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General Cricket => Players => Topic started by: Cover_Drive on September 27, 2012, 02:27:00 PM
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We watch them on TV and admire them, how many of you have met your favourites and non-favourite international cricketers in your life?
Lets see what everyone says...
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Met Chris Tremlett at the Oval a few weeks ago. Man is a freaking mountain!
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Jack Russell
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Marvin Atapattu, at a lashings game a few years ago our Sri Lankan pro played at the same club as him so he came and had a chat with him an us
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Had dinner with harbhajan singh and dinesh mongia. met laxmipathy balaji. a really down to earth genuinely nice guy. asked about my cricket and had a long discussion about this
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Zander de Bruyn and Chris Schofield were "allocated" to our club as pros last year. Schofield was an absolute numpty. de Bruyn only played the one game, and was brely seen, but you couldn't meet a nicer guy
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Marcus Trescothick, Alistair Cook, Ian Bell, Andrew Strauss, Stevn Finn, Chris Wright, Wasim Jaffer, Yasir Arafat. That's off the top of my head
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Have met:
Sunil Gavaskar (first when I was maybe 10-12 and SG was still playing and then last year)
Kapil Dev
Manoj Prabhakar (played a few games with him when I was younger and played for club in Delhi)
Yuvi
Sachin Tendulkar
VVS Laxman
Lou Vincent
Andrew Strauss (just before he was made captain - met him at the BA lounge in Heathrow)
Freddie
Jayasuriya
Kallis
the Pathan bothers
Raina
Mushtaq Ahmed
Raamez Raja
Ravi Shastri
Wasim Akram (lives a couple of minutes from my home)
Jonty Rohdes
Jayawardene
Bhajji
Zaheer Khan
Mike Gatting
Alistar Cook
Bopara
Varun Chopra
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Bell, Charlotte Edwards, Goughie, Mohammed asif.
also met jeff thomson in the leederville hotel in perth. hes not an international but also met jim allenby and had a few drinks with him too.
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Here are ones I have met, have missed some too!
2007
- Mohammad Yousuf
2008
- Mohammad Yousuf
- Nasir Jamshed
- Wahab Riaz
- Anwar Ali
- Shoaib Malik
- Shahid Afridi
- Younis Khan
- Salman Butt
- Umar Gul
- Geoff Lawson
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Shoaib Khan
- Fawad Alam
- Sohail Khan
- Mahela Jayawardene
- Ajantha Mendis
- TIlkernate Dilshan
- Nuwan Kuluserkara
....Few others Sri Lanka, complete Zimbabwean and Canadian squad
2010
- Mohammad Irfan
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Taufeeq Umar
- Junaid Khan
- Javed Maindad
- Sohail Tanvir
2011
- Wasim Akram
- Mohammad Talha
- Mohsin Hasan Khan
- Sohail Khan
- Tanvir Ahmed
- Sarfraz Nawaz
- Mothisham Rasheed
- Asad Shafiq
- Babar Azam
- Sohail Tanvir
- Sharjeel Khan
- Umar Amin
- Umar Akmal
- Kamran Akmal
- Azhar Ali
- Aizaz Cheema
- Hammad Azam
- Usman Salahuddin
- Hammad Azam
- Usman Qadir
- Waqar Younis
- Adnan Akmal
- Younis Khan
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Misbah Ul Haq
2012
- Mohammad Sami
- Azhar Ali
- Asad Shafiq
- Misbah Ul Haq
- Taufeeq Umar
- Shoaib Akhtar
- Imran Nazir
- Nasir Jamshed
- Wahab Riaz
- Kamran Akmal
- Umar Akmal
- Mohammad Irfan
- Tanvir Ahmed
- Rahat Ali
- Malang Ali
- Junaid Khan
- Aizaz Cheema
- Intikhab Alam
- Dav Whatmore
- Julien Fountain
- Babar Azam (Played with him)
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Kim Hughes a couple of times, Geoff Marsh, Jo Angel, Courtney Walsh, Murray Goodwin and Sean Irvine. Spent about an hour talking to Irvine about Hayden's 380 against Zim. He was so enthusiastic, despite his team coping a pasting, and said it was a privilege to share the field with him. That's one way to look at it! Top bloke, too.
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Met many many and many players over years of watching and following the game.. But probably the one meet I will never forget is Shahid Afridi for brief moments.. Got a photo on FB can't post it here as at work atm..
