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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: ianbuchanan on November 02, 2009, 06:16:47 PM
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As the topic says, the best player or players you have played with or against.
I personally haven't played against anyone special, but the first team at my club played against Andrew Caddick last year, and Shane Dietz (South Australia Player) played at our club a fews ago.
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great topic to start mate ! aidy1098 had an overseas player at his club last season , austin richards , has played for west indies ! my club played against him ( not me personalyy )
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great topic to start mate ! aidy1098 had an overseas player at his club last season , austin richards , has played for west indies ! my club played against him ( not me personalyy )
agreed! he was good! but didnt perform!
also i faced andrew mcgarry for one ball battin no.9 against colchester when i was 14, he played for essex last year and was rapid, he put it wide tho so i just didnt move!
also faced a south african massive 6ft 4 bowler from mildenhall who playes first class cricket in SA, he speaks that clicky language! lol he was fairly quick and swung it.
but in all honesty i faced a kiwi wernt quick but got it thru, and swung the ball like a banana i was lucky to edge a few, was such a test and i didnt have a clue he was awsome, he also was used as a specialist net bowler for NZ and bowled at vaughn and co.
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and that kiwi played for my club :) great bowler !
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played against rakesh patel in a friendly couple of years ago (icl player, india a player).
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/32248.html (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/32248.html)
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and that kiwi played for my club :) great bowler !
yeh i thought i got him on a good day tho, as ur captain says he doesnt usually bowl that good!
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Played againts Nilesh Modi..
http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/31019.html (http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/31019.html)
He's coaching my team also..
Few others retired players from WI and 2 current U19 USA players.. Trying to find their info..
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Played againts this guy too.. He's not very friendly, a straight up ickhead**
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25865.html (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/25865.html)
He usually coaches but if his Uni team plays a stronger team or short on players he plays for them!!
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Aidy do you play in east anglia?
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Azhar Ali. Has been pro for us since 2004, coming back in 2010 too! In Pakistan A side but feel he deserves a chance opening in tests!
http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39037.html (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/39037.html)
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Aidy do you play in east anglia?
yeh elmstead and cover drive plays for abberton which is also in east anglia
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you play higher standard than me though! not sure id fancie walking into bat with overseas bowlers steaming in , haha !
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oh right I play at woolpit :)
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Played against Lashings two seasons ago and they had some decent players! Played against Shane Deitz 5 years ago and he was handy... bowled 10 overs straight up,swung it both ways for 3-18, took the gloves when he finished his spell and took two catches and two stumpings and opened the batting and got 75no out of 130. Will always remember the horrendous pink tight tee shirt he was wearing in the bar afterwards!
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you play at woolpit ? do you know someone called tom stevens ?
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yeah i do...play with him on a sunday
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Nathan Astle pro at my club a few years back, he was amazing
http://longton.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=10530981 (http://longton.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=10530981)
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Roger Sillence as well he was quite good, used to play for Worcestershire and Gloucestershire
http://longton.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=11113626 (http://longton.play-cricket.com/profile/statistics.asp?id=11113626)
In his last knock he hit 133* off 103 balls 13 fours 7 sixes
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I have Liam Plunkett as a victim of mine! Shahid Nazir was pretty quick! Dewald Pretorious from South Africa, Justin Ontong plays at my club here in SA, Aidy Xhosa is that clicky language that you talked about, try coaching when the kids speak very basic english and are talking in Xhosa!
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Aidy did you play against woolpit last season?
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no....
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nope they wernt in our league mate, what league are u in, unless our second team did!
our first's was in two counties div 1 but we got relegated :)
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oh well we have swapped with you then....we was in two counties div 2 but got promoted to div 1....our pro got most runs for the whole 2 divisons league
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oh well we have swapped with you then....we was in two counties div 2 but got promoted to div 1....our pro got most runs for the whole 2 divisons league
awsome!, lets hope we will be swapping places again on my part ;), who was the best team u played last year in that league and who was the quickest bolwer?
