CRICKET IN THE ROAD
A Poem
by Austin Mitchell
We used to play cricket anywhere
In gullies, on banks, in the road, anywhere
With anything for a ball or bat
We used to call it bowl for a bat
Age was no barrier to playing
The old and the young were playing
There were no holidays without a cricket game
And everybody came out to watch the game
We used to go miles to watch a game
To watch the great players play the game
We still marvel at the skill of those great players
The catches they took, those great players
We are glad that the game is still being played
Maybe not like how it used to be played
But it is good to see youngsters playing the game
Like how those of old used to play the game