Batsmen on a sticky wicket usually get run out.
They bowled so-called "leg theory", which was not at the wicket but was at the batsman.
Nor would anyone charge for coaching the fast bowlers and the best batsmen who have a place in the first eleven.
An advertisement of theirs published this week shows the batsman at the wicket.
I was, however, saddened that he mentioned only one famous batsman from the north but a galaxy of talent from the south.
If cricket clubs are to economise with water, more and more dry and dusty pitches will play havoc with the batsman's technique.
But does that not sound a little like an unsuccessful groundsman who says that a low score is entirely the responsibility of the batsman?
Even in the realm of cricket, we find there is a tendency to judge batsmen merely by their averages.
