The most nervous I’ve ever been wasn’t for my medicine interview or the HSC. It was the morning of my first proper hard ball cricket match, as I had graduated from the soft ball shenanigans of the under 10s. I had a new bat, I practiced diligently and was going to be opening the batting. Everything was in place to shine. But when i finally got out there, I froze. For a whole hour, I was unable to be dismissed but also unable to score, reaching a grand total of 2 after twenty overs. The pain was finally ended by a run out, and I went home and cried. Thankfully my cricketing life has got somewhat better after that.