"Crossbats is going through a crisis.  I was waiting for two meetings last of which was last week.

I’m afraid we are seriously cutting down on our fixtures this year.   We no longer have a home ground so I think best thing si to say we can’t play you this year.
If we get any blanks later on I will call you to see if you have anything we can slot into.

Hope we’ll meet up again soon but till then best of luck and keep playing."