Jerome and John,
When I was at school, I was obliged to play both cricket and rugger. (I use the word "play" in its loosest possible sense.) The advantage of the former was that, unlike rugger, it took place in dry weather. The drawback was that it went on much longer.
Perceiving my total ineptitude for the sport, they tried me out at scoring, but abandoned the idea when they realized that I was recording anything between 4 and 9 balls per over.
After that, they put me on the field somewhere that they thought I could do the least harm. I've forgotten the names of the positions, but they were usually rather deep and extremely silly.
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