Cartoon strip first published in WARSHIPS International Fleet Review magazine in January 2013.

We all know that the surest way to please the natives, during a diplomatic visit, is for them to let us thrash them at cricket.  Occasionally, it might prove more diplomatic to let them narrowly beat us, but rarely.  Of course, when no natives are available, the next best thing is to beat each other at cricket, as in the game depicted.  Os finds it hard to understand the logic of all this, but then he finds it hard to understand the logic of many things.