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Tom Holland

19 Sep, 6 tweets, 4 min read

@AuthorsCC

At the Spianada in Corfu - one of the most characterful cricket grounds in the whole world - @AuthorsCC are batting. @AdamRutherford & @jonawils to open. Despite the fact that I have scored precisely 0 runs in my last 3 innings, I am batting at 3. #EliteSport

I score a blistering 3, before selflessly sacrificing my wicket in the cause of accelerating the scoring rate.

Any youngsters watching - this is what is meant by THE SPIRIT OF CRICKET

@AuthorsCC

Oh dear. My show of team spirit in getting out is for naught, as @AuthorsCC are bowled out for 104.

@CorfuArts

“Our blood in Corfuis full of cricket.”

A moving welcome from the Vice-Mayor, hailing Anglo-Greek friendship, the 200 year history of cricket on the island, @CorfuArts, & our much much loved friend Nikos Louvros, who died of Covid earlier this year, & whom we all miss terribly.

@AuthorsCC

A surprisingly close match sees @AuthorsCC lose by a mere two wickets. 3 wickets for @saadi in a scorching mid-innings spell. Rest of the wickets shared out among @jonawils, @M_H_Taylor &, ahem ahem, moi.

A wonderful match, a wonderful tour, a wonderful island. #Corfu

Have decided I am not going to retire, after all…

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https://twitter.com/Softfrozen/status/1435772375694512131?s=20

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Have now definitely decided not to retire.

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It is absolutely true, and should the lovely man on the bicycle who stopped me outside the British Museum read this, I very much hope that he will confirm it.