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Forum News and Suggestions => Forum Announcements => Topic started by: Talisman on May 07, 2011, 06:59:21 AM
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Why do we get 6 completely dry weeks and then heavy rain on the day of the first league match?
Why?
Why oh why?
Seriously, why?
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your 1st game starting to today? we have had 2 game allready!
its forcast heavy rain at 9 2night i think
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Its our 1st game today as well. Rain due at 3pm. I have to work so I won't feel too gutted when it's abandoned!!!
On the weather front Bristol seems to be crap in may and august.
And for some strange reason Monday to Friday always seems fine and the weekends hot n miss. The joys of English weather!
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Same for me Mike, first league game and its hammered down here. clearing up now though. oplaying at a council prepared ground so no covers :(
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Rain from 1 here on our 2nd game but dry all week why??
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We've had 2 weekends of cricket and last Sunday started Wessex league but this was the first Saturday league, been raining since about 10pm last night and forecast heavy showers until 4 this afternoon when it will be merely light showers.....
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Rained heavy over night here and raining heavy tonight from about 9pm apparently. maybe some showers throughout the day too, typical! I'm hoping BBC weather is wrong like usual, but i bet they are right today
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Nice and dry over here in Suffolk
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It's bloody typical eh......
It's my first league game today too, I think it's gonna be one of those days where it drizzles all day
Right fellas I need to get ready.... Net at 10 followed by a curry n some battenburgs and apparently i'l definitely be due some runs... Fingers crossed eh
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i got all my kit together last night, was like a kid on xmas morning
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1st league game and its crap here! Now thanks to some poor fixture organising and weak friendly opposition I have batted about 6 overs (29*) and bowled 2 (1.5 1w 2r) in match conditions!
Not the best start to a season!
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It's not great in Worcestershire either, it's dry now but it rained over night and it's supposed to start raining at about 1ish.
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Horrific weather in Warwickshire currently
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Now it's absolutely pi**ing it down here. Definately no cricket today.
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We started the league 2 weeks ago and in the first game we were saved by a thunder storm. We were getting thrashed but because of the crazy draw points system we came out with a winning draw and 2 less points than the opposition.
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Warwickshire/worcestershire should all meet up if it is and find some cricket store to spend money in as a cure for sadness
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Some overnight rain, but currently bright sunshine in Leeds :-) Even better, we are playing York way and the further east you go the drier it gets normally :-)
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Lads*
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First games today? I've already played 3 x 2's and 1 x 1's. And 4 x 17's
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First leagues games espo, read it properly lol
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here's some sun for you southern boys:-
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probably the only time us in the north get the good weather!
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sun has gone and heavy rain forcasted 1pm ffs :(
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:(
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I can't wait for rain to come. Preferably before 1pm. Not enjoying the prospect of chasing leather from Collis King's bat!!!
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sun has gone and heavy rain forcasted 1pm ffs :(
wrong, I'm with metcheck on this one :-)
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=york
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wrong, I'm with metcheck on this one :-)
[url]http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=york[/url]
Cheers that's worse than the forecast I got you have really cheered me up
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Cheers that's worse than the forecast I got you have really cheered me up
np, putting my shorts and flip flops on - my weather station is telling me it's 18.9c outside already :-)
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Very optimistic about today despite heavy rain. Our pitch drinks so much if we have little, or no more rain we should be ok.
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Well I have the iPhone weather app and has always served me well so will believe that thunder is coming but not too much rain till tonight
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Very optimistic about today despite heavy rain. Our pitch drinks so much if we have little, or no more rain we should be ok.
I think that will be the saving grace for many grounds today is the complete lack of rain recently. It will just get sucked up into the pretty dry ground and with some decent temperatures plus a warm wind, alot of cricket will get played.
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wet as an otters pocket here....covers are on but its grey out over the ground when looking out over the balcony from the flat :(
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It's bloody typical eh......
It's my first league game today too, I think it's gonna be one of those days where it drizzles all day
Right fellas I need to get ready.... Net at 10 followed by a curry n some battenburgs and apparently i'l definitely be due some runs... Fingers crossed eh
Same here, most annoying. Especially if I go out and bat and get bowled by a ball that keeps low or something.