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well i am in sunday 2's but often went to watch but it was probably Maldon but they went up to div 1 as well....didnt really tell the bowling as wasnt playing so cant comment sorry
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well i am in sunday 2's but often went to watch but it was probably Maldon but they went up to div 1 as well....didnt really tell the bowling as wasnt playing so cant comment sorry
oh rite cheers anyway, and i havent seen maldon play
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it was ali cook club as a youngster before essex :)
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it was ali cook club as a youngster before essex :)
yeh i heard, apparently his bro plays and has all his kit, and his spikes has AC initials embroided, lucky barstool!
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yeah he didnt play in firsts i dont believe.....some people are lucky :)
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Aaron finch of victoria, lorenzo ingram and donovan sinclair of jamaica, also james finch who plays Yorkshire 2's.
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yeah he didnt play in firsts i dont believe.....some people are lucky :)
yeh but also unlucky, living on ur bro's rep, being the dissapointment in the family, i bet people laught when he plays look at his bro and then him, so lucky and unlcuky!
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yeah-fav quote "all the gear, no idea" comes to mind to be honest
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Anwar ali former pakistani under 19 ..... cleaned me up !
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yeah-fav quote "all the gear, no idea" comes to mind to be honest
or to really piss him off, how does it feel when u live in the limelight of ur brother, ur mum must be dissapointed she gave birth to you!
i wouldnt say that but i can imagine someone like clacton saying stuff like that
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my mate plays at clacton :)
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haha that's what our players said to aidy when he walked out to bat '' all the gear no idea '' ! lol
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whyy?
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not sure , he is a good batsman , but he came into bat against our overseas bowler , and like many other players in the league , struggled against him !
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not sure , he is a good batsman , but he came into bat against our overseas bowler , and like many other players in the league , struggled against him !
yeh i had a laugh with the slips, i sed he was too good no doubt, i cudnt play him, also didnt think all the adidas gear helped but it was funny
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who was your bowler? and how come you got so much kit aidy?
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matt gilray was the bowler mate
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oh right......where was he from?
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NZ
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oh right cooll....how come aidy gets all kit?
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i dno? he likes nice matchin kit i suppose..
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I would love matching kit but you can get same qualiyty for cheaper with other brands.....
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yeah - he likes to look the '' part '' obviously lol
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yeah well....he obviously has enogh cash to afford so good on him to be honest
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I would love matching kit but you can get same qualiyty for cheaper with other brands.....
yep i only will have matching kit, but i get all kit cheap so i dont care, any make really apart from bespoke companies, so if i get bored i can sell the used kit and for the same price get all brand new for the same amount of a different brand, oh the good life!
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niceonechoppy who do you play for?
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how do you do that aidy? is it all psonsorship?
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how do you do that aidy? is it all psonsorship?
nope have a contact! just above trade prices not bad eyy
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yeah PM me it cheers
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niceonechoppy who do you play for?
Play york senior league......you?
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i have this contact if you want it tommo mate.
Can you pm me it too Coverdrive?
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or just say it here if aloud?
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or just say it here if aloud?
i gave it to him but i sed dont tell anyone as a profit is to be made, but he will probs tell people but oh well!
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well aidy can you twll us then?
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well aidy can you twll us then?
i will post it on the forum on the day of my departure to aus as a goodbye pressie
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when you off mate?
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i will post it on the forum on the day of my departure to aus as a goodbye pressie
Where in aus you going to?
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Where in aus you going to?
NSW, Clarence Bay, Grafton
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Can't you get on the forum in auz I think they have computers over there?
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Can't you get on the forum in auz I think they have computers over there?
More golden material from Apple lol, but yeh i will have my laptop!
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i want to do it as a gap year in a couple years time once done college
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I want to do it but probly when I 20ish so a long time, unless of course I could be one of the very few over sees juniors!
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Play york senior league......you?
same mate what div?
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Premier, what club you at?
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maybe you could take your sister over apple ?
what a random thing to say y wud he take his sister to AUS, just because she is a guardian, and yeh i have just finished sixth form and then once i come back either go Uni, do a apprenticeship, or if i love it out there, just work for 6 months in any old place even a supermarket to save up and then go back out there next year for their season again or maybe SA or NZ, Oh wot a life it that cud happen!
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just a small one mate you?
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Which one?
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Will you be seling gear in Australia?
