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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: Kulli on May 24, 2020, 01:26:38 PM
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Don’t see a 2020 your season thread (for obvious reasons) so here goes.
Luck enough to play my first game of the season Today. Ground out a pretty horrible 34 off 60 odd as we were 12-4 early on. Limped to 155 in our 30 overs.
They chased it for 7 down with a couple of overs to spare but picked up 4-32 and it was coming out ok.
Great to just be back out there though. :D
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Congratulations on playing some cricket! Just a little jealous.
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What is this "2020 season" you speak of?
We've had a few say they won't bother if they impose some of the proposed restrictions such as no changing facilities, so even if we do get some cricket I don't think we'll be putting out a full strength side. :(
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What country is that @Kulli? Not UK I guess (I think you mentioned Prague once before)? Any restrictions e.g. no saliva?
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What country is that @Kulli? Not UK I guess (I think you mentioned Prague once before)? Any restrictions e.g. no saliva?
Norway.
A whole pile of restrictions, no saliva on the ball, keeper not allowed closer to the stumps than 1m.
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Wow. How many teams in the Norway league?
I have a suggestion for the saliva business. Now, I'm not a bowler, but I've just been experimenting with alternatives to saliva for shining an old ball. I compared a bit of hand sanitiser, an antiviral surface cleaner, and regular saliva. I get exactly the same results for all three treatments and one side of the ball shines up nicely. Not sure about using it for spinners to improve their grip as I'm not sure how that's done, but I don't see why not.
So, have any real bowlers tried this kind of thing yet? Does it work for you? I don't see why the umpire shouldn't provide a bottle of suitable liquid spray that the captain or bowler could administer once an over, or whatever.
There must be an alternative (non bodily fluid) that would do the same job?
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Norway.
A whole pile of restrictions, no saliva on the ball, keeper not allowed closer to the stumps than 1m.
How did the keeper go to spinners 1m back? Did any stumpings get missed?
That just seems a bit much if you ask me (I am a keeper).
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There must be an alternative (non bodily fluid) that would do the same job?
https://thesportsrush.com/kookaburra-cricket-ball-shine-polish-australian-firm-comes-up-with-saliva-alternative-to-shine-cricket-ball/
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How did the keeper go to spinners 1m back? Did any stumpings get missed?
That just seems a bit much if you ask me (I am a keeper).
Got to keep 2m away. If a few stumping get missed so what.. surely if you are mad keen to play it doesn’t really matter ? It won’t be competitive so just friendly stuff
Like one of the lads below, can’t see many sides putting anything but Sunday friendly standard sides out if at all this season
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https://thesportsrush.com/kookaburra-cricket-ball-shine-polish-australian-firm-comes-up-with-saliva-alternative-to-shine-cricket-ball/
Yes, that's possible. But would it make shining the ball too easy? And what about spinners who use saliva to get a better grip, don't they?
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Wow. How many teams in the Norway league?
There’s about 70 odd clubs.
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How did the keeper go to spinners 1m back? Did any stumpings get missed?
That just seems a bit much if you ask me (I am a keeper).
Had less of an effect than I anticipated (I’m an offie) but when batting it definitely made me more confident in getting out to the spinners.
The recommended social distancing here has been reduced form 2 to 1m
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Got to keep 2m away. If a few stumping get missed so what.. surely if you are mad keen to play it doesn’t really matter ? It won’t be competitive so just friendly stuff
Like one of the lads below, can’t see many sides putting anything but Sunday friendly standard sides out if at all this season
That maybe the case but my reasoning purely is the likelihood of the transmission of the virus from batsman to keeper is very very negligible when the batsman is fully kitted up plus helmet etc...and the government have already said it can't be transferred by sweat. Keeper is already approx 1m back when you take into account the crease and behind the stumps.
I realise you are going to say it isn't a risk worth taking but I simply don't see the risk that's all.
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That maybe the case but my reasoning purely is the likelihood of the transmission of the virus from batsman to keeper is very very negligible when the batsman is fully kitted up plus helmet etc...and the government have already said it can't be transferred by sweat. Keeper is already approx 1m back when you take into account the crease and behind the stumps.
I realise you are going to say it isn't a risk worth taking but I simply don't see the risk that's all.
Nah, each to their own.
Competitive cricket can’t be played with any realistic outcome though while many players won’t play, turns it into a mockery. Friendlies though, If people want too pay, crack on
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Had less of an effect than I anticipated (I’m an offie) but when batting it definitely made me more confident in getting out to the spinners.
The recommended social distancing here has been reduced form 2 to 1m
I don't anticipate it having much of an effect. Most of the time we play without a specialist keeper anyway, and the bloke that fills in stands at least 1m back to the spinners anyway.
It's still close enough that if someone dances down the track and misses it, they might as well keep walking.
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If you’re used to playing at a level with fairly poo keepers I doubt you’ll notice the change, but if you’re use to proper keepers you’ve got a lot more time to get back if you do get beaten.
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If you’re used to playing at a level with fairly poo keepers I doubt you’ll notice the change, but if you’re use to proper keepers you’ve got a lot more time to get back if you do get beaten.
This.. if I leave my crease vs a spinner and miss it I’m gone 99% of the time. If the keeper is a Back, I’ll get back every time and I’ll defiantly be coming down the crease most balls to force the bowler short. Easy easy pickings with a keeper back hence why you can’t do it in a competitive game as it distorts it.
Still, if it allows friendlies to be played then crack on. Better to be safe than not safe or not play
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Nah, each to their own.
Competitive cricket can’t be played with any realistic outcome though while many players won’t play, turns it into a mockery. Friendlies though, If people want too pay, crack on
I don't really get the 'competitive cricket can't be played if some people don't play' argument. Why not? Though I do think it's totally fair to say the more the rules have to chance the less seriously the cricket is likely to be taken.
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The 2020 season has officially been cancelled... :(
The Hampshire Cricket League has abandoned its entire summer programme for the first time in its 48-year history due to the on-going Covid-19 pandemic.
The league’s 299 teams were due to have begun their 17-rounds of matches four weeks ago on May 9, but long before then the ECB suspended all domestic cricket countrywide.
That suspension now extends to at least 1 August, leaving only five Saturdays of the season left and making it impossible for the Hampshire League’s teams to play anything other than friendly matches, if they even get the chance to do that.
League chairman Denis Emery explained: “We decided a while ago that if restrictions were to be lifted so we could play by June 27, we would complete the second half of the season over an eight-week period in July and August, with promotion and relegation between our 17 divisions being administered.