Ridiculous. :(
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I hate wicket keeping in weather like this!!
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not due to play today, as I'm a one game a weekend man, and the selection committee decided the want me to play in the cup fixture tomorrow instead - however, in return for being responsible for our toddler all day, the missus had given me a pass out to go watch all day (Henry quite enjoys watching too, and it means he can run around and play) - not sure today's going to be watching weather though, and as or my cup game? well the forecast is worse for tomorrow!
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Currently wellying it down in the shire, shame really as we have roco's lot today. Should clear up about midday...
Nightmare
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Checked tomorrow's forecast for Cardiff and looks ok for my game (fingers crossed)
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Yesterday said it would be sunny all day. Lying bastards
I hate cricket
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Just heard we've had a few drop outs from teams above so we have been raided. maybe rain isnt a bad thing after all!
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who decides on if the game goes a head or called off??
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Home skipper usually or both captains if they are at the ground
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great i looked and we got a stupid rule in our league where the game cant be called off till 3 :s
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My game should be defo checked the forecast no rain till 10pm!
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=HA4+9PG
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mines looking okay now, the suns coming out, http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=b29+4da (http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=b29+4da)
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better than an hour ago....
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq167/tom_ayrtek/209815_10150244796496210_537741209_9146420_4963517_o1.jpg)
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Stay away rain!
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(http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af29/matthewwatkins7/Arleyweather.jpg)
Actually looks pretty clear on this photo, however there is constant very fine rain and with the other night rain i very much doubt anyu cricket will be played around here.
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anyone had the text yet?
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love it how everyone is out there snapping pics of the sky lol
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Look what I found!
(http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/225587_10150178607862560_768047559_6712311_7764950_n.jpg)
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well after the heavy down pour this morning our games were clled off, however this afternoon the soon has been out and could've easily got a reduced overs game in.
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We got a full 35 over game in and beat Rocos lot, so happy with that ;)
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Fielded 45 overs and then rain......
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Played the whole game no disruptions in sunny Essex...,
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Must have lost then if no reports of heroics....
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Game off....bowled peplows lot out for 127 them were 39-3 chasing in the rain when it got called off
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I love rain! - We never seem to call off unless its horrific.
Adds to the spice, we put on 160, then bowled them out for 56, taking 6 - 17 myself!
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Sounds like a great game!!!
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Must have lost then if no reports of heroics....
We did and I blame myself was chasing 224 and I was in and going well and chipped one straight down long ons throat... We ended up being all out for 150 with 11 overs to go :(
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rained 11.30-1.30 we usually start at 1.30 only lost 15 mins
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Game off....bowled peplows lot out for 127 them were 39-3 chasing in the rain when it got called off
So peplow does play cricket then lol.....
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Debatable lol he was out twice ;) caught behind both times without getting off the mark I believe :D
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out twice? dont tell me he didnt walk? ;)
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No comment ;)
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It rained - we only lost one over, and then we dicked the opposition - by 5 wickets.
Had the pleasure of watching RocoDa Pixie keep for us for 51 overs (not bad at all!) and then open the batting and put away a selection of longhops for a nifty 30.
13 points in the bag on a rainy day - niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!
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Fine work my feline friend, seems u 2 boys are going to have a fruitful season ahead of u
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no problems in sunny yorkshire, had a bit of a rain about 1pm, but soon went away. It's been pretty muggy overcast/hazy if that makes sense. Bowled the oppo for 113 and did it for 5 down, poor by our standards but the wicket did a bit all day and it tends to level things up.
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Fine work my feline friend, seems u 2 boys are going to have a fruitful season ahead of u
Sounds better than a 'fruity' season ahead of us!
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I wish it had rained today :(
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Oh dear!!! What happened?
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Bowled out for 148 on a wet deck. I grafted hard for 7, then slapped one straight to mid on. We had the oppo 32-3 then one of our lads put down a sitter. Had he held that they would have been 4 down with over 100 needed. As it was the 4th wicket partnership put on 115 to take the game away. Then we took 3 wickets for 0 just to make it more annoying.
2 league game now - 86 all out last week, and 148 all out this week. And we would consider ourselves a batting team. Totally blows. And today was 9 years since my dad died. And Seve died. Awful day.