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....this thread has gone WELL off topic - started well, and then I've just trawled through 4 pages of dross! Try and keep personal conversaations to MSN or whatver please guys. Firmly back on topic:
Have played with:
Matt Sinclair (New Zealand)
Shadab Kabir (Pakistani Test player)
Bilal Asad (Pakistan A, but best all round pro I've played with at a club)
Played against:
Dirk Nannes
Charl Langevelt
Shane Harwood
Jimmy Adams (though to be fair, he was a bit rubbish the 2 games against him)
Omari Banks
Nahendra Nagamootoo
Steven Croft
Mark Robinson (current Sussex coach)
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Does it really matter about going off topic, as it is a forum and we are just havin a laugh and discussing and u expect us to get each others msn wen we can have a laugh all together!
Sorry to say it jonny, you sound boring and old :) jokes
but come on doesn't have to be that strict wen we are having banter and open discussion! After all it's a forum
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Played with Ian Bell who was absolute class (even at 11!) and against Mushtaq Mohammed who was different class, even in his 50's. Apparently he had 3 variations on his googly so I was like a man batting with no arms against him! Also faced a teenage Merv Dillon who had serious wheels and a young Ashley Giles who opened the batting against us!
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Does it really matter about going off topic, as it is a forum and we are just havin a laugh and discussing and u expect us to get each others msn wen we can have a laugh all together!
Sorry to say it jonny, you sound boring and old :) jokes
but come on doesn't have to be that strict wen we are having banter and open discussion! After all it's a forum
It's a cricket forum, where folks go to find out stuff about/discuss cricket. This thread is only a day old, but is already 5 pages long - it's on an interesting subject, and I was keen to read it, but instead had to trawl through pages of personal posts - you're right, there is a place for banter on the forum, but 4 pages of it detracts from the quality of the information posted.
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Best player played with: Peter Borren was our overseas a few years back who helped netherlands beat england in the 20/20 last year comp last year.
Best player played against: I opened the bowling against Michael Vandort who was Fakenhams overseas player, who has opened the batting for sri lanka a few times and averages about 40 in test cricket.
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Played with - andre nel, was an absolute great guy, loved a drink after the game 2 bottles in hands and 1 in each pocket and he used to dance like that too! haha
Against - Andy Flower saying that he was out for 1!
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Andre Nel- thats a great player to have a beer with I would imagine.
Must be a decent standard then Custom?
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leeroy - yeah pretty decent . . .liverpool and district comp there are a lot of ex test match players and 1st class players in the league. Have moved on since now play in the ECB North Wales Premier League, not as good as the LDC but still a good standard.
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Elsroy Powell - http://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52677.html (http://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52677.html)
This guy could really hit a ball
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Played with Justin Ontong today, may be playing with another Protea some time soon
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stop making me jelous mate! 5 months till i can play a competetive game again and its killing me
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I Played, Netherland, Ireland A-team this summer in Rotterdam.
Some of the players, Paul Stirling, Andrew Poynter, John Mooney, Reinhardt Strydom, SA Britton (Ireland) Eric Szwarzcynski, Borren, Buurman (Netherlands)
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played agaisnt mike hussy
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you serious ?
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Played with Jeremy Batty and Darren Gough
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Against - Jason Gillepsie, cracked me in the nuts first ball, but got revenge by stumping him! So I don't duplicate, that's probably my greatest achievement as well for SS's post!
With - Grame & Alec Swann, Monty Panesar. Out of the 3 Alec was the best in my opinion!
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Best player I've played with, Hasantha Fernando, only played 2 tests but he was class, just typed his name into google and on his Wiki page my club is mentioned! Awesome!
Best player I've played against... not sure TBH, no massive names, Omari Banks was quite good, but not that great ITBT, I'd probably say it was Imran Ali (young guy) or Aizaz Cheema. Both were in the league last season, both bowl 85+. THey ripped through batting line ups.
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kraigg Brathwaite, Shane Dowrich, Jomel Warrican, Jason Holder all WI u19 players and good friends
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I play for Clacton in the East Anglian Premier League, and am pretty lucky to have played with and against some decent players... Here are a few
Grant Flower (Essex) vs Burwell C.C 2010
Craig Williams Namibia Captain (our overseas for 2 years between 2007-2009)
Gayan Wijekoon (Sri Lanka) Vs Fakenham 2010 .. Didnt get me out bowls pretty sharp though
Indika De Saram (Sri Lanka) Overseas for 4 years between 2001 and 2005)
Michael Vandort (Sri Lanka) Vs Fakenham 2009
Tom Westley & Adam Wheater vs Saffron Walden 2009
Ryan Ten Doeschate played for Clacton between 2000 and 2006! What a player, what a bloke! x
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Shahid Nazir is playing for us this year, quickest bowler i have kept too! Hes too good most people cant even nick it!
