I know this idea was mooted last year, but I am going to try and make a better go at arranging it this year.

What I would like to do is organise a W-A-T social for some of our members. What I would ideally like to do is have a fun cricket match followed by a few drinks in a local bar. I realise we are all from disparate locations - even just the English members - so I would like to arrange it in a location as central place as possible. To this end, I have asked a London area based member to look into pitch availability. I realise London isn't exactly central, but it is the easiest of places to get to overall in England. If there are any members in the Birmingham area who could suggest a pitch, then that may be better.

I would also like to ask two questions in association with this. Which weekends in the summer could you make if you were willing to turn up, and would you prefer to play cricket with a cricket ball, or a more 'friendly' softball match. What I don't want to have is one person who is good, terrorising the rest of the less frequent players amongst us.

So, if you could reply with a 'Yes - I'd love to play and put faces to the names' or 'No - I'm actually scared of softballs/London? Where's that/Apologies, I'm going to be drinking Budvar in Prague/Grolsch in Holland or even 'Sod this - how's about a match in Karachi?'

The poll is for registering which dates you could make, so also please reply with 'Softball' or 'Cricket ball' if you wish to play. Even if you don't wish to play, please could you reply in the negative!!!