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Did bat testing last year with Neil Fairbrother (very busy man), Lou Vincent (lovely guy), Matt Maynard (nice guy, cheeky enough to takea couple of the bats) and Mark Butcher (didn't really have a lot of time for anyone without 5,000 first class runs.....me).
Also last year, lucky enough to win a bowling session with Murli and Graham Swan. They say don't meet your heros....rubbish! these guys were amazing. Swan was funny as hell and you felt like Murli wanted to talk to you for ages. Both top blokes
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played for Bermuda v
West Indies x2
Trinidad
Barbados
and travelled to Stanford 20/20 as a goodwill gesture becasue i was selected and then told i wasnt elgible .... so met nearly every WI.
injury froced me out of games v
Canada
England
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I think it was new years eve 04/05, I was in Antigua and the band playing had curtly ambrose & richie Richardson in it! Awesome evening and a good band too.
Ambrose is one of my all time favourites. I think my first test match was windies v eng at old traff - he still looked massive at the gig!
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Chris Read, Joe Root, Neil McKenzie, James Vince, Samit Patel, Graeme Smith, Adam Voges, Darren Bravo and Denesh Ramdin
Also a fair few county players
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Jack Russell, Alec Stewart, Ian Salisbury and Dirk Nannes, All at the Cheltenham Festival. Stewart was sat with all the Academy lads doing the scoreboard for a good 2 hours chatting about everything cricket.
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viv richards ,sachin,brain lara , ricky ponting , sunil gavaskar ,rahul dravid,kp,freddie to name a few,big autograph collector so have most of the famous names going.
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viv richards ,sachin,brain lara , ricky ponting , sunil gavaskar ,rahul dravid,kp,freddie to name a few,big autograph collector so have most of the famous names going.
Now that is a good list!! That's my perfect dinner party....Cheryl Cole would be serving :)
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Now that is a good list!! That's my perfect dinner party....Cheryl Cole would be serving :)
haha yes, as long as she dosnt sing!!
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Met Steve Croft and Dale Deeb whilst on tour at Blackpool earlier in the year. Anyone remember Dale Deeb's claim to fame?
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Met Steve Croft and Dale Deeb whilst on tour at Blackpool earlier in the year. Anyone remember Dale Deeb's claim to fame?
Shelled a sitter didn't he? In international cricket as a sub?
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Shelled a sitter didn't he? In international cricket as a sub?
Yep and was removed from the field immediately by Smith!!
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Plenty including Michael Holding, Viv Richards, Courtney Walsh, Jimmy Adams, Devon Malcolm, Alec Stewart, Mike Gatting, Carlton Baugh and Wavell Hinds.
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I grew up a block from centurion park so as a kid I met most international players of the mid 90's. Also used to bowl to brian lara when he played for northen transval. Not met any pro's since moving to England thou.
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Hahaha CD, you set up this thread to gazzump people! Poor form! ;) :)
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Daniel Peero - played for Switzerland in the early naughties.
I regularly dismiss him in the nets.
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I was once accosted by a stark bugger naked Mark Ramprakash in the Oval dressing room ???
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Did he show you his grip-cone?
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not going to list em all but a few of the cool ones - Sir Len, Brian Close, David Bairstow, Garry Sobers, Ian Botham, Malcolm Marshall, Sachin Tendulkar, Allan Donald, Allan Davidson
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Allan Davidson the Oz left-arm allrounder?
That is cool.
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Thats the one, and yes it was. I'll spare you the story but he was a top bloke!
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Freddie
Matt Sinclair
Shadab Kabeer
Jimmy Adams
Dirk Nannes
Shane Harwood
Ian Austin
Craig White
Charl Langevelt
Raul Lewis
Atiq Uz-Zamen
Simon Kerrigan (England Lions)
Steven Croft (England 7's)
Tom Smith (Engkand 7's and u19's)
Alex Davies (England u19's)
Andy Miller (England u19's)
John Rennie
Paul Smith
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I have met Danish Kaneria
Moin Khan
Wasim Akram
Imran Nazir
Hassan Raza
Raza Hassan
Kamran Akmal
Nasir Jamshed
Tanvir Ahmed
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Any one know what the most run-out man in cricket, Inzi Ul Haq does with his time these days? ???
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Quite a few over the last 8 years in the industry. most recently 4 days of the beers with some golf, kareoke and a game of cricket with steve kirby and Jonathan batty were top class as well as mike getting and a few chief execs was great fun
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I have played golf with Jon Batty, he is a quality bloke.
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Played with Colin de Grandhomme, Moved Quereshi and met Aaron Finch. Also played against Peter Sleep in a tour match at Middleton I think.