Played against Durham Academy at the weekend, Mitch Claydon rocked up to open the bowling! Our opening bat came off looking like a domino!
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eeeeek! got to face a Pakistan 'A' bowler tomorow, anyone wanna lend me a chest guard?
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Shahid Nazir is playing for us this year, quickest bowler i have kept too! Hes too good most people cant even nick it!
Played against Durham Academy at the weekend, Mitch Claydon rocked up to open the bowling! Our opening bat came off looking like a domino!
Tynemouth CC?
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net with paul collingwood 2 days after winning world cup
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Seeing as he bowled to me tonight, I'm saying I played with Ryan Higgins (nets). He bowled left arm offspin, left arm chinaman, right arm medium and right arm leg spin tonight. My mind was blown!
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There is a long list of players that i have played against ,
ajmal shahzad , kyle hogg wasim jaffer ,ohja(deccan chargers )brendan nash oliver hannon dalby .
But id say wasim jaffer was a class above with the bat . got 130 not out without the ball leaving the floor.
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Played against this guy on Saturday- http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/422963.html
Was a good leg-spinner and looked more than handy with the bat but we got him fairly early :D
Also him in the same game- http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10893.html
Used to play for Gloucestershire... looked good but holed out
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Aaron finch of victoria, lorenzo ingram and donovan sinclair of jamaica, also james finch who plays Yorkshire 2's.
Lorenzo Ingram is a player lol hes in bradford league this year and few weeks ago hes was 600 for 2 lol him self had scored 600 runs and only been out twice .
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Played with Kemar Roach.... Play with Kraigg Brathwaite (have for the past 6 years) - He made his test debut vs Pakistan last month at 18 years old also Shane Dowrich... Played against WI opener Dale Richards on sunday...
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Played against this guy on Saturday- [url]http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/422963.html[/url]
Was a good leg-spinner and looked more than handy with the bat but we got him fairly early :D
Also him in the same game- [url]http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10893.html[/url]
Used to play for Gloucestershire... looked good but holed out
Take it you played Bedminster then Ian - we had them in a pre-season game, and they are a good side...
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Take it you played Bedminster then Ian - we had them in a pre-season game, and they are a good side...
Yeah we played Bedminster, they were a pretty useful side! We had a good game though, they chased our runs in the 50th over 8 wickets down, after we were missing 4 main players :( How did you get on against them?
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Lost by about 30 runs - never in the game really!! Their overseas wasnt playing but they were still a good side - James their captain is a good bowler...
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Lost by about 30 runs - never in the game really!! Their overseas wasnt playing but they were still a good side - James their captain is a good bowler...
Ah bad times! They didnt look like they had any weak links when we played. And yeah Carter opened the bowling on Saturday, bowled some jaffers but also bowled a lot of bad balls against us, ended up going for 62 off 10! But he usually gets wickets game after game in the league.....
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Played with a New Zealand u19 international and against a Sri Lanka u19 international in a school game. The Sri Lanka U19 plays for the same state as Sangakarra apparently and was a class above what I've played against before
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Lost by about 30 runs - never in the game really!! Their overseas wasnt playing but they were still a good side - James their captain is a good bowler...
Praful's not coming back this year. His Visa got refused :(
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Praful's not coming back this year. His Visa got refused :(
I heard that but the one they have replaced him with is very good by all accounts...
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Yeah plays the same sort of level as Praful in India
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Yeah I spoke to their new overseas for a bit after the game, he plays for Mumbai! Has a sponsorship contract with RBK but the gear hasn't arrived in the UK yet (He only arrived last week) and so he used random kit the other day lol. He had a bit of a shocker when he got out, missed a full and straight one and hit him plumb LBW for 16.
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What's his name mate?
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Parag Khanapurkar.... I think I've spelt it right!
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Oh yeah, remember our overseas talking about him now.
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He was a nice guy :) Will be even nicer if he doesn't score runs against us in the return fixture!
