Why cricket is the Church of England at play

Cricket is probably the only field game that men play fully clothed, observes George Pitcher. It reminds him of the "dressing-up wing of the Church”

We held our Vicar’s XI v. Village XI cricket match in our parish last weekend – my team came within four overs of a draw, since you ask. So we’re improving.

It’s become a village tradition, though we’ve only played the fixture twice. That’s because it’s been rained off, then there was covid. And one year the village simply forgot to field a team (so I guess that counts as a bye for the vicar).