After taking the usual irritating age to prepare himself, painstakingly scratching out his leg-stump guard and fiddling with the straps on his pads, Trott flicked his first ball, a friendly leg-stump half-volley, crisply through mid-wicket for two.
Legal affairs reporter Chris Merritt in Tuesday's Australian gave him a friendly leg-up by fearlessly predicting it was expected the report would exonerate him, "which will increase pressure on Premier Mike Baird to restore Mr Gallacher's standing within the Liberal Party".
Georgio is now a man whose name and Casper the Friendly Ghost legs will be vaguely remembered by designers, influencers and fashion fans worldwide.
For yesterday's Arthur Ashe Kids' Day, our fashionable first lady paired August-friendly wide-leg white trousers with a printed peplum top.
Despite featuring in only two senior international matches, the other match being the return leg friendly against Norway on 22 February, Nécib, at the age of 18, was included in the team to play at UEFA Women's Euro 2005 by coach Elisabeth Loisel.
The gondoliers know their city well and are always ready for a laugh - when you are walking across a bridge, watch out for a friendly poke in the leg from one of their oars!
One loses his legs in friendly fire, another his peace of mind, a third does not come home alive.
Yet the biggest winner from the 13-a-side friendly may be the leg-spinning all-rounder Adil Rashid, whose most notable contribution to the season prior to this week had been to apologise for off-season criticism of his captain, Andrew Gale.
(In London, the audience was asked to stand until the scene ended, but the American production will be more leg-friendly).
Holden's injury troubles date to 2010, when he missed the World Cup in South Africa after Nigel De Jong of the Netherlands broke his leg in a friendly.
He missed the 2010 World Cup after breaking his leg in a friendly against the Netherlands, and missed last summer's Gold Cup after sustaining the knee injury in a Premier League game against Manchester United.