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sorry to hear that mate, i hope next week is better
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Doesnt look good for this Sat lads!
http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=en6+2en
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Maybe they should play cricket in lands where ther is severe drought and deserts as a mention of cricket brings rains.
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Im starting to hate this rain and uncovered pitches. For the third week in a row my matches have been called off!!
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Anyones games going ahead today?
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1sts Game called off so I'm not playing. Just waiting to hear if I can call off the 2nds game as well.
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Im starting to hate this rain and uncovered pitches. For the third week in a row my matches have been called off!!
You guys need an artificial track John , PM me as I get great prices for matting out of Asia that would have people in Europe spew at how much they pay and have paid in the past.
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You guys need an artificial track John , PM me as I get great prices for matting out of Asia that would have people in Europe spew at how much they pay and have paid in the past.
Always the salesman eh!
Think my team are going to give it the go ahead, not ideal conditions, but better than no game at all! - The oppo are down from Norfolk so would feel bad cancelling.
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There is nothing wrong with selling Ciaran when one can actually deliver.
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You guys need an artificial track John , PM me as I get great prices for matting out of Asia that would have people in Europe spew at how much they pay and have paid in the past.
Thanks for the offer but we cant install a artificial pitch at our ground as we only rent it off a school and it is used as a camoige pitch during the winter. I played on one in Midleton last weekend and it was a pitch of 2 halves. One end had lovely bounce and the other had no bounce . They paid €6,500 for it
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We already have an artificial, but it is the sodden outfield that is the bigger problem!
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We've got an artificial, not allowed to play league cricket on it, but play a lot of friendlies. Its absolutely rapid, and with a new ball it can be very dangerous lol
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Games just been called off
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Games off too :( it was playing my old club too!
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Thanks for the offer but we cant install a artificial pitch at our ground as we only rent it off a school and it is used as a camoige pitch during the winter. I played on one in Midleton last weekend and it was a pitch of 2 halves. One end had lovely bounce and the other had no bounce . They paid €6,500 for it
€6,500 is theft (atleast Robin Hood wore a mask). Last I heard they moved Midleton cricket from the College to the rugby fields where one can get access past The Mill Wheel Pub.
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€6,500 is theft (atleast Robin Hood wore a mask). Last I heard they moved Midleton cricket from the College to the rugby fields where one can get access past The Mill Wheel Pub.
Yeah they moved it to the rugby grounds. The strip is between two rugby pitches with the roughest outfield i have ever seen.
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IYeah they moved it to the rugby grounds. The strip is between two rugby pitches with the roughest outfield i have ever seen.
That is a disgrace. Looks like the best way for the college to promote cricket in Ireland, the clowns have done a complete U Turn. They laud over the glory days and still bow down to the muppets on the board.
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Division 3 munster cricket is a disgrace anyway. 6 out of 8 matches so far have been called off mainly due to to player unavailability
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Game off today, first called off of the season for me
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Division 3 munster cricket is a disgrace anyway. 6 out of 8 matches so far have been called off mainly due to to player unavailability
Time to move clubs John. Leinster cricket is booming.
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I know its booming but its too far for me to travel
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I know its booming but its too far for me to travel
It's better than not playing at all. When I played in Munster we used to travel from Cork to Waterford , Limerick and Galway as they were all part of the league.
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More . . . bleedin rain. . . have we had a summer yet??
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Summer was back in March and April wasn't it?
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people said we were on for a record breaking summer! I hate batting in these conditions
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Indeed, not raining here at the moment. Raining most of the night though. Hoping not to get the phone call, 'game off, see you next week'.
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no rain yesterday, no rain so far this morning but a decent amount overnight. Drying nicely so things look ok in Leeds.
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We're off....
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looks fairly promising here, stopped raining about 2am and has dried up a fair bit. however it's supposed to have a bit of a downpour at 12ish, so we might start a bit later and have a shorter game.
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Days like this are even worse, don't know what it's going to do. We have no club house, so I will tidy the equipment shed when I get down there so we can use it as a bag store, then use te score hut as a club house!
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Sheeting down in Bristol, no chance here I fear
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Just spied this down in Dorset!
(http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc207/liam_sccc/IMG00362-20110618-0952.jpg)
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1s off due to a muddy pitch. On the plus side I get to have a game in the 2s. Better score some bloody runs then!!