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Played with Khushroo Wadia ex. Kuwait U-19, Henry Osinde current Canada bowler and Rizwan Cheema (scored 93 against England in world cup warm up). Regularly practice with current Canadian international players.
Back home I have played friendly games with Afridi and Sami.
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Adam Harrison (Glamorgan, England Under 19) is the best player I've ever played with, shame injury ended his career.
I did face a Pakistan league bowler in nets last summer, he came steaming in from the boundary and bowled at 80+. Scary stuff.
Our club pro is Ali Bukhari: http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/41392.html (http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/41392.html) He's a bit good.
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Josh Bent is up there... up and coming SA player. Our overseas this season.
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Had a net with Azhar Ali again tonight, opening the batting with him again on Saturday and Sunday. Safe to say I will be taking the single and watching him bat! By far the best player I've seen, class above.
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David Saker, Glenn Maxwell, Mick Lewis, Simon O'Donnell
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Had a net with Azhar Ali again tonight, opening the batting with him again on Saturday and Sunday. Safe to say I will be taking the single and watching him bat! By far the best player I've seen, class above.
Thats awesome! Enjoy it :)
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Played with Carlton Baugh, and against that current Hampshire legend, Jimmy Adams. Had to face him for a bit.
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We had nathan astle and tino best in our league few years back. Like two seasons after nathan astle had retired from international cricket. Smashed a hundred at our home ground.
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Played against Chris Lynn 2 seasons ago in and under 19's game, absolute gun player and should be up in Australia's team in the next couple of years, think he's 21.
I also fielded for one of our lower grade sides, as they were short, and Ian Healy was playing for the oposition, so that would be the most famous.
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Got a 6 a side on Tuesday at wormsley with all out cricket and apparently Devon Malcolm is playing. Should be fun facing him still lol
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Will be a great way to advertise the product as I'm assuming you'll wear a lid against him
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Lashings are at Downend on the 22nd I think Mate
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Got a 6 a side on Tuesday at wormsley with all out cricket and apparently Devon Malcolm is playing. Should be fun facing him still lol
He played in a charity game in Watford a week or so aga and is apparently being slowly persuaded to play in a charity game at my club (Boxmoor) on the 17th. Let me know what he's like and best of luck, tempted to take one on the noggin to demonstrate your helmets capabilities Tom?
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Highly unlikely....I'll just send him for a few runs instead ;) lol
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Of course mate ;)
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Lashings are at Apperley soon as well i think.
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When Devon Malcolm first joined Derbyshire he apparently scared the life out of some of his team mates at nets. Rumour has it that Kim Barnett turned white as a ghost at one delivery that flew past his nose...
...it was a full toss
...and Kim was in the other net facing the spinners at the time
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Got a 6 a side on Tuesday at wormsley with all out cricket and apparently Devon Malcolm is playing. Should be fun facing him still lol
Sounds good fun tom. I take it its wormsley, buckinghamshire way? Such an amazing ground, i played there a few years back, definately the best ground i will ever play at!
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Yeh looking forward to it....I heard tje same story from Geoff miller at a dinner we went to as well...prob won't bring it up in front of Devon tho
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Got a 6 a side on Tuesday at wormsley with all out cricket and apparently Devon Malcolm is playing. Should be fun facing him still lol
I've played against his cousin, who is not as quick and equally as accurate.
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Lashings are at Downend on the 22nd I think Mate
If anyone going to this has paid extra to get a Lashings star on their lunch table, and it turns out to be Shaun Udal, either swap tables, or politely ask that he puts his 2 mobiles away when he's meant to be making conversation
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One of our guys had all expenses paid day out to it. Wife told him he had to go to a wedding.
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Lashings are at Downend on the 22nd I think Mate
watched the first 10 overs of a Lashing's game last week and boy can Ian harvey bat........
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Lashings played at my club recently. Didn't play personally but was an experience to watch the likes of Devon Malcolm and Saqlain Mushtaq bowl to teammates.
Never played against anyone that famous. Reece Topley a couple of years ago at Matchplay level and Aleem Dar. That's about it. Ex Teammates played against Mohammed Asif in a one off outing for the same team Aleem played for.
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Who do you play for mate? ^, Topley plays in my area, played with him for a few years..