“Directly the ECB extended the suspension of domestic cricket – initially until July 4 and now August 1 – we could obviously not fulfil even half the season, so reluctantly we’ve had to abandon the league altogether.
“As soon as we get a re-start date, the HCL Committee will inform clubs and will be available to help with any queries to get games on.
“We will also soon send out a Covid-19 questionnaire for clubs’ feedback on their preparations ready for a start.
“We are all fully aware there is a far bigger picture here with this pandemic and can just hope that, if the barrier is lifted and they get the opportunity, clubs can arrange friendly matches between themselves and get some desperately needed income into their coffers.”
https://www.vimpsatthecrease.com/latest-news/hampshire-league-season-officially-abandoned# (https://www.vimpsatthecrease.com/latest-news/hampshire-league-season-officially-abandoned#)
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They've contradicted the ECB there, August 1st was for professional cricket. Recreational cricket is 'suspended until further notice'. It probably won't be by then, but would be an interesting one if the ok for amateurs came by June 27th!
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They've contradicted the ECB there, August 1st was for professional cricket. Recreational cricket is 'suspended until further notice'. It probably won't be by then, but would be an interesting one if the ok for amateurs came by June 27th!
Its such a lazy announcement from the HCB where they have completely missed the point of the ECB statement and then subsequent announcement from the Govt.
The ECB 3 days ago actually released a statement saying recreational cricket is following a different path to the professional domestic game.
The least they could have done is keep the league structure so people could use the fixtures as friendlies
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Its such a lazy announcement from the HCB where they have completely missed the point of the ECB statement and then subsequent announcement from the Govt.
The ECB 3 days ago actually released a statement saying recreational cricket is following a different path to the professional domestic game.
The least they could have done is keep the league structure so people could use the fixtures as friendlies
Not to let HCB off the hook, but it just shows how utterly useless the ECB's communications are if a cricket board can totally misunderstand it like this.
What we need from the ECB is positive, proactive, clear, well-organised leadership. What we get is negative, reactive, confused and chaotic.
I'm seeing the same discussions on here, facebook, twitter, WhatsApp and linkedin: I haven't found a single person who is impressed with the way the ECB are handling this.
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Cheshire county league have also said they're looking at a regionalised T20 comp only starting 1 August.
I think they have read the ECB note wrong though, as they say it's been confirmed that there will be no recreational cricket before then. In fact the only thing the ECB note DOES say is that recreational cricket is on a different timescale to 1 August!
If it turns out to be allowed from July (say) and we can't play because the board have been planning for the wrong thing I will be pi**ed.
http://www.cheshirecountycl.org.uk/chairmans-update-62185 (http://www.cheshirecountycl.org.uk/chairmans-update-62185)
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The 2020 season has officially been cancelled... :(
https://www.vimpsatthecrease.com/latest-news/hampshire-league-season-officially-abandoned# (https://www.vimpsatthecrease.com/latest-news/hampshire-league-season-officially-abandoned#)
:( :( :(
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If you were only able to get half a league season in, how would you feel about promotion and relegation? with the potential for teams to be forced into 7 day isolations should they come into contact with Covid19 and many players not playing due to feeling uncomfortable about catching it or being high risk, I don't think it would be fair on any team to be relegated nor promoted.
Might be an unpopular opinion as I would love some competitive cricket rather than a load of friendlies, but I don't see how it can work.
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I think IF we got half a season in then one up one down would be a reasonable compromise. That relies on all the clubs having access to their grounds though, which may not be a given. Not too fussed about weakened sides as that's part and parcel of the game - days when clubs got the same 11 out every week are long gone, so long as everyone puts sides out it would be ok. Suspect that's probably not sustainable for a full league structure though, inevitably some sides wouldn't be able to get 11 which would start to cause problems. Understand why a lot of leagues have called promotion off even if they did it a bit early - sadly probably the right call in the long run. I'm sure some leagues will come up with good solutions to keep things competitive even if many don't.
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The Two Counties has sent out a communication that as long as the league structure can start by the 2nd half of the season which for us is July the 4th or within a couple of weeks of that date then they favoured format is 1 up and 1 down. The exception being the EAPL which have already stated there will be no relegation which I assume means no promotion either. The EAPL is made up of teams from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex I believe so all there div1 teams in that region must be the same that no promotion will exist.
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We've been given a provisional date of the 18th for our first fixture. Exciting
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The Two Counties has sent out a communication that as long as the league structure can start by the 2nd half of the season which for us is July the 4th or within a couple of weeks of that date then they favoured format is 1 up and 1 down. The exception being the EAPL which have already stated there will be no relegation which I assume means no promotion either. The EAPL is made up of teams from Suffolk, Norfolk and Essex I believe so all there div1 teams in that region must be the same that no promotion will exist.
And Cambridgeshire
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TVL looking to start on 18th, extend the season by one week as the 18th is week 11, so week 10 fixtures now on 12th September.
We've got a friendly booked in for next Saturday provisionally vs Amersham, not sure if home or away but Amersham is a lovely place to play if we are away.
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TVL looking to start on 18th, extend the season by one week as the 18th is week 11, so week 10 fixtures now on 12th September.
We've got a friendly booked in for next Saturday provisionally vs Amersham, not sure if home or away but Amersham is a lovely place to play if we are away.
Can I just ask what the TVL have said about format?
There is a big debate at our club about whether the 2 Counties could have got in half a season, and maybe called the league season off too early.
But I have pointed out that whatever the ECB say about format to play, then the league would then have to abide by surely??
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Nothing confirmed about format apart from all win/lose with no promotion or relegation.
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Nothing confirmed about format apart from all win/lose with no promotion or relegation.
Hearing the first few games might be t20s but in discussions
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I’m struggling to understand how people can plan anything without knowing the format and number of players allowed.
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I’m struggling to understand how people can plan anything without knowing the format and number of players allowed.
Totally agree. We are poised to get things sorted as soon as guidance is issued.
Looks like reduced numbers is removed from Step 4 from latest info which would be a big win.
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Two counties scrapped our season despite saying in May that if we could start by mid July which looks to be the case we would have half a season.
Another club has kindly started arranging min local leagues so we have 6 games starting on July the 18th with normal 45 over format but a 12pm start which lots of clubs want as the normal but the good old Two Counties board also dismiss it.
Club T20 next week think we have 3 teams next Sunday so ensuring we have teams mixed with sat, sun, ladies players to get as many back to the club as possible.
