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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: WalkingWicket37 on January 12, 2015, 02:49:30 PM
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Just a bit of fun for to brighten up a Monday afternoon.
Can be anything really, but NOT any of the list in red
First time reaching a personal milestones (eg 50s, hundreds or 5 fers)
Winning promotion
Only 2 exclusions so you can't just say "first ton" or whatever, but a moment you really enjoyed for whatever reason.
My personal one happened on tour last year.
We turned up to the final game, and there was a bloke who wouldn't shut up all day playing for the opposition. He even came and started chirping me and slating my team mates while I was doing the scorebook, and he gave me a load of verbals when I went out to bat (it wasn't just me, he "sledged" all 11 of us plus those on tour but not playing!)
In short he was the team gobshite lol!
He came out to bat at no 5 after I'd just got 2 quick wickets. He was suddenly a lot quieter!
As I uprooted his off stump first ball I couldn't help giving him the "shhhhh" gesture as a celebration and he scurried off without a word.
I particularly enjoyed that one just because he's been very vocal all day and it was a bit of payback! :D
What's everyone else's and the reason then??
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A few year back england were playing on telly at 5.30 in a major tournament (I'm not a big football fan so can't tell you which)
Every game in our league started at 11 so they could watch the game. Except ours. The oppo said it was a disgrace they'd been asked. And would be starting at 2 as per usual.
They won the toss and batted first. And we're 21All out after 16 overs.
We opened with our pinch hitter and knocked them off in 6 balls.
2 hours spare before football started.
That beating was quote satisfying.
But I still say square cutting a quick for 6 to go to a 100 is my most satisfying moment in my cricketing career. And the scream. I did as it sailed in to the trees was monstrous!!!
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Well there's been a few but up there in a must win game was hitting the winning runs to win the division in the last over just as pleasing was scoring the runs off the opposition bowler who was a mouthy so and so.
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Most satisfying would be winning the Cup Final here in the UK. Was an awesome effort by our team. We were far less fancied but got the chocolates.
Worst memory was only a month or so ago back in Australia when we bowled a team out for 8. We got them in an over and the game was over by 2pm. Umpires still got paid the full amount!
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One that sticks in my mind from last year was the last game of the season, we were chasing 170 on a pitch where 140 would've been a hard ask. As it was a friendly, I batted down the order at about 7. Our two openers (15&16) batted well and put on over a hundred for the first wicket. One of the openers got out after reaching his 50, the number 3 came in and slapped a quick 30 to get us within about 30 of victory. He got out and then we lost a few quick wickets. I found myself in with the 16 year old lad, who at the time was on about 35 and we only needed about 20 with 7 overs left. I played tip and run, so he could have the strike and get his 50 (was his first in senior cricket and his old man was at the other end umpiring when he got there) The only bummer was me getting out going for the glory shot to win (Caught at cover by the only person on their team that could catch). The lad went on and scored the winning runs with his older brother out in the middle with him
What was doubly satisfying was the colts manager telling me a few weeks previously not to pick him as he wasn't good enough. He took a 5 fer the previous week for me and a 50 when he opened the batting for me, so I gave him the joy of telling the colts manager how well he'd done both weeks! (His age group manager had been badgering me all season to get him in the team, but I couldn't for various reasons, including the colts manager vetoing his inclusion a couple of times...)
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2 years ago in a t20 game for headingley this guy was playing for the opo team..
big timer played a bit if IPL scored something daft like 160 in a T20 game few weeks before.
anyway he wanted to open the batting and the skipper wouldnt let him.
He was kicking of saying he wasnt playing next week bla bla bla.
Anyway he comes into bat and ryan is bowling.. ryan sends him this awfull rank fulltoss i was expecting him to put it on the road.. smack straight on his glove up in there air caught a cover.
we all just looked at each other and started laughing.
goes to show even the pro's get out to (No Swearing Please) bowling
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We had a cup game and I left a heavily pregnant and rather on the edge with pain etc. Mrs home alone to go play. We fielded first and I had left my phone with barman in case of an emergency. I was obviously stressed throughout fearing the worse and questioning my decision to play.
Innings break I get a call that she is in really bad pain and needs hospital. I informed my captain and drove home to take her to hospital. We weren't chasing a huge total and skipper said not to worry, we will be fine.
