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- Herausgeber: via tolino media
- Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
- Sprache: Englisch
A mystery story amidst the most important cricket games of the season. Chester Singh is the rising star among the British players. With his school friend he was even accepted into the English national team. Before the most important games of the season, he meets his great role model: Don Chester. As a ghost. Will that go well?
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Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2020
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
Batsman
Bowler
Six
Run
Inning
The Future
Epilogue
Photo Credit
Used Sources
Author's note
Impressum
Yvonne Beetz
________________
The last Inning
Never change
a
winning team
Series “BreakBooks“
Volume 1 – Sport
Batsman
Chester stood at the window and looked outside. The sun was rising and shining brightly in the sand-bleachers. Mist flowed like light silk in the morning shinning over the field.
The one-day game against the Oxford UCCE three months ago, though he did not know it, saw some scouts for the English national cricket team sitting in crowded rows of spectators. His Manchester Lancashire Lightning squad lost, but still managed to convince them with his batting skills. He barely summed up his luck.
And yet he was here. At one of the most famous places in the world Cricket has ever had.
He was in the pavilion of Lord's Cricket Ground, home of the Marylebone Cricket Club in London, whose team belonged long before his birth to his namesake, Ian Chester, and was not just his, but role model for his entire family.
He took his cup of coffee from the table and occasionally sipped it while thinking of his great-grandfather.
Ranbir Singh had come to the UK after World War II and found work in a factory producing sporting goods for cricket. Because he was a trained carpenter, he made the rackets.
By hand he leveled and polished that willow wood in shape. Then he fastened the handle on it and the bat was finished.
There he met the British Brad Sorrow, who sewed the typical red balls and then provided the golden company logo.
Both combined the love for this ball game, despite their different cultures and life circles to a lifelong friendship grew.
To confirm the other employees who were on the pitch and tried as a bowler and batsman.
A great player in their time was Ian Chester, who often defended the Wicket with a six.
Each time, the cheers of the audience increased immeasurably when he entered the pitch.
Chester fears "Buh“ calls rather than cheers to reap.
Fourteen days of intensive training were already behind him.
In the next few weeks, it would continue until the end of their participation in the Cricket World Cup. But he was not sure he would bring the performance everyone expected.
The door to the meeting room opened and Eric Sorrow, his friend since he could think and National Captain of the English, came in and interrupted his thoughts: "Here you are. We start equals. Team meeting in ten minutes."
Chester did not move and continued to look out.
Eric stepped closer and touched Chester's shoulder: "Did you hear me?"
Looking to his friend, Chester sighed, "I heard you."
"What's happening? This is our dream since school."
"I know. Nevertheless, I can hardly believe that we belong to the English national team. Everything went so fast. Since the selection, time has passed by in flight."
Eric groaned and rolled his eyes: "Every man is the architect of his own fortune. You dare. Imagine you are getting as good as Don Bradman."
"Well, I'm a long way from his performance", Chester laughed.
"Things can always change. Your idol Ian Chester was great, too. Me the FastBowler, you the Super Batman. Together we want to become world champions with England. Come on now. You are my best friend. But you don't get an extra invitation."
"I'll come after you. Give me a minute."
He looked at the field one last time, turned around, put down the cup on the conference table, walked to the wall, picked up his bat and weighed it in his hand.
His great-grandfather had made this for him and presented for his 15th birthday.
Never in his life would he trade it for an industrially manufactured one, no matter how technically sophisticated and ergonomically formed.
He had one goal in mind and he did not achieve that when thinking of the past. The title world champion would surpass his wildest dreams.
Bowler
The training was slow and the team motivation was at a low point. The players first had to get to know each other and that took time. Except Eric, nobody seemed to be in top form. Chester might have hit the bulk of what felt like a thousand balls, but he never hit him hard. The litters of the Fielders had simply been a catastrophe. He barely had the opportunity to make the bowed balls of Eric Runs.
Although his friend was the FastBowler, he felt like a rivet, wondering once again what he had to do with the English national team.
Probably the scouts had messed up. It would not be the first time.
Now he wanted to rest. The conversation with Eric in the morning had inspired him to visit the final resting place of Ian Chester.
The cemetery was not large and was located near the sports institute. Not ten minutes later he had arrived at his destination.
He stepped to the simple grave of Ian, squatted in front of it and touched it briefly to collect his blessing.
Slowly he rose to his feet and wondered if he could actually play as well as his role model.