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I’m struggling to understand how people can plan anything without knowing the format and number of players allowed.
Far too sensible a though that!
I feel the Two Counties made the right call. They set out why they needed 3 weeks notice to make the decision on cancelling the league. The ECB and gov made a very late call, still with no real information about format with 6 days to go...
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Played our first game of our half season today. No shaking hands but fist bumps allowed. Good to be playing again.
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Two counties scrapped our season despite saying in May that if we could start by mid July which looks to be the case we would have half a season.
Another club has kindly started arranging min local leagues so we have 6 games starting on July the 18th with normal 45 over format but a 12pm start which lots of clubs want as the normal but the good old Two Counties board also dismiss it.
Club T20 next week think we have 3 teams next Sunday so ensuring we have teams mixed with sat, sun, ladies players to get as many back to the club as possible.
This is where we are at as well, as far as I am aware.
6 club mini-league looking to start on the 18th once the ECB guidelines are out. 1st's and 2nd's play reverse fixtures like a double header.
Next Saturday hopefully we will play a club match if a pitch available.
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We are going for an inter club game next saturday. Very excited.
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Many clubs have sunday cricket fixtures all the way to mid October. If leagues start from lets say 18th July, can't see why leagues can push the fixtures back till end of September or mid October.
It's been just one of those season and desperate times call for desperate measure. That is about 13 to 14 weeks, enough to be considered for promotion/releagation.
Saying this cause, I feel playing league cricket without promotion/relegation incentive would just take charm out and there won't be same level of enthusiasm, competition and interest.
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I guess that may be complicated by many grounds having crossover with football, both in terms of facilities and players.
Our league are meeting today with the hope, not expectation that we'll start some form of competition this weekend. I think the followimg weekend is more realistic and I don't think we'll see more than 6 or 7 weeks of cricket, taking into account the above. Our club will be decimated by players playing football, which would compromise the integrity of the league. As much as I'd like to play a full season into October, I can't see that being the norm
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You got a point there mate. Like people are talking about borrowing first two weeks of September, (9 weeks, half a season), I would be happy with that but with relegation/promotion. Friendly league matches won't have the same vibe. There are enough friendlies on sundays.
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Did anyone get to play? Any good results for anyone?
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Hugh Jardon took 6 for 9 for cockermouth
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We played an inter club yesterday.
It was great to be back playing. The ground looked fantastic (we’ve just got a new electronic scoreboard).
The cricket was a bit tame, lacked a bit of edge. I was 19 not out but pretty slowly as the track wasn’t fast. Then took 2-12, always nice to have a bowl.
Sanitising your hands every 6 overs is a bit over the top and not throwing the ball round after a delivery is a bit weird but if we have to do that to play then I’m OK with it.
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We had an intra club match - was so great to be back! We set chairs and spacings up for social distancing
The hand sanitiser is every 6 became normal quite quickly - would love to know the science behind why 6 overs and not 10 for example but anyway.
To the match started well with a 50 retired however not so good in the field dropping two catches - practice needed
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We had a round of friendlies, 1s to 4s all vs Amersham. We lost all four, but some of our youngsters stood up in the 1s. They were pretty much full strength, whilst we were giving four u16s a go, and they did well.
Personally a dnb as we got 147/7 off 40, with our top order finding fielders beautifully. We were clearly a bit rusty when bowling as there were quite a few wides, I probably bowled five. My figures were 3/63 from 8, with a short straight boundary and buzzers contributing to it, as well as some filth.
All in all, a day's cricket, sun burnt nose and ripped my trousers fielding - what's not to love?!
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We had an intra club match - was so great to be back! We set chairs and spacings up for social distancing
The hand sanitiser is every 6 became normal quite quickly - would love to know the science behind why 6 overs and not 10 for example but anyway.
To the match started well with a 50 retired however not so good in the field dropping two catches - practice needed
Is it 'science' or is it just down to deciding that after at least 36 balls, so meaning at least 72 hands being on it it's worth sanitising just in case. It's about mitigating risks and the lazier people are the more worthless these things become. The more people ignore social distancing etc the more likely we are to keep having infections and then potentially comes the winter. All for a beer or a few extra overs.
It's a pain but meh, if that means people can play then it's worth it.
Sure, the game yesterday (and every game this year whether they try and call it 'league' or not) lacked any form of intensity but then I will say that it was one of themore enjoyable games to play in... no sledging, no verbals and people just smiling and joking with each other.. That is how amateur cricket should be really.
Have to say that I didn't think at the game and their second ground followed the rules at all (they tried but the players/spectators ignored it). Not sure if it's just clubs and players sticking two fingers up or whether the rules aren't strict enough. I think only 4 came in whites.. the rest in normal cricket attire, everyone still dragged their bags out and piles them together. One team decided that full contact football was perfectly fine then did a normal cricket warm up for 20 mins but zero sanitation between all this. I think I counted 12 under the front of the club house all sat in a line as you would previously..
Not sure what can be done but I can't see anything more than less and less following as each game is played.
Was very enjoyable just to play and sadly I wasn't required to bat as they only got 149 so there wasn't much point me batting. I enjoyed a 90 min run around the boundary as fitness instead.
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Oh yes absolutely minimising risk is what it’s about I just wondered - not fussed or felt it was a pain
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Had either a league rep or council rep come and inspect yesterday during the game to make sure the club was prepared and protocols were being followed
Towards the end of the game, the 1m wasn’t followed, most forgot to bring their own bottle of hand sanitiser, food was shared by a few and people still handshaking. Pure stupidity but players not taking virus prevention protocols seriously
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Had either a league rep or council rep come and inspect yesterday during the game to make sure the club was prepared and protocols were being followed
Towards the end of the game, the 1m wasn’t followed, most forgot to bring their own bottle of hand sanitiser, food was shared by a few and people still handshaking. Pure stupidity but players not taking virus prevention protocols seriously
The club should not pick those players for the next game - HAS to be taken seriously
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The club should not pick those players for the next game - HAS to be taken seriously
I agree but the captains didn’t enforce it/a lot of ignorant players. Hopefully it improves next week but If it continues I won’t play many more games.
The chairman of the league (committee member) was also there but did nothing either
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I agree but the captains didn’t enforce it/a lot of ignorant players. Hopefully it improves next week but If it continues I won’t play many more games.