So, I drove home, dashed to hospital, got her admitted and then excused myself to go back to game. What was supposed to be an easy win situation turned in to a bit of a struggle as we lost 4 wickets in 2 overs. I had to go in at number 9 and steady the game for last 30 odd runs or so. My contribution was just the match winning six once we come to within 2 runs of winning but it was the most satisfying one. I played very very safe to ensure we get over the line and it worked. Blocking their star bowler and seeing the frustration on his face was quite amusing.
Ooh and I did went back to hospital to tend to ailing Mrs. Twins decided not to come out that day thankfully and it was just a false alarm in the end.
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2 years ago in a t20 game for headingley this guy was playing for the opo team..
big timer played a bit if IPL scored something daft like 160 in a T20 game few weeks before.
anyway he wanted to open the batting and the skipper wouldnt let him.
He was kicking of saying he wasnt playing next week bla bla bla.
Anyway he comes into bat and ryan is bowling.. ryan sends him this awfull rank fulltoss i was expecting him to put it on the road.. smack straight on his glove up in there air caught a cover.
we all just looked at each other and started laughing.
goes to show even the pro's get out to (No Swearing Please) bowling
Didn't he call the umpire an f***ing cheat for not no balling it and then refused to leave the pitch? Funny that he was never done for it and allowed to play in finals day.
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last season I nearly (No Swearing Please) myself in my car on the way to a game so i relieved myself in the car park bushes of a ground before a match. Unfortunately I don't have a dog so I couldn't put it in a plastic bag and pretend it belonged to a great dane/rottweiler
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The two clubs I've been at in 2013-14 and won a few cups/leagues. I can honestly say I found it a bit.. Meh
I've found the most satisfying moments to be genuinely close, low scoring games when people are losing wickets and you just know no one is safe. Whether they are good or not. Those games are enjoyable, win, lose or draw.
My favourite game was vs Oundle town in 2011. They got 290 off 40 overs, so we had 60 overs to chase. They were too good (paid plauers and overseas), so once we had lost 4 wickets for 60 ish.. It was just bat for the draw.. I found it the most satisfying game as it was proper crixket. They had to get me out, I could just bat, pick off the runs and not be forced to biff. Need on a winning draw for them but they couldn't get us out so it felt like they didn't actually win. They went home happy, we went home happy. Win win
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Seeing our local rivals (we play on adjacent pitches) getting relegated, those beers tasted good :)
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I fear this thread could rapidly progress from I faced so and so at 80 mph and he didn't get me out to who has had some very near misses in the bushes of cricket grounds over the Country.
not as good as the last thread but it did once have to relieve myself after too many drinks breaks behind a sightscr :)een when there was absolutely no sign of any other people,then a man and his wife walked out of the bushes with their dog and I just said
'hi' nice day for cricket.
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my funniest moment on a pitch was when I turned up for a 10am start after a very very very heavy night/morning of drinking. I was so bad I forgot about the match, had not kit, was late and had to get a lift to the ground off a mate. Long story short. I went in number 4 due to the state of me being hammered, a few quick wickets fell, some fast bowler bowls one at me, I have one eye open, stride forward first ball and it bangs me on the pads. I stand there for a couple of seconds expecting to be given out. Umpire syas not out and I slowly fall to the ground in relief and just lie there on my back with the world spinning around. I couldn't get up so the fielders had to help me to my feet. amazingly I batted the whole innings, think it was the most I have every watched the ball in my life.
I was going through a stage of my life where I was very popular with a group of latino and Caribbean ladies ......... bring back those glory days :)
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My favourite moment from last season - shot pinged over my head fielding at midwicket, chased hard and slid and pulled it in just inside the boundary rope, got up and put in the best throw of my life, flat and straight into the keeper's hands above the bails, ran the batsman out by a few inches coming back for the second. I get a lot of stick for throwing sidearm sometimes but don't think I'd have got the throw in quickly enough without it, plus it ran out the oppo's last proper batsman and opened the door for us to pick off the tail! Very satisfying to pull something out from nothing in the field as you don't get to affect the game that way too often, and it shut my teammates up about my throwing style for a couple of weeks at least haha.
