If you buy a house next to a cricket pitch...

....you have to expect balls in your back garden. So while I might agree with the overall point of this piece about a woman being arrested for her complaints after one too many cricket balls landed in her back garden, it's actually great to see an over-reaction on this issue as it may mean that others desist!!

You need your head read if you buy a house next to a cricket pitch and then complain about balls being hit into your garden or house - even a 5 year-old can work out that there is an inherent danger in the local geography. In this case, judging from her gated huge house entrance, it seems Maria Chaippini really does have more money than sense.

At Durrants (the old home of OMTs), as many readers of this blog will testify, local residents complained about balls being hit into their back gardens until they realised the alternative was loads of houses and no nice green field backing on to their garden. Amazing how their views changed so quickly when they realised that.

So tough luck Maria - get used to the cricket balls in your back garden or sell up. If only every cricket match involved a couple of off-duty police officers to arrest people like Maria, the world would be a better place.