The chairman of the league (committee member) was also there but did nothing either
Let’s be honest, no club is going to ban players or enforce rules as they want the bar takings etc
I just stayed away from everyone tbh, sanitised every over and after touching the ball and when batting the keeper came up so i just batted outside my crease to keep 2m distance . If I miss the call and get stumped I don’t really care as 2020 isn’t anything but friendly crixket even though they will (and some teams will) try and play ‘league’ games . It’s really not worth the risk
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Come to a local ground to take a look at the Sunday game ... no player in whites yet and not much social distancing currently 🤦♂️
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On the field, I can get it, it is 2nd nature what you do, some of us have been doing it for 25+ years. People will also get caught up in the moment regarding wicket celebrations etc...
However, off the field there is absolutely no excuse, to not follow the guidelines.
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Folk will do whatever they want, still safer than all these protests that the government allowed to happen without punishment to the offenders
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Great to play yesterday in an inter-club team match. Didn't bowl and batted 5. Felt in good touch and got to 19 before team mate gave me out lbw. Everyone thought it was too high, so a bit disappointing not to go on. Just good to get out and fantastic turn out. Especially as a lot of locals turned up to watch. Bar must have done very well.
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Had an intra club T29 day today had 3 teams made up of 10 players so 30 max across all our sides so had sat 1st team players, Sunday 2nd and the ladies all merges together.
Spirit was fantastic as everyone was so glad to be back playing. Ball sanatised every 6 overs was fine and didn’t really notice and was great to play with and get to know a few players have had very little social interaction with as don’t play very much Sunday cricket.
Highlight was opening the batting with my daughter as this was due to he her first year playing any form of cricket for our ladies side now she is old enough and having a nice 20 run stand before she missed a straight one.
No real highlights for me scored 2 and 24 in the two games but scoring runs with a bat I made myself was also very nice including 5 x 4’s in the second game.
Keeping was really good for first game back, 4 byes that was such a wide it was laughable but as I had bragged about no byes after the first game someone thought they would put pay to that lol. 3 stumpings and a regulation catch behind was a decent start.
Local mini league starts 25th July so maybe try and get a friendly in next weekend.
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We had a T20 tonight, and as T20 skipper I was in charge of making sure that everything was done correctly. I was very impressed with how well my young side coped with all the rigmarole. We did the sanitiser breaks every five overs rather than six, so that teams could maintain momentum at the end of their innings.
We got 160, personally made 26 batting at 3. Given how many bowlers I had I'd already decided that I wouldn't bowl, and the only one of us over 20 bowled in the end. We kept them under control right up to the last couple of overs, when they had some more powerful bats than early on. I don't know the exact score but we won by about 30 I think.
Despite all the extra precautions, tonight was one of the most enjoyable games I've had as a captain. Everyone played a role and executed skills well.
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Played a Friendly T20 this evening and was so good to get back playing cricket was a friendly against a side we have in our County T20 comp which starts on Wednesday evening. All the protocols were followed and apart from the obvious no changing rooms and food it went really smoothly. Just disappointing that after a great game played in a tough but friendly manner couldn’t shake hands at the end.
We batted first and agreed to retire batters on 35 to get as many people a game as possible. I went in after 5 balls and after netting poorly the last couple of weeks and batting like a drain in out intra club game last weekend everything just clicked this evening and I made 38* retired from 22 balls. And we finished 167/5 with everyone bat No11 getting a bat.
We won with the Oppo finishing on 151-7 with everyone bar myself and keeper for the evening having a bowl and took a high skied catch which I can’t remember the last time I didn’t have gloves on and was a bit squeaky bum time. Followed by a lovely beer and socially distanced chat.
Competitive cricket in T20 and Mini local league starts next week and can’t wait. Absence certainly makes the heart grow fonder
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Long day in the dirt for us. We lost the game in the first ten overs realistically. We dropped an opener on 30 who got 113 in quick time before being bbqd by his team mate. They got 298/4 off 40 - good deck but not a 300 deck. Personally 0/37 from five, three great overs going for 8 combined, two others where my line slipped too straight and I went for 29 in those two combined.
Batting the openers went OK, despite the skipper not walking for a clear nick behind pulling and not being given out. I was at 8 but suddenly got dropped to 9, which was weird but I rolled with it. Numbers 3-8 scored 9 between them, whilst I tried to give us some respectability in the final result and got 38 off 20. Opposition were keen on the @Neon Cricket bat, rating the fact I was smashing them about whilst using a fluorescent green bat! We ended 153ao vs their 298/4. Big reality check for us, but I feel happy that I was able to contribute with the bat.
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So glad to be back playing. Had a slightly frustrating weekend. Good league win Saturday and got 42. Felt in good touch, but gave my wicket away when should have gone on. Then today scored 35, but completely out of touch and couldn't time anything. Hard to believe how good I felt yesterday compared to today.
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My Saturday could've been better...
1 stumping and 1 not given... standard
Then chasing 166 off 30 overs I went in with us needing 20 off 3 overs and received an absolute Jaffa that flicked the top of off stump first ball - thanks for coming!
We lost the game by 9 runs
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A glorious 5* at 8
And a pretty good run out
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Played my first game of the season, not done a great deal of prep unless you consider keeping Britain's Craft beer industry alive preparation, 40 over game, they got 204 for 2 off 40, we kept is quite tight bowling and I caught a decent diving catch much to the delight of the crowd who were giving me pelters for a terrible throw 2 balls earlier.
Our batting got off to a slow start, they had 5 county U16's playing for them who all bowled great lines, they got our 2 openers out cheaply so it was my turn, for some reason I chose to sweep their leg spinner first ball which is very unlike me, but it paid off, I went on to get 57* off 56 balls, got us over the line to get the batting point but we lost the game. Really enjoyed it though, 1st 50 since returning to cricket after a 15 year absence.
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I got a first baller, we got the opposition out for 178 then fell 5 short chasing. Frustrating when we were 155/3!!
They are a league above us and up until the season before last were a Prem side, makes it worse
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50 retired in the 1st game of the season Saturday before last.
81 this Saturday it should have been a 100 but I'm old, fat and out of shape. I should have been out first ball of the game so nice to have a bit of luck.
Lovely to be back playing and enjoying the banter :)
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2 games this weekend, won one lost one
just really nice to be playing again!
too crap dismissals personally, both very lazy shots one chopped on one caught and bowled but thats ok as i got ot play!
roll on wednesday then next weekend!
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Yesterday we came up against a guy that hadn't played cricket for 16 years. In his third over, he had a wicket maiden. In his fourth over, a two wicket maiden. He ended up with 5-12.
