I genuinely cannot remember my first ball in first class cricket but I do remember playing a very early match v Gloucestershire at Cardiff.
I batted for around an hour in the first innings for 2 and about 45 minutes for a duck in the second innings. I probably had about 10 balls that pitched in my half between both those innings. I was caught short leg and leg gully in what was was not the greatest of starts to my career
I got hit in the ribs, forearm, hip, stomach and inside thigh umpteen times and was battered and bruised to say the least
I only faced two bowlers throughout. I think you may have guessed who they were?
Sid Lawrence and Courtney Walsh
Baptism of fire doesn’t even come close to describing that experience.
Anyway I managed to hang in for another 19 seasons so there must have been a few medium pacers and spinners that came my way.
Memory added on December 24, 2020
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