From here:
The head of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has accepted a challenge from the Vatican to play their first ever cricket match.
I am anticipating the Archbishop of Canterbury suggesting that, rather than play an actual match where someone has to lose, both sides should participate in a continuing Indaba, find a middle ground – known in cricketing parlance as a silly mid-wicket – thereby indefinitely postponing pointless confrontation while projecting the illusion of useful activity – without any of the risk. Besides, to take part in a real match, you need real balls.
I think you missed a trick there. If you had put the close fielder on the off-side, you could have had a silly point(less).
It’s a shame that David Sheppard is no longer with us. He could have anchored the Church of England’s batting (he scored 119 against India at the Oval in 1952).