Last November, Obiter put out one of the odder requests we have been asked to pass on, from the German National Solicitors XI (and they are German lawyers, not ex-pats). They were seeking counterparts from the birthplace of cricket against whom they could test their skills, and we are pleased to report that the Worcestershire Lawyers Cricket Team has taken up the cudgels and will travel next month to Berlin for a three-day tour, burdened, as deputy tour manager Kiernan Cunningham admits, 'with the expectations of the entire legal profession of England and Wales'. We don't wish to cast aspersions on this brave band of cricketing warriors, but we understand the team - though made up of some serious Sunday cricketers - to be something of a social organisation, for whom 20/20 is as likely to refer to the number of pints downed after the match as the number of overs completed during it. Mr Cunningham took up his role by dint of being the trainee attached to Richard Wilkes, a partner at Worcester firm Hallmarks as well as the team's opening bat and wicket-keeper, although we hope that does not mean he has to oil Mr Wilkes's bat to ensure his training contract is signed off. Early signs are that their German opposition may, true to cliché, be rather proficient, so we hope the Worcester boys know what they're doing when they tell us that the clash will set the tone for another sporting event starting in Germany in June. Worryingly, they have dubbed it - in classic US sports style - the 'Solicitors World Series Cup'. We wish them the best of luck in this new approach to pan-European legal relations.