Used to have Andy Jarvis so Paul came to a couple of our net sessions.
These are not quite the biggest names but all played a bit of international cricket.
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Any one know what the most run-out man in cricket, Inzi Ul Haq does with his time these days? ???
Top, top player. I believe he has recently been appointed as Pakistan national team batting coach/consultant
The most famous player I have met as in had a conversation with is Chris Old, I was only about 12/13 at the time and he was our guest speaker and presented me with a trophy for best youth player. Didn't have a clue who he was!
I've also played rugby against Englands World Cup winning winger Josh Lewsey and had a beer in Cardiff with Wales international footballer Rob Earnshaw during which I informed him of a record about himself that he did not know, which he found hilarious
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I have played golf with Jon Batty, he is a quality bloke.
Not a bad golfer but no one had a patch of Daffy, played off 10 and clearer up
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had a beer in Cardiff with Wales international footballer Rob Earnshaw during which I informed him of a record about himself that he did not know, which he found hilarious
He's got a goalscoring record that even the great messi will never ever get!!
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I had a nice chat with Alex Tudor's dad once - he's a very nice man.
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i was working in planet hollywood in cape town ( before it got bombed, yeah i was there when it happened )....after a shift my room mate and i came walking out the back to find @hershybru ( herchelle gibbs ) sitting on a bench...we stood there for about 30 minutes talking to him...was very cool..Peter Pollock came to our school once as well when i was a kid and gave us a talk and hung out with us in a net session...
Oh yeah...played a few cricket matches last summer with Mervyn Dillon...he plays on my T20 team..AFT gladiators...one tall MOFO...still fit as a fiddle, and has one of Chris Gayles old bats..hits mammoth 6's with that thing..Ricardo Powell plays in that tourney with us as well..
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Any one know what the most run-out man in cricket, Inzi Ul Haq does with his time these days? ???
As Alba said he is batting consultant. He was not with the team for India tour as he had signed a contract with ABP channel to cover the series as an analyst. He will go with the team to South Africa.
Apart from that Islamic commitments keep him busy.
One of his most recent picture;
(http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152622.jpg)
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Not a bad golfer but no one had a patch of Daffy, played off 10 and clearer up
I'd back Closey to beat him even now. The Living Legend played off two right handed and scratch left...
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As Alba said he is batting consultant. He was not with the team for India tour as he had signed a contract with ABP channel to cover the series as an analyst. He will go with the team to South Africa.
Apart from that Islamic commitments keep him busy.
One of his most recent picture;
([url]http://www.espncricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/152600/152622.jpg[/url])
love those rs thigh pads with groves for tge straps!! going to add that picture to the thigh pad thread :)
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All played at my club Midland Guildford CC- Simon Katich, Tom Moody, Jo Angel, Brendan Julian, Vic Solanki, Kabir Ali, Alec Stewart
Played against in grade cricket- Justin Langer, Mike Hussey, Marcus North, Adam Gilchrist
Went to cricket scholarship school with- Aaron Redmond, Marcus North
Managed to train with Aussies at the WACA twice in 2000 (I think it was 2000), got really lucky and had two Crownies in the change rooms after they beat the Windies to get the Test record after that game!!
Very lucky in Aus with access to quality players....find it a lot harder in UK!
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Played against Alvin Kallacharan. Still a decent batsman!
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oh and how could i forget my good mate Paul Macrum....ex irish international that lives down the road here from me...had starbucks with him a few weeks ago...really nice guy....
and ex pakistan international player Asif Mujtaba plays and lives here in dallas as well....i play cricket regularly with his two sons Tahla and Javed....Asif is still a quality player and shows all of us how to do it on a regular basis..
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The other day i was lucky enough to sit on the field at the GABBA, was given a TV interview with Matthew Hayden, I also met Sir Vivian Richards underneath the Gabba as he is the melbourne star's batting coach, I have also met Adam GIlchrist at a book signing.
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Steve Smith the Aussie led spinner played a few games for my club a few years ago before he made it big, as did Daniel Bell-Drummond but when he was a colt.
Hamlisch Marshall at Gatwick and Andrew Strauss through work but that's it I'm afraid.
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Craig White at our club's dinner a few years ago, Jason Gillespie,Tim Bresnan and Gerard?Brophy in a pub after a Yorks v Kent LVCC game at Scarborough. Really nice blokes actually completely down to earth.
