OK, some Sunday fun and games. A wee while back Patrick Kidd had a nice item in which Henry Blofeld listed his all-time cricket XI drawn from PG Wodehouse characters. This is the sort of throoughly entertaining, pointless exercise Wodehouse would have relished himself. And, for that matter, the sort of un-made challenge that cannot be resisted. I have, therefore, selected an XI of my own to battle Blowers’ team. A Gold Bat should be awarded to the winning side, methinks.
First, the Blofeld XI, with Henry’s annotations:
1. Bertie Wooster. A bit of a flasher with the bat, I think.
2. Roderick Spode. Also known as Lord Sidcup, the only man in the books who never has one single redeeming feature, unless you include making women’s underwear. I’m sure these two will run well together, although they are bound to run each other out at some point.
3. Mike Jackson. He will bat very solidly and will be depended on for most of the runs.
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