Dear Jimmy

(I am starting this post with 48 off 36 balls to go. )

Dear Jimmy,

Congratulations on a beautifully crafted innings.

I have oft compared the to an Ian Harvey.

That was wrong of me, you are much much more than Ian.

You are sunshine on a cloudy day.

You are the lost bourbon bottle that is found after a break up with the missus.

You are so wonderful, to me.

And yet you grace life with a fore head so low your eyebrows get nervous.

Jimmy let me count the ways you entertain me.

Slower balls.

Low Forehead.

Wacky dismissals.

Steady quicker than it looks bowling.

Catfish.

General disregard for how you look on the cricket field.

Batting like a drunken cowboy.

Even your name Jimmy, Hopes.

Its not Jimmy does, or Jimmy tries, its Jimmy Hopes, and as we all know they spring eternal.

With you at the crease our victory is practically assured.

Sure we don’t deserve to win, but since when has that stopped us.

Eternally yours.

(Uncle) J rodwww.cricketwithballs.com "Sign our David Hussey petition"