Well, if it works in cricket* it damn well works everywhere else!
Well, I'd rather have you as a player, but someone has to help carry the burden...it's actually quite a lot of fun most of the time, but it can also be pretty tiresome.
*Speaking of cricket - we have a big big lawn a few hundred yards from the house: It must be the only place in Trondheim where genuine Indians (at least I think they are) gather to play cricket on a semi-regular basis.