Last year we beat them twice and we'd turned up with a pretty strong side. We tried but were all out for 80 chasing 180.
The guys name was Kansan Axaya and said he'd played club cricket in India. We later heard he was involved in the Indian youth team setup. Anybody know him?
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Played my first game for a year today. Finally.
I didn't get to play last year due to moving house.
Anyway we had a very strong bowling attack and rolled the oppo for 43...
Still we knocked them off before the rain came, with a flurry of boundaries and a 6 to finish.
Nice. The R1 has been christened.
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Played our first mini league game today.
Felt really good an a bit of a dodgy track and had a brain fade hit one straight to cover but thought it hand beat him for him to pick up and knock down the stumps must have been 6ft short of my crease. Think that may be the first time Iv ever been run out in league cricket.
Anyway we made 175 off 39.3 overs from a 40 over innings.
Only got 12 overs in before heavens opened but took one of the best catches of my life keeping with a full
Length dive and one handed grab off our quick opener really was a special catch so made up for my idiot batting.
Ok to next week
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First league match of the season and ended up losing to a 12 year old + 13 year old. 12 year old scored exactly half of the opposition's 132 (66 for anyone struggling with the maths) and then his 13 year old mate picked up 5 wickets as we stumbled 96-7 in reply.
I picked up with 3 wickets but then was made to look a complete idiot with the bat by the aforementioned 13 year old who could turn the ball both ways. However I did actually end up not out and in double figures which I suppose isn't too bad considering I hadn't picked up a bat since the first week of March. It would have been even better had I managed to hit the ball off the square.
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Saved by the rain. Our top order failed again, three caught in the cordon driving on a pitch that clearly wasn't there for the big drive, and another falling over a straight ball. We were 75ao, but never got on after tea. I got 11, a couple of drives through extra off their spinner before being early on a slog sweep and getting caught at long on. I was batting with our 16yo opening bowler so had to try for some respectability.
I had been dropped to the 2s for this week - to strengthen the batting and get overs in the legs. This is despite second top scoring last week, now two weeks running. Feels like I am going to be the scapegoat for the top order failing again when the coach is back available.
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Saved by the rain. Our top order failed again, three caught in the cordon driving on a pitch that clearly wasn't there for the big drive, and another falling over a straight ball. We were 75ao, but never got on after tea. I got 11, a couple of drives through extra off their spinner before being early on a slog sweep and getting caught at long on. I was batting with our 16yo opening bowler so had to try for some respectability.
I had been dropped to the 2s for this week - to strengthen the batting and get overs in the legs. This is despite second top scoring last week, now two weeks running. Feels like I am going to be the scapegoat for the top order failing again when the coach is back available.
Maybe look at it a different way and just be glad you're out there playing with all that's going/gone on...
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We won yesterday and the rain skirted around us.
Good to be playing competitive cricket again
Only got 16 with the bat but felt good, need to miss the fielders a bit more.
New bat is absolute gun, very happy with it.
Took 3-13 with the ball.
I injured myself in the field diving for a ball so I’m not playing today. Not sure I’ll bother doing that again next Saturday
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Saved by the rain. Our top order failed again, three caught in the cordon driving on a pitch that clearly wasn't there for the big drive, and another falling over a straight ball. We were 75ao, but never got on after tea. I got 11, a couple of drives through extra off their spinner before being early on a slog sweep and getting caught at long on. I was batting with our 16yo opening bowler so had to try for some respectability.
I had been dropped to the 2s for this week - to strengthen the batting and get overs in the legs. This is despite second top scoring last week, now two weeks running. Feels like I am going to be the scapegoat for the top order failing again when the coach is back available.
If you're being held responsible for a top order collapse whilst batting at 8 then it sounds like you'd be best off in the 2s anyway and perhaps hoping a new captain is installed in the 1s at the next AGM.
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We won yesterday and the rain skirted around us.
Good to be playing competitive cricket again
Only got 16 with the bat but felt good, need to miss the fielders a bit more.
New bat is absolute gun, very happy with it.
Took 3-13 with the ball.
I injured myself in the field diving for a ball so I’m not playing today. Not sure I’ll bother doing that again next Saturday
Putting in effort while fielding is overrated anyway 😂
Our first intraclub game of the season this Saturday and I can already feel the moving parts creaking!
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I had been dropped to the 2s for this week - to strengthen the batting and get overs in the legs. This is despite second top scoring last week, now two weeks running. Feels like I am going to be the scapegoat for the top order failing again when the coach is back available.
did you drill holes in their bats before they went out, give them all rophies, or just heckle them in to a blubbering wreck?
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All I've done is train hard and make a good start to the season.
Looks like I am staying in the 1s for now, and hopefully get a chance to stake a claim with the bat.
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Maybe it's just me, but if dropped down to the 2s 'to strengthen the batting' I'd be thinking of it as an opportunity to score a few or get a nice red inker. To stake a claim with the bat, as you say. Getting caught long on sweeping(?!) during a collapse sounds unlikely to do your case for playing in a higher team much good.
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I meant that I was dropped to strengthen the 1s batting - I can see I didn't make that too clear though. If I had played 2s last weekend I was going to be batting at nine.
I felt I had to try to give us something to defend, which is why I took the attacking option
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I meant that I was dropped to strengthen the 1s batting - I can see I didn't make that too clear though. If I had played 2s last weekend I was going to be batting at nine.
I felt I had to try to give us something to defend, which is why I took the attacking option
Is that not just playing into the (apparent) opinion of you as a lower order bat who can whack a few? Sometimes a bit of selfishness isn't the worst thing.
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frustrating game for us, won the toss and had them 80-9 (despite at least 6 drops) then struggled to get the last one. ended up 112-9 after, 32 overs match abandoned.
we would def have won if we could have got the 10th quickly, shame we cant catch
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Second T20 this evening and second win.
Batted first and made 137 all out, contributed 12 runs from 11 balls and felt awful with bat in hand. Not felt good last couple of games.
In reply they mate 128/7 and bowled a tidy 3 overs for 19 runs
Highlights were 4 golden ducks in today’s game 2 per side
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Second T20 of the season. 158/7 played 94ao.
Lost the toss and put in, we started badly, but myself and one of the other senior campaigners put on about 80/90. Personally caught for 52 at point, probably the most leg sided innings I've ever played but they kept bowling on my pads or short to pull. Our bowlers then did the job, including a youngest taking career best figures of 4/15. Took a diving catch at long on, all in all another satisfying win. 1s captain was watching, and mentioned that I'm currently up there for the club batting trophy as all senior games are being counted this season, rather than just league games.