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Batting hitting an opening bowler into the tree tops and getting to 50.while the team score was 70-0. I'm Not a bowler, so getting a hat trick was special. T20, bowled last over of the innings (my first, thanks skip) and it went: .66WWW stumped, stumped, c&b.
Fielding in the covers a diving stop and throw to run out bat by half a pitch, a one handed running catch on the boundary and keeping a full length one handed low to the right.
I love cricket!
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I was going through a stage of my life where I was very popular with a group of latino and Caribbean ladies ......... bring back those glory days :)
A group!
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Talking of Headingley/Yorkshire Post, we played in a T20 cup for many years. We assembled a fine t20 unit, full of big hitters and plenty of bowling. Having broken the cup record for highest scores twice in 4 matches we faced a final against Cambridge Meths. Things were going to plan when the first ball of the game went for six over the pavilion. However, things went off the rails at 24-7 off 8 overs. We did bat deep and scraped up 111 ao off 20 overs. The oppo were 50-1 off 9 but lost momentum and wickets at the wrong time to end up 100-7. Never have been so pleased to captain a team and to get us out of that situation.
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Last season would have been taking the catch to get a promising young fast bowler his first league wicket and then taking the stumping to give him 5 for in his first league game and batting with him when he CA's in as No11 and somehow Chinese cut the winning run so a great day for the lad.
My personal best would be scoring 120no on the day my grandfather died as he got me into cricket. I was at the ground when I was told and decided to play as he always wanted to play himself (hated rained off games etc in his day) probably the best I have ever hit a cricket ball to this day and it was chance less and for me personally I fantastic time on the pitch S I was also surrounded by team mates and the dressing room banter that happens. Really helped me that day.
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A Lad came out in a cup final and he started talking to all the bowlers being cocky etc. The usual. But then he started sledging us to the other batsman saying don't worry they can't bowl straight you'll be fine. Not even trying to hide it.
Then I come on to bowl couple of decent balls that he blocks I try the quicker one turns into a short double bouncer that he goes to smash misses and bowls him middle stump
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The large poo I had in the ditch behind long on, during a particularly turgid over at Old Hamptonians CC.
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Playing an old team in the last game of the season that was a cup final, they had beaten us comfortably 3 times that season already and had let me know all about it.
Snaffled one diving 1 handed in slip (only memory of this at the time or now is lying on the floor with the ball in one hand). Running out another. Being asked to bowl for the first time all season and getting 2 out. Highlight was my old captain, chucked a quicker one down leg and had him stumped of a wide, don't you love it when a plan comes together! Finally took the match winning catch in front of the pavilion.
This whole day beats my only ever ton in cricket, but only just.
I have never got so drunk after a match ever!
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Last season has to be against a proper bunch of knobs. First game one of their players was chirping away as they easily beat us, (everybody easily beats us), for no reason. We know we are rubbish but just enjoy playing. I offered him and him only a home made malted milk after the game which he was very confused about, but he was being a child so I thought it was fair. Second game against them, they come out all guns blazing. Batsman after batsman retires at 50, one after another, until chirpy man walks in. He hit about 3 runs bowled middle stump. We went mad, like we had won the biggest game of our lives. The look on his face was just the best thing in the world. And to top it off, their scorecard read 50,50,50,3,50,50,45. They scored 298 from 20 overs and we scored under 100. But still the best game of cricket I have played in ages!
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Last season has to be against a proper bunch of knobs. First game one of their players was chirping away as they easily beat us, (everybody easily beats us), for no reason. We know we are rubbish but just enjoy playing. I offered him and him only a home made malted milk after the game which he was very confused about, but he was being a child so I thought it was fair. Second game against them, they come out all guns blazing. Batsman after batsman retires at 50, one after another, until chirpy man walks in. He hit about 3 runs bowled middle stump. We went mad, like we had won the biggest game of our lives. The look on his face was just the best thing in the world. And to top it off, their scorecard read 50,50,50,3,50,50,45. They scored 298 from 20 overs and we scored under 100. But still the best game of cricket I have played in ages!
Not a single extra! England can only dream of that at mo.
