To Play Cricket

The game of cricket came back to my life again

Cricket is something I had loved from a young age Both watching it on TV and playing it I found it more comfortable compared to Football :) Considering, I was fat and dull mostly at my young (school) age and Cricket gave enough time and space to focus on batting, bowling, etc without having to be constantly running after a ball and without having to knock the other person down It was fucking difficult to run around a football freely when your body is filled with anxiety sensations and you do not have a fucking clue on what to do with it (while others seem to have an okay time :) ) other than to hope I get to pass time without much trauma :) Oh, I have to mention there were times when I enjoyed being a goalkeeper :) And although cricket included challenges, I was able to find some satisfaction in the game and now at age 34, I am back to the cricket ground got invited recently by some friends with whom I had played cricket in school vacation time I was also inspired to take up that challenge and see how it goes it is only weekly — on every Sundays for like some 3 hours I do feel the same anxiety challenges (pressure to perform) but this time it is more of an exercise in strength or mental health and thanks to daily going through some physical exercises I was better able to recover physically and continue weekly cricket So now I have this small cricket practice every day just working on mostly my bowling — call it a new ritual or hobby :) as a preparation for the weekly cricket matches covid restrictions might soon come into play as the cases are increasing again after a neutral period— will wait and see.

Note: I saw the tag “Hobbies” under “Be Open” and was immediately inspired to write this. :)