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Have had 5 t20s and 2 30-over games so far. Won 4, lost 3 is a fair reflection. Some real nail-biters - including a 2 run defeat and a 1 run win. Great team atmosphere, a long waiting list for every game, and pretty much the whole team coming to the pub after the games. The totals have been remarkably consistent: between 135 and 140 in t20s and between 165 and 170 in 30-over games.
I've had a mixed time with the bat -a few single figure scores - still, averaging 45 at a SR of 190 is ok. Bowling has been better, I think mainly thanks to the dry and increasingly tired pitch we've been using for our home games - only 1 not-great spell that went for over a run-a-ball was on an artificial. 9 wickets at 9.5 av and 3.9 econ is a good start.
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Played our second mini league game today against a team 2 divisions higher than us albeit it they were a little under strength which in the end made it a good game.
Lost toss and fielded and the two opening bats looked class way above what we are used to but our young gun quick managed to ping one plumb in front for about 10 and then the bowled superbly with the new ball.
Second opener once in played some shots and the way he picked up on length was class to watch and then some how he managed to hit one straight to mid wicket for 50odd (he scored 150odd last week so bonus)
From then on we kept a good hold of the bowling but shelled 3-4 catches me being guilty of one ( in the field today without the gloves) and mine was probably the easiest and always back my fielding.
The ended on an even 200 off 40.
We lost our gun bat in the first over to a worldy of a catch diving full length at skip which he would get away with all the time normally.
Opening bowler was very good shaped ball in at a decent pace but managed to see his spell off and played some nice shots for the first time this season felt really good and got to 35 to the hit a pie of full toss from the spinner straight to mid wicket. So annoyed after all the hard work to get in and see off the new ball and decent bowlers to get out to that.
We then had a mini collapse and ended up 8 runs short after a really good stand between batters 8 & 9. Just shows you can’t drop good players in good sides but was good workout and game was played in a great spirit
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Lost again, but some promising signs.
Got 10 batting at 8, lbw sweeping trying to hit out in the last four overs. 1/32 from 7, plumb lbw first ball round the wicket to a left hander. Also ran out their opener who got 82* by a couple of feet, but the umpire wasnt properly in position so didn't give it. Shelled a tough one diving at backward point.
We got 187ao, chased 4 down in the 36th over.
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Played our second mini league game today against a team 2 divisions higher than us albeit it they were a little under strength which in the end made it a good game.
Lost toss and fielded and the two opening bats looked class way above what we are used to but our young gun quick managed to ping one plumb in front for about 10 and then the bowled superbly with the new ball.
Second opener once in played some shots and the way he picked up on length was class to watch and then some how he managed to hit one straight to mid wicket for 50odd (he scored 150odd last week so bonus)
From then on we kept a good hold of the bowling but shelled 3-4 catches me being guilty of one ( in the field today without the gloves) and mine was probably the easiest and always back my fielding.
The ended on an even 200 off 40.
We lost our gun bat in the first over to a worldy of a catch diving full length at skip which he would get away with all the time normally.
Opening bowler was very good shaped ball in at a decent pace but managed to see his spell off and played some nice shots for the first time this season felt really good and got to 35 to the hit a pie of full toss from the spinner straight to mid wicket. So annoyed after all the hard work to get in and see off the new ball and decent bowlers to get out to that.
We then had a mini collapse and ended up 8 runs short after a really good stand between batters 8 & 9. Just shows you can’t drop good players in good sides but was good workout and game was played in a great spirit
who did you play mate
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Turned out for the same team as I did last Saturday but we were so desperate for players this week that a player's wife was persuaded to put on some whites (she actually fielded really well !!!). We lost by nearly 190 runs but I picked up a wicket for not too many then made a rather classy 0 not out to keep my batting average in tact. Match played in a good spirit and despite the disparity in scores, I would still much rather play in one-sided matches like these than being stuck indoors.
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who did you play mate
@Vulcan Cricket we played Walsham le Willows mate
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Awful day all round yesterday. We won the toss and batted against a side normally 2 divisions above us. An early collapse on an up and down deck saw us 5 down for not many at drinks(I contributed a massive 5). The 2 batsman in managed to claw us to a respectable 189-5 off our 40.
In the field we just weren't at the races. We bowled poorly, fielded, poorly and I kept even worse. Losing by 9 wickets.
This game's horrible when you let it get in your head
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@Vulcan Cricket we played Walsham le Willows mate
Decent side Chris. Bowled us out for 36 the season they last played us with their opening bowler (whose name escapes me right now) taking 8 for very little. Couple of excellent bats too. Tough team to face so it sounds like you did a decent job of holding your own against them.
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We started our mini league season with a good 6-wicket win, chasing down 215 in 32 overs. I played the ‘anchor’ role with 54 before being bowled around my legs reverse sweeping! Don’t know if Liam SCCC still posts on here but he made a very nice 60-odd for the opposition.
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Turned out for the same team as I did last Saturday but we were so desperate for players this week that a player's wife was persuaded to put on some whites (she actually fielded really well !!!). We lost by nearly 190 runs but I picked up a wicket for not too many then made a rather classy 0 not out to keep my batting average in tact. Match played in a good spirit and despite the disparity in scores, I would still much rather play in one-sided matches like these than being stuck indoors.
Sounds a bit like us, played a team 3 divisions higher. We fielded first and they racked up 270 all out off 45. We were over the moon to get them all out and if our catching was better we could have restricted them to sub 200, must have put down their opener 4 times who went on to get a ton.
Their opening bowlers were very tight so there was never a chance of keeping up with the RRR. In the end we got 170-7. Didn't disgrace ourselves and, maybe on another day, we could have run them very close. 1 wicket for plenty with the ball and 30* with the bat. Encouraging.
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We stuck up 352-4 in 40 overs, wasn't enjoyable or competitive. I used it as a glorified net session
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Sounds a bit like us, played a team 3 divisions higher. We fielded first and they racked up 270 all out off 45. We were over the moon to get them all out and if our catching was better we could have restricted them to sub 200, must have put down their opener 4 times who went on to get a ton.
Their opening bowlers were very tight so there was never a chance of keeping up with the RRR. In the end we got 170-7. Didn't disgrace ourselves and, maybe on another day, we could have run them very close. 1 wicket for plenty with the ball and 30* with the bat. Encouraging.