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I live and play cricket in Hampshire and going back 7 or 8 years ago used to turn out on a regular basis for the Bat & Ball Cricket club based at the home of cricket - Broadhalfpenny Down, Hambledon.
We used to play a number of mid-week afternoon and evening fixtures against various touring teams who wanted to play on the hallowed turf. Apart from a few regular Hambledon 1st team players you didn't know who would be playing until you all met up 30 minutes before the toss.
Anyway this one day I'm playing and this 60 plus year old Australian is on side. He's introduced as Ross and is very unassuming but very friendly and has a kind word of encouragement for everyone. We field first and he takes his place at slip - he then proceeds to take 2 of the sharpest slip catches I have ever seen, no fuss, no big deal it's as if he's been doing it all his life!
We bat 2nd and I'm in early at 3 facing a young quicky who is at least a standard or two better than me. Another wicket falls and Ross is in at 4. He can see I'm struggling but some words of encouragement, a bit of luck and rotation of the strike helps me survive and we start to build a partnership. From the non-strikers end I watch with envy how he seems to play the ball so late and with so much time to choose and pick his shots. I eventually manage to hit 2 cover drive boundaries towards the new pavilion and even at 40 something I'm chuffed to bits when he tells me "great shot mate".
I'm eventually out in my 30's but our partnership is worth over 80, Ross finishes up with a 70 odd and we manage to hang on for a draw. After the game we talk over a pint or two, he thanks me for batting with him and he signs by sons bat.
I've never seen him since but I will never forget the day I met and batted with Ross Edwards, Western Australia, World Series cricket and 20 tests for Australia.
What a top bloke.
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Played with Colin de Grandhomme, Moved Quereshi and met Aaron Finch. Also played against Peter Sleep in a tour match at Middleton I think.
Used to have Andy Jarvis so Paul came to a couple of our net sessions.
These are not quite the biggest names but all played a bit of international cricket.
I think if you did play against Sleepy I thing it may have been against us!
From memory that only full on international player that I've met is Ian Harvey when he sub-pro'd for us.
EDIT: I've also met Mahendra Nagamootoo and 'The Prince of Karachi' Asif Mujtaba
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had Devon Malcolm bowling bouncers at me off 16 yards because the run up in the indoor nets wasn't long enough for him.
played a comp in the USA against T&T team which included Kieron Pollard and Bravo brothers - we got hammered. Played another side in same comp that had Sehwag opening the batting. Somehow got him to lob the ball up in the air only to see mid off and cover run head long into each other.
Had the dubious pleasure of being cleaned up by Vinay Kumar on a tour match in Hyderabaad
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Mohammad Yousuf
Misbah-ul-Haq
The Hussey brothers
The 1999 Pakistani World Cup squad (didn't know it though, I was only 1)
EDIT: Forgot some other guys
Rob Quiney
Bryce McGain
Stuey McGill
Brad Hogg
Shane Warne (how did I forget him?)
Michael Clarke
Aaron Finch
Andrew McDonald
Brett Lee
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no players but mick newell in a local sandwich shop just over the road from trent bridge
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Brett Lee, Michael Clarke, Ben Hilfenhaus, David Warner, David Hussey and Pat Cumins
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I live and play cricket in Hampshire and going back 7 or 8 years ago used to turn out on a regular basis for the Bat & Ball Cricket club based at the home of cricket - Broadhalfpenny Down, Hambledon.
We used to play a number of mid-week afternoon and evening fixtures against various touring teams who wanted to play on the hallowed turf. Apart from a few regular Hambledon 1st team players you didn't know who would be playing until you all met up 30 minutes before the toss.
Anyway this one day I'm playing and this 60 plus year old Australian is on side. He's introduced as Ross and is very unassuming but very friendly and has a kind word of encouragement for everyone. We field first and he takes his place at slip - he then proceeds to take 2 of the sharpest slip catches I have ever seen, no fuss, no big deal it's as if he's been doing it all his life!
We bat 2nd and I'm in early at 3 facing a young quicky who is at least a standard or two better than me. Another wicket falls and Ross is in at 4. He can see I'm struggling but some words of encouragement, a bit of luck and rotation of the strike helps me survive and we start to build a partnership. From the non-strikers end I watch with envy how he seems to play the ball so late and with so much time to choose and pick his shots. I eventually manage to hit 2 cover drive boundaries towards the new pavilion and even at 40 something I'm chuffed to bits when he tells me "great shot mate".
I'm eventually out in my 30's but our partnership is worth over 80, Ross finishes up with a 70 odd and we manage to hang on for a draw. After the game we talk over a pint or two, he thanks me for batting with him and he signs by sons bat.
