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Title: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: tim2000s on September 18, 2012, 09:22:48 PM
Anyone else struggle with the light ball when bowling after having bowled with a full weight one at the weekend?
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on September 18, 2012, 09:50:30 PM
I avoid bowling at indoor if possible and am in purely for my drinking and slogging!

Just sourced some lovely pink balls for the league we sponsor so hope they are easier to see than last years yellow ones.
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: tim2000s on September 18, 2012, 10:13:41 PM
I avoid bowling at indoor if possible and am in purely for my drinking and slogging!

Just sourced some lovely pink balls for the league we sponsor so hope they are easier to see than last years yellow ones.
You must be playing different rules. Everyone must bowl 2 in ours.
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on September 18, 2012, 10:16:35 PM
Yeah 12 overs a side max 3 per bowler...it would take a while if I have to dust off my bowling arm!
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: tim2000s on September 18, 2012, 10:20:20 PM
We play the same as the recent video. 16 overs per side, everyone bowls 2, bat as skins, each pair faces four overs, running from halfway. An oddly static, dynamic game!
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on September 19, 2012, 07:25:01 AM
we play 12 overs with a max 3 per bowler. im probably an exception here. i keep during the summer ( bowled 10 overs this year only) but will bowl my 3 pretty much every game. come off 3 paces and skid it on so works well indoors. obviously dont notice the difference.
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: tim2000s on September 19, 2012, 07:34:59 AM
When you come off 10 outdoors and ping it through, the change in resistance really knackers you...
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on September 19, 2012, 07:58:41 AM
When you come off 10 outdoors and ping it through, the change in resistance really knackers you...

i think ill have to take your word for that tim. lol. do you guys use the yellow or red plastic type balls( smooth with a printed seam on) or the indoor cricket balls with a proper seam?
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: tim2000s on September 19, 2012, 08:19:09 AM
i think ill have to take your word for that tim. lol. do you guys use the yellow or red plastic type balls( smooth with a printed seam on) or the indoor cricket balls with a proper seam?
Indoor cricket balls with a seam. They swing like a porn star at a car key party and are far too light ;)
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: Red Ink Cricket on September 19, 2012, 08:45:56 AM
we use the plastic smooth ones with the seam printed on. seam disappears in about 10 mins and then its just a smooth shiney surface. difficult not to swing it. difficult to control at times particularly if the venue leaves the heating on and its roasting. seems to go round corners then!
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: Byo on September 19, 2012, 10:07:56 AM
Just sourced some lovely pink balls for the league we sponsor so hope they are easier to see than last years yellow ones.

Glad to hear it - the yellow ones last year were difficult to pick up.   First game tomorrow!!!!
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on September 19, 2012, 03:40:46 PM
yes mate think weve got ur lot if ur on the 9pm shift...wheres the nearest decent boozer?
Title: Re: First indoor match of the season...
Post by: Byo on September 20, 2012, 07:59:48 AM
yes mate think weve got ur lot if ur on the 9pm shift...wheres the nearest decent boozer?

I am on the graveyard shift!!!  Nearest decent boozer is the Duck (Thorn or Thatchers) or the Prince (Ashton Press) on Stoke Lane I reckon.....See you later....