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Was chucking it down last night, didn't mind as I didn't really feel like playing today... :(
But now it's stopped and is fairly sunny. Will be interesting to see what happens though, might be showers later on.
I expect this is a win-the-toss-and-bowl job though :)
Got North London so hopefully we can beat them...
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Your lucky were close to you Johan but had to pull out as pitch waterlogged.
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Ciaran who do you play for?
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Were still on by all accounts
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Ivanhoe CC, friendly side. Only got playing couple of years ago, but now at the stage where I should really move onto a more competitive team.
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Big cloud burst at Stourhead...
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Heavy shower on already soaked ground in south east london, quickly followed by sunshine!
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Doubtful if there will be any play in South Somerset today. Which is lucky, because I'm not playing anyway.... I hate days when you never know whether you're on or not :(
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cloud lifting and weak sunshine, looking good in yorkshire.
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rain earlier here in Cornwall,, very windy which is good and hopefully will dry the pitch and outfield
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We're off. Our 3rds Vs 4ths league game is not however, lots of banter!
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Lots of sun here now but 2 inches of water on the square apparently :(
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We are off and typically it's nice and sunny now.
Artificial is that then Colesy?
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Yeah at Bradley Stoke school. Have some bouncy nets so might take a tennis ball and play indoor style with everyone round the bat one hand one bounce ;)
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Bloody raining here tonight! Hopefully the rain stays away for tomorrow!
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I'll be an angry man if we're rained off again tomorrow! :@
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Who you got Wilkie ?
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Raining yet again in Bristol and our opponents for tomorrow seem to call off at the merest hint of the stuff >:(
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Game is off for tomorrow. Not rain - opposition can only get 6 players. Game on Sunday though.
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Anyone from bedminster? What's the chances in that neck of the wood?
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Don't fancy your chances at bedminster to be honest, they may have amazing drainage though I guess...
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Lol here's hoping. Don't fancy an 11 o clock leave to get there and have to turn around again. Is Bristol pretty wet then?
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Anyone from bedminster? What's the chances in that neck of the wood?
They have decent covers up there, I've played there a couple of times when it's rained and always got a full game in :)
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Bristol has been raining since 4-5pm. Due to stop tomorrow morning 9-10ish then dry for the day.
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Yea Bristol has been wet most of the day. Bedminster haven't had any games cancelled this year though so you may well be in luck
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Anyone from bedminster? What's the chances in that neck of the wood?
I reckon you'll be fine mate. I was up there yesterday and all was good.
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Hammering it down still in Warwickshire
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Rained very heavily in Norfolk these past few days. My game today got called off and didn't get picked to play tomorrow so looks like I have a cricket free weekend!
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Raining yet again in Bristol and our opponents for tomorrow seem to call off at the merest hint of the stuff >:(
if only
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Absolutely baking today - hopefully this will dry our wicket out into the quick bouncy track it was before the rain, and the outfield back to lightning quick, although i wouldn't mind the outfield staying a bit soft seeing as ive been tearing myself to shreds on it :/
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Absolutely baking today - hopefully this will dry our wicket out into the quick bouncy track it was before the rain, and the outfield back to lightning quick, although i wouldn't mind the outfield staying a bit soft seeing as ive been tearing myself to shreds on it :/
I hope so too! My game relies on timing as I'm still not all that strong...due to the wet wickets the last couple of weeks I haven't been able to use the pace. :(
Highgate's pitch is a fantastic batting track when it's harder as well! Come on SUN! :D
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Warm day in Yorkshire, weather station says 30C! Simmy and Liam are joining my lot at Knaresborough Forest today for hopefully a nice long bat in the Sun :-)
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Here we go again.
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shafting it down here. I'm still on pat leave though, so i'm not missing anything
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dull and gloomy here in london.....going to have to travel to oppo ground i reckon
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Anyone in South London - got a game at Sandrstead today.
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Raining heavy here but supposed to brighten up from 1 so knowing our skipper we will have to meet up
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fattus who do you play for?
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think we are stuffed in Leeds. Been raining most of the night and still pissing down. BBC says it may clear by lunchtime/early afternoon but that may be too late.