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I may have massaged the figures slightly! There were many many extras! Our worst performance extra wise is 80 extras out of 178 runs :) Two Bats or Not Two Bats losing in style and grace circa 2011
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Opening partnership of 127, my mate having 17 and me 110, all in an evening league match
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Would have to be a few years ago playing for the club 2nd XI, the oppo batted first and fell to 40-4 before recovering to a pretty mammoth 285-4 from 45 overs. We knocked them off with 2 overs to spare about 7 wickets down, I scored a personal best of 153
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Playing a game against my (older) brother about 3 years ago, I ran down the track and smashed him back over his head for a one bounce four. He had his revenge in his next over though as I tried the same again and was bowled for 44 :(
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Reading the posts prompted me to remember around 40 seasons ago as a young player opening the batting against an opening bowler who was in his 50s who was giving me an earful each ball I did something completely out of character for me and against everything I had been taught re opening the batting I charged halfway down the track dropped on one knee and swept the bowler for a mighty six. Rather than shut the bowler up each ball he bowled after that he came at me like a hungry lion chasing a Gazelle.
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Played a mob of sledging arrogant d$ckheads a few years ago. We batted first and got a barrage of lip from them. We made a reasonable total. Following week we bowled them out cheaply and put them back in to got for the outright. Came down to one wicket remaining. I was at square leg and moved in close for the last ball as a hail mary. The ball popped up on the leg side and i dived forward and caught the mouthiest player to win the game. Very satisfying considering i was not the most athletic of players. Probably looked more like a whale beaching, but in my team's minds it was the best catch they had seen.
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Two moments I cant really decide between.
About 5 years ago we were playing against top in our league, they racked up 280 in about 40 overs and declared. We were 100-1 in the 15th over then 120-5 in the 20th. I wasn't the best batsman at the time but could tough it out. I batted for 42 overs for 46* batting with numbers 10 and 11 for 10 overs each. They were very frustrated (I was winding them up sledging back at them) and after the last ball of the innings the bowler threw the ball at me before he walked off. Suffice to say they were peeved off but I had the final laugh and they didn't get promoted in the end.
Second one happened last season. We turned up to a 2020 game with 9 players. We had 2 first eleven players, 3 second eleven players, 3 third eleven players and one who struggles to get in our fives. Miraculously against the oppos full first team we kept them down to 165 and chased it. Understandably they were shocked and started arguing amongst themselves. I batted 3 and scored 60 odd to put on a 130 partnership with one of my best mates to knock off the vast majority of the total. It was part of a ridiculous period where we played 6 games in a week (2020x2, LMSx2 + Sat+Sun cricket), he scored 350 runs and I scored 300. Spent the best part of a week in the middle with my mate! :D
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The large poo I had in the ditch behind long on, during a particularly turgid over at Old Hamptonians CC.
Ah! Just realised - technically not 'on' the field of play. >:(
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Ah! Just realised - technically not 'on' the field of play. >:(
How did you "wipe" if you don't mind me asking? Remember a massive number 2 at Thame a few years and blocking the toilet. We didn't like Thame at the time but weren't good enough to beat them at there place, so it felt like a victory of sorts.
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All this talk of sledging did set my mind racing.
We (I) got some fearful stick against a wetherby oppo one year. They turned down every plumb LBW in sight which got them 100 runs more than they deserved, we would of knocked them over for 30 odd otherwise. They had us at 50 odd for 5 chasing 120. I got a lifter and dropped my hands, just brushing the glove on the way. The appeal went up, I expect to be given out but our umpire hadn't seen or heard it. I don't walk on the principle that I've had so many rubbish decisions in the past I'm due something back. I carried on but got a fearful ear bashing during and after the game. Lucky for me I've played against decent cricketers and this amateur chirping for just boring. We won by 5 wickets and got ready for the re-match...
They come, we smacked up 340 odd in 45 overs. One guy got a ton, forum member Fros holed out on 97, the next guy in hit the oppo skipper (who likes a chirp) 27 in one over (4 sixes) and they crawled to 140-5 thanks to some dropped catches and us having to bowl spin in the fading light. As the oppo skipper came out of the changing room I said "fancy a beer, we have some food for you guys at the pub", he replied "no we want to get back and watch the 1st XI" - in near darkness 30 minutes away from the ground!
You know you've broken somebody when they can't even make a decent excuse up.