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Who do you play for mate? ^, Topley plays in my area, played with him for a few years..
It was for my old side Goresbrook in Dagenham I believe it was a matchplay game however it might have been an Under 16's friendly. Ironically it was his batting that seemed to impress most!
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watched the first 10 overs of a Lashing's game last week and boy can Ian harvey bat........
My pro is playing for lashings this year, were all going on tour to watch him :D
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Lashings played at my club recently. Didn't play personally but was an experience to watch the likes of Devon Malcolm and Saqlain Mushtaq bowl to teammates.
We are playing Lashing this Firday (http://www.lashings.co.uk/fixtures-events/view/692/Brixworth-CC)
We played them last year and beat them, Devon, use to open the bowling for our club, now he's the Chairman, hence the Lashing connection...
As for the best player I've ever played against, Ian Bell and Matt Priory were quite good! (got them both, and I got Harvey last year, he didn't wear a lid so i bounced him! then yorked him! - sucker!)
If fact there are loads of good players, its too hard to say, I can however say who is the biggest cock! DC!
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Think it would be John Emburey played Old Engand sunday + he was the class player, slowed it down for us apparently just made it turn more.
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Faced Min Patel at winter nets last year, also bowled at James Hockley who can bat a little bit
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Devon M, John Emburey, Dom Ostler, Mike Burn, Charlie Dagnell and a few other pros were all playing at the 6 a side the other week....great to face emburey....even better to hit hit for a boundary :)
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Faced Min Patel not a problem Emburey diferent class unless of course Min was just tossing it up.
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Played the Zimbabwe u19 captain the other night, I think he was last years captain anyway, but my god could he hit a ball... it went (no swearing please) miles! He got 90-odd off 40!
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Faced Min Patel not a problem Emburey diferent class unless of course Min was just tossing it up.
Watched Min Patel get a couple of 5fers in Chance to Shine cricket. reckon he was just chucking it up!
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With the season round the corner and this topic being almost 7 years old.
Lets open it up again.... :D
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With the season round the corner and this topic being almost 7 years old.
Lets open it up again.... :D
Scrap that, this topic was started 9 years again... crazy!!
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Digging it up! James Taylor as a yoof for me, few in the Leics age group system around then went on to play professionally but he was far and away the best.
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Played against these four they were decent before they made it in county cricket Gavin Haines Kevin Peterson Ian Bell and Daryl Mitchell.
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Huge rumour Saj Mahmood will be playing against our ones this year, I'm in the twos so might avoid the big nose.
I suspect....he can still get in down an end pretty rapid when he wants to. this particular club we play against does have semi pro's or ex county players so I think the rumours may well be true
You are not officially allowed to pay anyone in our league so he must be doing it for the love of the game :)
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Sam Hain, Ashley Giles, Kotak I guess!
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A team in our area had Doug Bracewell and Adam Milne as overseas players a few years back, fair to say Milne was absolute gas
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Best players I've played with are Ian Hunter, mark turner, Gary scott and James crosthwaite but best players I've played against has to be Marcus north, Tom Latham and josh Philippe
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My spin twin/opening batting partner this season at Uni is a guy who played Zimbabwe u19s, Walter Huchu.
Plays against Tom Helm growing up.
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Played against a few players who have been at Lancashire over the years Gary Keedy, Stephen Parry, Simon Kerrigan. Caught a young opening bat at mid wicket off a full toss just before he went on to make his test debut in India the following Winter, never been so nervous watching a ball come towards me. Also played against Wasim Jaffer as another test star.
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Played against Gary Pratt in a cup match he absolutely smashed the ball all round the park
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Played against Gary Pratt in a cup match he absolutely smashed the ball all round the park
I played against Gary Prattat u13, u15 and u18 level when he was playing for Hetton Lyons. Ali Zia was my clubs pro for a few years after he stopped playing for Pakistan and he was class. Not really played against but I remember watching Nixon McLean bowling while scoring when he played for Evenwood and my brother bowling Michael Bevan in a t20 cup game. Currently played against Danny Briggs and Brad Taylor in the last few years
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Played with Ollie Pope a couple of years ago. Have also played against Tom Bruce, the new Zealander. Haven't really been playing at that high a standard for too long so might add to that list at some point