Mother and son featured together in a club match

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Yes, you read it right! It happened in a club match, where the 47-year old Helen Smith, mother of Luke batted alongside her 14-year old son for Leigh Cricket Club’s third team when one of the players did not turn up. This was in the game against Highfield in the Liverpool and District Cricket Premier Division.

We all might have heard of a Father taking pride in watching his son become a cricketer or even playing alongside his son, but never have we seen before a mother do that. When one of the players in the squad couldn’t turn up, Helen was asked whether she could help and she went to her home and got her cricket kit and played along with Luke. Mrs. Smith has been playing cricket for the last two years to help her son develop in the sport.

She said that she was meant to be a part of the team since Luke’s dad Neil was umpiring for the second team. Mrs. Smith was quoted by express.co.uk saying, “It was meant to be. I was supposed to be playing for the women’s team on the day of Luke’s game but I had to sacrifice that as his dad Neil was umpiring for the second team so I had to take Luke. It turned out that they were a player short so Luke and his captain asked me to play. I never thought I would end up playing alongside my son in a proper game but a chain of events led to it happening.”

“I have never heard of a mother and son playing together in a competitive game before and it seems that no-one else has either. It was really good to play with Luke and a very proud day for me. I will always remember it. I was actually very emotional on the pitch thinking of my dad. He would have been so proud to see us playing together. It’s just a shame he couldn’t be there to watch,” she added.

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Tom McKiernan, club’s coach said, “I have been involved in cricket for 40 years and I have never heard of a mother and son combination. Many fathers have taken great pride and pleasure in playing a competitive senior game on the same side as their son but not a mother.” Geoff Higham, opposition’s player said, “Helen had a great debut in very hot conditions. I am sure there will be no problem selecting her again.”

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