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It may be a bit cheesy to some, but my most satisfying moment has to be playing my first match after my battle with Testicular Cancer. It was my Club's last match of 2013 and just 2 weeks after my last round of chemotherapy, made a duck and fielded the ball once for an entire 40over game, but I couldn't have cared less. Just being back out that field was as good as scoring any hundred or taking a five for or hitting the winning runs.
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I have had a couple of good moments. Took a screamer of a catch on debut for my old sides 1st XI that was subsequently immortalised in the book 'A Last English Summer' by famous cricket writer Duncan Hamilton. Proved to be the turning point of the game which we went on to win, haven't even come close to taking any better and I'm not a terrible fielder.
I had a particular horrible spell where the radar had gone for a couple of months and eventually found my way down to the 3rd XI in which I was the oldest player by some distance at 23 other than the 52 year old skipper. Bowled well (3fa or something) and hit 30 odd runs batting at 11 to give that side their first win in 2 years, shame that our skipper was the only bloke old enough to buy me a beer!
Another more recent one that will live with me forever was keeping in a friendly game. They had a stocky older West Indian bloke batting and our offie bowler who is quite susceptible to a bit of tap is on. As he releases the ball, the batsman shouts in his West Indian accent, 'Oh, don' bowl der mann!' and subsequently plowed this ball off a half decent length about 60 yards over the long on boundary into the field. I was in tears laughing.
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I spend half of my innings talking to myself and commentating on my batting, the bowling and making sound effects when I hit the ball. Fielders think im a right oddball.
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One of mine would be having a 100 partnership with my Dad.
I've been in a few cup winning teams with my brothers as well.
And anytime I manage to be batting at the end when we win.
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we play a side home and away on tour each year. never won at their place and only won once at home. we restricted them to about 200 from 40 overs. we lost an early wicket me and the no.3 took the score onto 165-1 then had a collapse the no.11 facing the last over with 3 to win plays a massive agricultural and put the ball in the field next door
my dad wasn't dismissed last season only played a handful of games. first game this season he comes in to bat i get him caught behind second bowler with a lovely away swinger
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Mine was a school game (20 year ago), I captained our team and took my rightful spot at slip. Playing our local rivals, this stocky lad came in about number 5. After he blocked the first ball i said to the bowler I'll move out of first slip to deep square and bring point backward. The bowler didn't agree, but I persuaded him. Next ball the batsman stuck it straight down my throat at deep square, I didn't move an inch. My PE teacher umpiring at the bowlers end thought I was a young Mike Brearly, what he didn't know was this stocky lad played in my clubs U15 team which I also captained and I knew exactly where the 2nd ball was going! Still it felt great! :)
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How did you "wipe" if you don't mind me asking?
I used one of my socks and then slung it into the state school next door. It was very soft actually, I'm amazed more people don't wipe with socks.
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One of mine would be having a 100 partnership with my Dad.
I've been in a few cup winning teams with my brothers as well.
And anytime I manage to be batting at the end when we win.
@RF.....But there is nearly a whole team of you to begin with! I remember your dad batting 20 years ago.... it was boundary or out! well maybe thats a bit of injustice.
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It may be a bit cheesy to some, but my most satisfying moment has to be playing my first match after my battle with Testicular Cancer. It was my Club's last match of 2013 and just 2 weeks after my last round of chemotherapy, made a duck and fielded the ball once for an entire 40over game, but I couldn't have cared less. Just being back out that field was as good as scoring any hundred or taking a five for or hitting the winning runs.
Having not been in your shoes i can't imagine what it was like but i certainly understand why its up there as the most memorable moment for you!
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One of mine would be having a 100 partnership with my Dad.
I could probably keep getting my memory jogged forever on this thread...
Reminds me of when I put on 200 odd with my brother. Given I ground out 50 odd not out and he looked on another level smashing Beaconsfield to every part of the ground for 150*, you could call it frustrating and satisfying! Could'nt even run him out as he mainly dealt in boundaries :(
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All these have made me think of other ones I've enjoyed, some only last season, some a bit longer ago.
My first one was my first league run as a 13 year old. inwalked off 1* with my best mate and my Dad had one of his "proud parent moments".