I've never seen him since but I will never forget the day I met and batted with Ross Edwards, Western Australia, World Series cricket and 20 tests for Australia.
What a top bloke.
That is one of the great things about playing at Hambledon! I too am Hampshire based. We always have our season opener at Hambledon. A great place to play cricket and a real privilege too.....The Bat and Ball is still a half decent pub as well....!
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That is one of the great things about playing at Hambledon! I too am Hampshire based. We always have our season opener at Hambledon. A great place to play cricket and a real privilege too.....The Bat and Ball is still a half decent pub as well....!
Pedals where you from mate? I am a Hampshire boy but living in Shropshire now, played for Havant and Hayling Island when I was younger, and played a fair few games at Hambledons ground. Bat & Ball is a lovely little pub! Who do you play for mate?
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Pedals where you from mate? I am a Hampshire boy but living in Shropshire now, played for Havant and Hayling Island when I was younger, and played a fair few games at Hambledons ground. Bat & Ball is a lovely little pub! Who do you play for mate?
Agree with everything you say about the Pub, had our clubs 25th anniversary Ball back there in September. A quite brillint evening.
Small world. When did you play at Havant? I still live in the area and played at Waterlooville and Hambledon in the 70's and 80's and my lad played youth age group cricket at Havant throughout the 2000's.
From the old days I can remember Gary Shotton, Stan Rudder, Phil Loat et all at Havant, and when I last played league cricket Phil Mist ? was scoring loads of runs at Hayling.
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only met johnny bairstow i think
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Yeah Phil Mist is still scoring runs at Hayling, they're doing well by all accounts.
I would have played against your lad then, I'm 26 so we might be the same age. I assume you know Bill Hindley, my uncle, and his lad Richard Hindley my cousin. Knew Stan and the rest of the Zombies from birth, you must have played with or against the Zombies? Think everyone has!
Small world indeed mate!
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Pedals where you from mate? I am a Hampshire boy but living in Shropshire now, played for Havant and Hayling Island when I was younger, and played a fair few games at Hambledons ground. Bat & Ball is a lovely little pub! Who do you play for mate?
Agree with everything you say about the Pub, had our clubs 25th anniversary Ball back there in September. A quite brillint evening.
Small world. When did you play at Havant? I still live in the area and played at Waterlooville and Hambledon in the 70's and 80's and my lad played youth age group cricket at Havant throughout the 2000's.
From the old days I can remember Gary Shotton, Stan Rudder, Phil Loat et all at Havant, and when I last played league cricket Phil Mist ? was scoring loads of runs at Hayling.
I'm based very near Winchester, a place called Stockbridge. I play for a invitational side on a Sunday calls Vagabonds CC which is how I get to visit such nice grounds like Hambledon. The ethos of the club is that we look to play a good standard against 'proper chaps' on 'gorgeous grounds' with not a teetotal in sight! Hambledon fits in very well! Consumption of vast quantities of alcohol is encouraged so the Bat and Ball meets our needs nicely. Saturdays I play league for a team just outside Romsey, Michelmersh and Timsbury CC, couldn't tell you what league we're in now though, so much re-structuring recently! It's either County 1 or 2!! That is beginning to wind down for me though. Work/family commitments mean I have to choose between Saturdays and Sundays and I get a lot of pleasure out of Sunday cricket so that takes precedent! I've been playing for them for nearly 20 years! The Hosk turns out for us occasionally and I've got Roco on the list to come down sometime soon! (when I've worked out a suitable payment scheme!)
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Yeah Phil Mist is still scoring runs at Hayling, they're doing well by all accounts.
I would have played against your lad then, I'm 26 so we might be the same age. I assume you know Bill Hindley, my uncle, and his lad Richard Hindley my cousin. Knew Stan and the rest of the Zombies from birth, you must have played with or against the Zombies? Think everyone has!
Small world indeed mate!
Richard Hindley? Coaches up at Dummer? Impossibly lovely bloke? If that's him then he's coached me a few times! He is a very, very fine player!
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Richard Hindley? Coaches up at Dummer? Impossibly lovely bloke? If that's him then he's coached me a few times! He is a very, very fine player!
That's the one mate, he's my cousin. Got a call up for Hampshire and smacked Michael Kasprowicz around for fun by all accounts in his one and only game for them. He's a bloody good player, always puzzled me why he never kicked on in the county setup. Has bags of talent.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/128882.html (http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/128882.html)
You must have met Bill?
