.  The V&A rotates its captains to varying effect, but it also has Adam Jacot, cricketing personnel manager extraordinaire, and it safe to say that without his efforts, supreme even by his lofty standards, no cricket would have been played at Stonor this Saturday.   We began the week with nine […]