Sounds like our game at the weekend, played a team in the div above us (they got relegated from the top div last year we got promoted so a sizable gap in reality) they racked up 305-8 off 40, we dropped there opener 3 times he went on to get 159 (112), i put him down twice stood up to a seamer once on 15 ish and once in the 70s (im very part time keeper and it was my 4th game ever doing it)
we then got to 180-8 off 40
really good experience and shows how far we need to progress to get to that level and its still just nice to be playing cricket again
on a saturday we're won one lost one and one rained off
Sunday lost 2 out of 2 but its been good fun,
personally im having a shocking season averaging 3.33333333 with the bat and wicketless from 11 overs with the ball
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I have now played 2 games of our 1's mini-league (plus an intra-club game) for my new club (Wivenhoe CC).
On Saturday in truth we weren't at the races and although for a brief spell when we had the oppo 60-4 (and then dropped a chance at slip) we really were always behind after posting 183, which for me was 50 short of par.
I opened and got 18 and am still feeling really scratchy technique wise, but considering how this year has gone it doesn't surprise me. But I am keeping well and took a nice catch standing up to our opening bowler.
I must mention (as I don't think he will) that @Canners smashed 92 for the 2's whilst injured and too be honest he probably shouldn't have been playing!
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The fact I can’t walk today suggests I shouldn’t have been playing 🙈, I just find it hard to turn down cheap runs in the 2’s
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Decent side Chris. Bowled us out for 36 the season they last played us with their opening bowler (whose name escapes me right now) taking 8 for very little. Couple of excellent bats too. Tough team to face so it sounds like you did a decent job of holding your own against them.
@JTtaylor145 Liam brine was the opening bowler, Decent pace and swings the ball in to the right handed and as you say a handy bat.
Olly Jackson was a class batter to watch, was going like a train until we got him by a bit of luck but i would say the cleanest hitter of a ball iv seen in club cricket for many a while everything just hit the middle.
Also was using (sponsored i think) by Solitaire. A brand i had forgotten about and never mentioned on here but still seems to be run by Roger and very old traditional shapes but my good did the two use used ( opening bowler smashed the toe of his first one to pieces) sound superb
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A lot of two counties guys about here by the sound of it! I have just moved back into the area. Live 5 mins from a club so have rocked up there. Had no gear so couldn't have a bat in nets and there are no nets this week. Hopefully can get a game before the season finishes for 2s. Great to hear guys are getting plenty of cricket, another great weekend of weather forecast too.
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A lot of two counties guys about here by the sound of it! I have just moved back into the area. Live 5 mins from a club so have rocked up there. Had no gear so couldn't have a bat in nets and there are no nets this week. Hopefully can get a game before the season finishes for 2s. Great to hear guys are getting plenty of cricket, another great weekend of weather forecast too.
@pablomarmite where have you moved to mate and which club is near you?
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Moved from across the water in NI to Kesgrave.
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Lost again on Saturday but quite an eventful match. Took 2-24 off my 10 overs but could have been much better under different circumstances. Opposition ended up with 160 off their 40 overs and we limped to around 100-9 in reply. However I am inching my batting average higher with a somewhat unconvincing 6 not out. I was actually clean bowled by an absolute peach of a delivery only to be reprieved as the umpire rather belatedly called no-ball. Indeed I briefly felt slightly embarrassed staying out there given how comprehensively I was dismissed but not for too long.
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Got a DNB today and we managed to take top spot in the group, so a perfect day for the club really, the minnows have performed unreal so far, chased down 210, won by six wickets not much more you could ask for really
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Played another team in our local group that was 2 divisions above us. Lost the toss and no surprise sent into field on a scorcher.
Our young quick who is bowling like a demon so far this year with the new ball picked up a wicket first ball of the game to dismiss a very good bat, did him for pace and had him fending off short.
Picked up another couple inside the first 5 overs but them went a bit quite wicket wise and they upped the run rate. Track was a raid and outfield was rapid. Came into bowl which I don’t normally do much of these days and rolled back the years to bowl 9/2/28/1 so quite happy with that.
Into the last 8 overs and the wheels came off, we leaked 107 runs in the last 8 overs to give them 248 from 40 there no5 making 124*. A tough score but possible just needed to start well.
Well that went wrong. Lost opener 2Nd ball and I went 4th ball both for 0 and was probably the worst non shot, hang the bat out nonsense Iv ever player.
Good partnership then between No1 and No4 with them both getting 50’s but just lost regular wickets after overs 20 when run rate needed to be upped and we fell short but about 50odd
Been in both games against these stronger sides but just not controlling key periods is costing us.
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Played on the worst deck I have for a long time today. Glad if the protection from @Ayrtek Cricket hybrid as a ball I went to play a forward defensive to kicked up and took my forearm then my ribs. The Hybrid took the brunt.
Oppo got 198/7, having been 60/3 off 20. I'd bowled five by the 20 over mark, 1 for about 15 and hadn't gone for a boundary. Then in my last 8 balls I went for three fours and a six due to misfields and a couple of poor balls. Ended with 1/35 which I was fairly happy with, wicket being their number 3, who really fancied himself as a gun, plumb in front.
Batting, we weren't great to put it mildly. Missing three of our top order, we lost regular wickets whilst not putting on any runs as the pitch started to misbehave badly. We were 60/4 at 20 and in with a shout if we carried on like they had, but we were then 115ao in the 29th. I top scored with 31* batting 8. After being hit whilst on 1 I predicted the next ball would be short so pulled it out the park and that got me going.
Both umpires were horrified by the pitch, opposition were saying it wasn't usually as bad as it was. We need to take a mindset that we're in a relegation scrap into the rest of the season now, and show some fight for the next few games.
Also looks like I've broken a finger on my bowling hand, so having the ball kicking off a length at it wasn't a pleasant experience.
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Another Saturday, another game where I'm bowling the final over of the game with 10 to defend, another win.
We started well with the bat but had a lower order collapse, coming in at 9 I scored a 4 ball duck after slightly twinging my hammy reaching out to negate a spinner first ball. We somehow ended up on 184 all out. In response they were always in and around the required rate but we took regular wickets and managed to keep their number 4 off strike enough that even thought he batted through, they didn't quite get there.
Game played in good spirits again although there was one small incident. Final over of the game with their number 4 on strike and their number 10, a bloke in his 60's, says his hammy has gone and asks for a runner. We allow it but then a kid who looks 17 starts padding up to be his runner which I kick up a bit of a stink about and say it needs to be like for like. They had 3 blokes in the shed over the age of 40 so I said that I don't mind which of those 3 come out but you can't send a teenager out to be a runner for a bloke 3 times his age.
