Peace STONECOLD
The advice given to you here is very sound I would adopt it. It is not necessarily the ideal intention to show “how felxible” Islam is. This will not appeal to NMs since their whole life they spend making everything felxible for themselves. They will view Islam in the same way if you show them this, oh, just another club.
We need to show them that we have a passion for Islam. Yes, inshaAllah fast and play and hopefully you will not over exert yourself. This means you can give others more chance to play rather than take the limelight and they will love you for that. They will love you for letting them bat first and bowl extra overs. Just intervene if your team is losing badly. Hopefully you actions will bring about team spirit and you will not lose but win anyway.
The key word is ‘needs’ … what are your needs? Not your ‘likes’ but your needs …???
Bismillah karo and struggle to make a difference, not ‘relax’ to make a difference, that does not even sound good. Yes, struggle is loved by all.