Hobbs ... is this the end?

Peter Hobbs, the most reluctant cricketer since Rick Johnson, admits that he “might have played for the last time” after another failed comeback in Australia. He sent the club’s match report, together with a physical update. “The toe is screwed now for about a month - whole foot was swollen and couldn't walk for two days!! Doc wanted to drill into my toenail....errhh no.”

“Scots won the toss and elected to bat. Hobbsy and I opened the bowling with Hobbs getting absolutely carted all over the ground. His big toenail came loose after ball one but he battled on to return figures of around 80 off 6 (I’m going on memory here it could’ve been a lot worse) .… plenty of dropped catches, the highlight being Hobbsy copping one direct on the left nut while out on the boundary (he let it bounce a foot in front of him and watched it connect directly… then the next ball almost repeated the dose and hit him on the chest, to the delight of both teams).