Another one was against a Uni team, they'd reduced us to not many for 5 with their Chinese chinaman bowling (really!) and first ball I put a 6 straight back over his head.
Last season we had a guy in his mid 20s join the club. He'd never played before but is dead keen and a top bloke. In his first game I took a Worldie of a catch (one handed over my head at square leg). More special than the catch it was the guys first wicket and that made his day!
It's funny how the little things seem so meaningful after the event
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I could probably keep getting my memory jogged forever on this thread...
This!
Another one was batting for an hour and a half for 12*.
I went in at 10 with 65 on the board, the captain on 42*. I hung around as he blasted a century from 46 balls! It was awesome to watch. We were all out for 130 odd but I was delighted that I'd helped a mate get his first hundred as skipper!
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Not really impressive but there was one game in 2011 or 2012 where we played Aston Ingham at home, chasing about 180, came in at 5 with roughly 40 to win and hit 22 not out off about a run a ball (very quick for me!!). Every ball I faced was from the same end and I just remember creaming 5 fours through the off side field and seeing us home!
Another was playing Fairford away on the day of the air tattoo in 2010. Baking hot! Limited the oppo to 140. There was a 12 year old lad in something like his 2nd adult game for us, we got chatting and I was in at 3 and my time to bat came and he said 'hit a 6 Ollie mate, hit a 6!!' I said 'No chance mate I need to be sensible!' Needless to say, first 2 balls I faced were pushed back to the bowler. The third ball however, was driven over the bowler's head, straight into the sightscreen for 6 to get me off the mark With a little nod to the little guy. Then after a few quick wickets some of the younger kids finished it off. Including a 6 to hit the winning runs! Great fun.
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Another one would be when I was 14 batting 18 overs against the league leaders when we only had enough available to field one of our 2 teams. We was 50 odd for 6 when I came in 8. They instantly bought all the field in and brought on both there opening bowlers. The first one I faced was short and wide that I smacked for 4. When he got angry after me nudging and nurdling 2 covers later he tried bouncing me of which I swing for straight away and ended up top edging for 6. Ended up 34* after facing out all the opening bowler covers and taking a swing against a part timer. Good to see they all come and shook my hand at the end and said well played though. Which was a nice gesture.
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amazing how this thread jogs the memory. It's hazy now but when i was 14/ 15 we played a bitter local rival in a cup game, @RF should remember this. We were all out for 100 in a disappointing innings and their tails were up. I was first change, off spin, and despite the small total came on to eventually record my best ever figures of 6 for 8. For some reason i had taken to bowling in my cap.. which the opposition did not like but was totally legal and i took my 6th wicket to bowl them out for 100, effectively tying the game. After much deliberation and calls to the league representatives from their side the umpires awarded us the game on run rate. Great day. yes the figures were unbelievable but the elation of beating a local rival and pulling a victory out of no where was what i remember.
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I have had a couple of good moments. Took a screamer of a catch on debut for my old sides 1st XI that was subsequently immortalised in the book 'A Last English Summer' by famous cricket writer Duncan Hamilton. Proved to be the turning point of the game which we went on to win, haven't even come close to taking any better and I'm not a terrible fielder.
I had a particular horrible spell where the radar had gone for a couple of months and eventually found my way down to the 3rd XI in which I was the oldest player by some distance at 23 other than the 52 year old skipper. Bowled well (3fa or something) and hit 30 odd runs batting at 11 to give that side their first win in 2 years, shame that our skipper was the only bloke old enough to buy me a beer!
Another more recent one that will live with me forever was keeping in a friendly game. They had a stocky older West Indian bloke batting and our offie bowler who is quite susceptible to a bit of tap is on. As he releases the ball, the batsman shouts in his West Indian accent, 'Oh, don' bowl der mann!' and subsequently plowed this ball off a half decent length about 60 yards over the long on boundary into the field. I was in tears laughing.
Mate, who was this against?! I had the exact same thing in a game when a west Indian Gentlamen shouted "Don't bowl der mann!" as our Offie released a filthy ball?! Was a team in West London but I can't remember who!
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Mate, who was this against?! I had the exact same thing in a game when a west Indian Gentlamen shouted "Don't bowl der mann!" as our Offie released a filthy ball?! Was a team in West London but I can't remember who!