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I'm not sure if I've met Bill, I might know him by sight?
Yeah, Richard is really high quality. He's one of those guys who you can ask for advice even if you're just netting with your mates and he's wandering around. Loves his bats too! He's had a good root through the Hosk collection on occasion as well....
I'm going to see him fairly soon for a tune up of my left arm spin. He got me bowling a decent arm ball last season so I'm hoping he can help me with my wrong 'un! (or at least help me land it on the cut bit!)
Very small world!
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Tell him Will says hello. Hosk knows him as well? Bloody small world!!
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met bairstow, swann, jimmy and cook having a drink at the hotel bar in the cardiff bay hotel before the 1st odi v S.A last year, then 2 days later met one of my fave ever players Prior as he was watching the sharks in the 20/20 final. got pics of both, so buzzing haha
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Jimmy anderson*, ryan harris*, andrew mcdonald*, dan christian*, chris harris*, robin pieterson*, shane watson, michael clarke, brett lee, andrew flintoff, brenden nash*, ian butler*, joe root*, lou vincent*, Faf du plessis* probably a few more but my brains frazzled thinking of this many
(*=played with or against)
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Wow that's impressive. Who do you play for cover point ?
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Wow that's impressive. Who do you play for cover point ?
I play in the Lancasire league. Its always been knowing for having good pro's, for instance, allan donald, kapil dev, steve waugh, shane warne michael clarke and a few other big names have pro'd in the league. The standard of pro's has dropped a bit with money shortages, but they are still good.
Ive been stood at the other end whilst dan christian was batting watching him hit 90 of 42 balls in a t20 using a scat.
Ive witnessed ian butler was bending his back against brenden nash up close
Ive been very lucky really haha
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I have met allot of New Zealand players
Lou vincent
martin guptill used to got my school
Jimmy neesham
ravi bopara
phil mustard
ian butler
kyle mills
reece young
jamie how
gareth hopkins
colin de grandhomme
ronnie hira
jeetan patel
jesse ryder
tim southee
chris martin
matthew bell
tom latham
colin munro
daryl tuffey
fidel edwards
billy bowden
grant elliot
andre adams
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shane bond
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I play in the Lancasire league. Its always been knowing for having good pro's, for instance, allan donald, kapil dev, steve waugh, shane warne michael clarke and a few other big names have pro'd in the league. The standard of pro's has dropped a bit with money shortages, but they are still good.
Ive been stood at the other end whilst dan christian was batting watching him hit 90 of 42 balls in a t20 using a scat.
Ive witnessed ian butler was bending his back against brenden nash up close
Ive been very lucky really haha
Sounds great but who do you play for ? Live looking up stats on cricket archive.
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Haha I played for lowerhouse at the time
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Marcus Trescothick
James Hildreth
Alec Stewart
Geoff Boycott
See quite a few of the Somerset boys around Taunton, and had some 1 on 1 coaching sessions with Mike Burns - very nice guy.
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I've got autohraphs from a few, but that doesn't really count. Main example here is Nick Compton as he was a mate of mine at uni. He even played a few defensive shots against my leg spin in the nets, which was quite pleasing!
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I have met Tille Dilshan when his squad was touring.
I got a pair of his gloves !!!!!!!
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Seen a few actually. Once met Prior when he was picking up some blank Newberys at the Hove shop! There have been a few down at Ealing for charity matches and the like - Alvin Kallicheran, Gatting, Finn (who kindly bowled a dibbly dobbly seamer in our net!) and had coaching from Ramprakash.
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played with a few at stanmore, Aravinda de silva, farveez mahroof, angelo matthews, kosala kulasekara. Also played with Zulqarnain Haider. Have met shohib akhtar, younis khan, azhar mahmood. bob woolmer abdul razzaq waqar younis and shahid afridi
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forgot to mention played with steven finn at county colts for herts and middlsex and played against nick compton
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Met Wasim akram, Waqar Younis, Saeed anwar, Mushtaq Ahmed, Moin Khan
this was back in 1995 at the Lahore airport going to Sharjah. I got all autographs but lost them eventually.
Met Wasim Akram here 2011 again, he had a small coaching/tips session. He was much taller and had a stronger built than i thought otherwise...
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I met Saurav Ganguly (my idol since a young age) in his final game in England a few years back, had a few words, got an autograph and shook his hand.
Also met Chaminda Vaas in Sri Lanka a couple of years ago shortly before he retired. he was training in Kandy and I was on holiday. Always smiling and watching up close a hard worker in the nets!