21 August 1996

Characters: David, Jack, Janet, Richard, Ruth, Sid, Usha

• David wakes up (late) with a slightly sore head and sheepishly admits to Ruth that, after being plyed with drink, he’d agreed to take over the cricket captaincy until the end of the season!
• Usha, still on a high over her new job, invites Ruth to supper in a collusion of the cricket widows.
• Jack, upon walking across the cricket field, noticedthat the sprinkler had been on, watering the square, all night. Also, the ride-on mower was out of the garage and the whole place was in a mess. Naturally he, and Sid, jump to the obvious conclusion – the Birmingham kids. Janet is very defensive and they deny it when questioned.
• As the trio are still discussing the situation, Richard appears for nets and it transpires that he was in the middle of mowing and watering when he was bleeped about a patient. He had called the Bull when he remembered, but Betty can’t have passed the message to Sid. Sid is very apologetic and wants to make it up to the kids.

Summarised by: Chris Harrison