New Calypsonians, North London team really. The guy's name was Bumpy I think.
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@Boondougal - I remember that, it was against Hibaldstow at home in the cup, we didn't know who had won until after the game (we won cos we bowled them all out). Nick Gough nearly ended up fighting with one of their lads (Coggy, I think). Still gets talked about every now and then in bar at Hirst Priory.
When was your last season for us? Did you play 97 / 98?
I remember you batting all day away at Brigg once.
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@Boondougal - I remember that, it was against Hibaldstow at home in the cup, we didn't know who had won until after the game (we won cos we bowled them all out). Nick Gough nearly ended up fighting with one of their lads (Coggy, I think). Still gets talked about every now and then in bar at Hirst Priory.
When was your last season for us? Did you play 97 / 98?
I remember you batting all day away at Brigg once.
@RF
Hiblestow?.... I always thought it was west butterwick but your prob right! Beer is the kryptonite of memories!!
I bet 97/98 was the last season.
Life time ago.
Me bat all day... Surely not! I think you mean John. He was pleased with a run an over strike rate!
Good times... Loving this thread.
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@Boondougal You batted all day playing for a losing draw, I think you opened and they couldn't get you out. One of them bowled underarm at you trying to take the p**s and you just tapped it back to him, brilliant!
It was Hibaldstow in the cup definitely.
Did you play at West Butterwick when I got 9?
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New Calypsonians great bunch. But I digress. Oppo had to win to get promoted. we hated them it was about 90 degree's. I opened and scored 14 of 52 overs. My fellow bat also renown for his quick scoring rate got 22. 38-0 off 52 overs chasing 315 excellent day's work. We didn't take leg byes or any singles for most of the match because we both liked the end we were at. Happy days.
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@KIPPERS I bet you were popular
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There was this time in 2013 when I went on a bit of a test match style bowling marathon bowling unchanged for an hour,sending down unplayable deliveries and managed to return a 7 for to wrap up a win for a rouge team of kit hoarders out together and captained by a Hobbit. That was a good cricketing memory especially as I'm a keeper/batsmen really.
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A few that spring to mind.
Getting through 25 overs on the reel at wythall, playing for aston old eds in div 4 of the works league. It was my last game before I left for walmley in the b'ham league. I'd grown up with the club but played my junior cricket at walmley. We got 150 with an end of the season rag tag side (6 genuine cricketers, 3 rugby lads, 2 social members). Me and the other opening bowler bowled unchanged throughout. I took 4 for 55, we lost by 2 wickets.
Putting on 90 with my mate against har borne, we were 80 -8 at the time and ended up getting a good winning draw. It made both speeches at his wedding when I was best man!! We had great fun, we got 47 and 40 respectively.
Lastly, Kidderminster had got 290 on a lovely deck and we thought although a big score was getable. 7 overs later we were 12 - 5. Batted 2 and a half hours for 49* to get us to 170 - 8. The purpose of draw cricket!! I turned down a single off the penultimate over to get to my 50 as the number 10 said he was confident to face. He faced the six balls, 2 in the nuts and 1 in the shoulder he walked off wounded but still able to say his 0* saved us another point!!
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Scoring my first 50 off 22 balls last year and then coming on as 2nd change bowler to take 5 in the same game!
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Mine probably would be hitting the winning runs in the cup quarter final this year. We bowled the opposition for 160ish. We were 6 down when I came in, needing 8 to win with 2 overs left. The skipper blocked back the first 2 balls of the penultimate over and we took a single off the third. He then bowled a juicy half volley outside off-stump which I hit for four. And then the next ball, I decided to swing off my (No Swearing Please) and it ended up going for a one-bounce four.
Very close contender, but we lost the game, was a game against Royton when we were 5 for 5... Myself and the skipper put on 90 odd as we were bowled out for 110 on an absolute minefield. We ended up losing by one wicket though.
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Mine last season was us getting all out for 64(me 6*). We some how managed to get them out for 60 our captain got 7-11 i took a brilliant one handed diving catch at silly point but the best one was oppo batsmen defending a bouncer an my brother running forward from short midwicket diving an catching the ball at the batsmen's feet. Look on his face was priceless
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New Calypsonians, North London team really. The guy's name was Bumpy I think.