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Expecting a call from the skipper to say it is off any minute now. It hasn't been raining that heavily but I live in Norfolk and looking at the BBC weather forecasts the rain is supposed to stop for most of the country by about midday ish but stay with us for the entire day.
Not sure if I want it to be on or not. We are on a good run and as a team have scored our highest scores in the last 2 games (199 for 7 and 210 for 4) plus I took a 5-fer in the last match and am hoping to continue the good bowling. However if it got called off I would have a more relaxing birthday today.
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Just got the text from the skipper. It's off
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Looks lime could slosh it down here at any moment
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We got plenty overnight and early this morning but it stems to have stopped even though it isn't drying out in se london.
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Hertfordshire and Im off
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Suns out here, but been raining heavy most of the morning, not sure what the pitch is going to be like
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Light rain is back. Not going to get much play...
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Game off so erm im off racing
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Game off so erm im off racing
All worked out well in the end :)
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Game called off, I'm happy.
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Game on !!
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I'm normally an optimist with regards to playing in the rain but today we are getting no play! Haven't had the text yet though
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Were on according to the skipper
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Sat around from 11am till 2 before common sense prevailed and out game was called off...home by 3, pub o'clock
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Apparently 36 C tommorow here on the Costa del Sol, its our last game before a break due to the heat and then we start again in Sept t :D
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fattus who do you play for?
The Mighty Chertsey CC - why?
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curious thats all...I play in surbiton on sundays
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Game off so erm im off racing
Any winners @ the races ?
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curious thats all...I play in surbiton on sundays
Posh boy then eh!
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Game off yesterday and today :(
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Both of my games were of this weekend.
Not a bad thing yesterday as were top of league and get to keep our average. the big one in 2 weeks. 1st vs 2nd, Cranborne cc Vs Ferndown Wayfarers cc.
Who ever wins the game should then win the league. Tense stuff
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Any winners @ the races ?
One on the 2nd last race of the day, i got the horse when it was 9/1 and just before the race it came in at 7/2 so made a profit, but cause the weather was shoddy, i spent most of my day in the bar getting cheap drinks off my mate who works there so, good day all round
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Both games rained off Saturday and Sunday. No play at all Sat, but fielded for 3 overs in a 1 ov. spell and a 2 ov. spell before it pissed down at Winchmore Hill and we got called off.
Disappointed as I was playing against Jim Gatting in a reduced Chess Valley League game (26overs) so I wanted to see what he could do... :(
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seriously WTF is going on with this weather....
after a stonking hot May i thought we were going to be pleased with hard tracks all season and now this :(
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seriously WTF is going on with this weather....
after a stonking hot May i thought we were going to be pleased with hard tracks all season and now this :(
I know, I was going like hot cakes until the 5th of June, since then the rain has kicked in and tracks have become damp :(
I like to use the pace, but when there is none coming off the pitch and it is 2-paced I hate it :(
Going away on the 2nd August and then hopefully when I come back on the 24th the tracks will be better :)
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Theres some sort of yellow thing in the sky today, and the sky is a lovely blue colour, can someone explain to me what it is?
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Theres some sort of yellow thing in the sky today, and the sky is a lovely blue colour, can someone explain to me what it is?
A lie.
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haha and apparently its meant to be dry tomorrow, lets play cricket
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Rain schedules for London tomorrow. (No Swearing Please) hell.
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Looking really clear for tommorow so full game I think
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Looking really clear for tommorow so full game I think
Bosh ;)
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You selected then ?
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Only missed one game all season through a knackered hand
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Looking pretty grim in Bristol, never seen our ground flood as quickly as it did last night and had loads more rain again tonight.
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Well I will be in the 2nds as still deciding what to do next year as had offers but considering my options lol
I'll be there about 1
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Got called up to the 1sts today, due to an uneven amount of teams in the league and weather I have had 3 away games on the trot 'til today. The 1sts were playing at home but somebody forgot to put the covers on which meant the game was cancelled after 1 over. Sadly unless I can persuade the captains at my club to drop me down to the 2nds it looks like it will be 4 away games in a row, which is ridiculous >:(
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Anyone expecting to miss a game today?
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Anyone expecting to miss a game today?
Our game is off as we only had 8 players, but it's just started to rain in brizzle