That's them! Haha, must be a common line then...
We brought on our (At the time 16 year old but looks younger) spinner, the batsman blocks the first ball and at the other end his mate goes "Why you making dis little kid look good mon? 'it 'im outta de park".... brilliant.
Who do you play for Tango?
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That's them! Haha, must be a common line then...
We brought on our (At the time 16 year old but looks younger) spinner, the batsman blocks the first ball and at the other end his mate goes "Why you making dis little kid look good mon? 'it 'im outta de park".... brilliant.
Who do you play for Tango?
Aldenham which is up near Watford. You?
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Another one springs to mind. Played a team from Cheltenham who were pretty dire...we had them 8 for 6 wickets down after about 12 overs. It then pissed down. Went back on the field and the bowler forgot to put his spikes back on, and bowled a 14 ball over...
All out for 85 thanks to a lower order slogger. We had a top order wobble and I came in at 5. Saw us home, needed 3 to win and I wanted to end it with a boundary, so I smacked one feet away from the bowler's head for 4. First time (out of 2 in total) I hit the winning runs Finished on 29* Great memories
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I saw this thread a week ago and it's taken this amount of time to actually think of something but even now I am scraping the barrel a bit !!!
First up, 2012 and we were supposed to be playing in a T20 round robin of a cup competition but the heavens had opened the day before and a large lake now occupied half the cricket field. However the square was dry enough so progression to the next round was decided by a bowl out. I was only in the side because a number of 1st XI players weren't available but unbeknown to me, the skipper had designated me to be 1 of the 5 bowlers and worst still, I was to bowl the first 2 deliveries of the bowl out. I am not someone who usually thrives under pressure but I actually hit the stumps with my first ball. I missed with my second delivery but we won the bowl out and went through to the next round. Small things please small minds but I felt right chuffed with myself after that.
Going back about 5 years, I took a Sunday friendly side over to Idle, West Yorkshire (famous for the Idle Working Men's Club). Sunday friendly matches are never too serious so through some interesting bowling changes, we found ourselves chasing around 150 and were cruising but then lost 5-6 wickets for almost nothing. Suddenly 9 wickets down with 27 still needed. I came in at No.11 having not hit a run all season (in any form of cricket) but much to my delight, the bowler put the ball exactly where I like it which allowed me to clout 3 sixes plus a couple of fours and we won the match. OK it was only a friendly but that was the first time I had ever played a match winning innings (in terms of properly taking the team over the finish line).
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My most satisfying moment came at the end of one of the most frustrating games I have played in ,the club first team's season finished a week earlier than ours so some of them decided they would invade our team ,they didn't take the game very seriously as our grade was "so below them" ,they all threw their wickets away and I scored the winning runs with a boundary off a beautifully timed leg glance - probably still one of my weakest shots :)
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My most best moment was this year getting my 1st senior wicket on one of my deputy heads at school he avoids me in the corridor now. I was 14 when I got him out, will always be one to remember.
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ive had so many mega times playing cricket its hard to choose, but two spring to mind
first was many moons ago,,playing a Sunday friendly against a very good local team
We were struggling for players, so managed to get my son in the team,(i think he was about ten at the time,maybe younger)
We batted first, i got a few and retired, which is always nice
Whilst fielding, i made sure my son was near me,so i could keep an eye on him
We fielded in the covers and were kept fairly busy,(id taken four catches) when their captain,(6,4" farmer,built like a house side!) skied one straight up above us.
It was in the air long enough for most of our team to tell me to let my son catch it! but i just couldnt risk his hands at that age to a ball that must have come down with snow on it! so actually took the catch one handed about three inches from the top of his head.
My sons 6,4" himself now, and still cant believe i caught the ball the way i did.
The second was last season, batting with my son, we put on a 170 run partnership to win the match
Watching him pull a Somerset age group bowler for six was special and realising how far he has come as a cricketer
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Who do you and you son play for Northern ?
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Sundays at Exford cc in Somerset , he plays at Minehead cc
Saturdays and mid week in Oxfordshire
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Any and every time when I decide to play a lofted shot - that moment's tension in the downswing as you think, "oh crap, was that the right choice", before hopefully seeing the ball fly away.