Am I in the wrong here or would you agree that they were taking the piss trying to send out a teenager to be a runner so they could run 2's to the men on the boundary and keep their good bat on strike?
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Played another team in our local group that was 2 divisions above us. Lost the toss and no surprise sent into field on a scorcher.
Our young quick who is bowling like a demon so far this year with the new ball picked up a wicket first ball of the game to dismiss a very good bat, did him for pace and had him fending off short.
Picked up another couple inside the first 5 overs but them went a bit quite wicket wise and they upped the run rate. Track was a raid and outfield was rapid. Came into bowl which I don’t normally do much of these days and rolled back the years to bowl 9/2/28/1 so quite happy with that.
Into the last 8 overs and the wheels came off, we leaked 107 runs in the last 8 overs to give them 248 from 40 there no5 making 124*. A tough score but possible just needed to start well.
Well that went wrong. Lost opener 2Nd ball and I went 4th ball both for 0 and was probably the worst non shot, hang the bat out nonsense Iv ever player.
Good partnership then between No1 and No4 with them both getting 50’s but just lost regular wickets after overs 20 when run rate needed to be upped and we fell short but about 50odd
Been in both games against these stronger sides but just not controlling key periods is costing us.
that's cricket who did you play mate
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Another Saturday, another game where I'm bowling the final over of the game with 10 to defend, another win.
We started well with the bat but had a lower order collapse, coming in at 9 I scored a 4 ball duck after slightly twinging my hammy reaching out to negate a spinner first ball. We somehow ended up on 184 all out. In response they were always in and around the required rate but we took regular wickets and managed to keep their number 4 off strike enough that even thought he batted through, they didn't quite get there.
Game played in good spirits again although there was one small incident. Final over of the game with their number 4 on strike and their number 10, a bloke in his 60's, says his hammy has gone and asks for a runner. We allow it but then a kid who looks 17 starts padding up to be his runner which I kick up a bit of a stink about and say it needs to be like for like. They had 3 blokes in the shed over the age of 40 so I said that I don't mind which of those 3 come out but you can't send a teenager out to be a runner for a bloke 3 times his age.
Am I in the wrong here or would you agree that they were taking the piss trying to send out a teenager to be a runner so they could run 2's to the men on the boundary and keep their good bat on strike?
If they are that desperate to win at all costs just smile and let them. If this behaviour is the only way they can win then it sadly shows more about them than anything.
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Another 6 wicket win yesterday. They collapsed from 118-3 to 131ao. I scored a sluggish 40 before losing my middle pole 10 runs out.
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First 50 of the season sucessfully chasing 260. Was one of the flatest decks I can remember playing on and one of the hottestgames ive played in.
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that's cricket who did you play mate
@Vulcan Cricket played Woolpit 2nd team div 2 I think, this weekend mate
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A fiery encounter yesterday with some shocking umpiring from both sides. Due to the covid rejig we dont have league umpires for the first time in years and it certainly makes you appreciate them more!
After acting the peacemaker whilst batting I received some unwarranted abuse myself from a young county legspinner. Proceeded to take him for 28 from his next 2 overs whilst giving him ball by ball feedback on his action. He couldnt come back for his second spell as his 'fingers were cold'. These young lads must learn to back up their bulls**t! Ended up winning by 2 wickets with a few key players out so fairly pleased.
Took the young lad aside at the end and made amends and gave him some more constructive advice for the future about concentrating on his bowling not the handbags. Nice lad actually just dragged down by his so called senior players.
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@Vulcan Cricket played Woolpit 2nd team div 2 I think, this weekend mate
div3 there in ones are in div 1 good club
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@Vulcan Cricket played Woolpit 2nd team div 2 I think, this weekend mate
Young lad who got the runs is a seriously talented kid; very classy keeper to!
His older brother is one of the best keepers I’ve played with
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A fiery encounter yesterday with some shocking umpiring from both sides. Due to the covid rejig we dont have league umpires for the first time in years and it certainly makes you appreciate them more!
After acting the peacemaker whilst batting I received some unwarranted abuse myself from a young county legspinner. Proceeded to take him for 28 from his next 2 overs whilst giving him ball by ball feedback on his action. He couldnt come back for his second spell as his 'fingers were cold'. These young lads must learn to back up their bulls**t! Ended up winning by 2 wickets with a few key players out so fairly pleased.
Took the young lad aside at the end and made amends and gave him some more constructive advice for the future about concentrating on his bowling not the handbags. Nice lad actually just dragged down by his so called senior players.
Tbf we’ve had the opposite .. first ever ‘league’ games without board umpires and it’s soooo much better... ganes aren’t being ruined with dodgy lbw’s all the time and there is far less verbals (none in three weeks) and bugger all appealing (I think they had 3 and we had 2) .. players only appeal when it’s out rather than anytime it hits a pad etc..
Much more enjoyable without umpires
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Young lad who got the runs is a seriously talented kid; very classy keeper to!
His older brother is one of the best keepers I’ve played with
Yea he was a typical left hander with very good hand eye and looks like lazy feet but was very good at what he did, loves himself but so do we all. Would have been different if we hadn’t put him down on about 10.
Didn’t recognise who was keeping but surly wouldn’t be having the gloves in proper league cricket.
How’s your season going @tommo256
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Tbf we’ve had the opposite .. first ever ‘league’ games without board umpires and it’s soooo much better... ganes aren’t being ruined with dodgy lbw’s all the time and there is far less verbals (none in three weeks) and bugger all appealing (I think they had 3 and we had 2) .. players only appeal when it’s out rather than anytime it hits a pad etc..
Much more enjoyable without umpires
We must be used to a different standard of league umpire, ours are generally very good. Yours dont sound fit for purpose!
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Had another match in our local 'friendly' league on Saturday. It was anything but friendly and both sides have to take a portion of the blame for a terrible atmosphere.
We batted first and the opposition asked for the retire at 50 rule not to be in place for the game. Openers put on 147 and I was fortunate enough to make 81 before I was given LBW by our young spinner. I thought it pitched outside leg stump but I wasn't too bothered as I was overcooked by then. We went on to make 234 from our 40 overs. A decent score but by no means unbeatable on a fast outfield and small boundaries.
The second innings was just unpleasant. They didn't give a single decision. Several LBW's, run outs and stumping's also turned down. I was at square leg when the stumping wasn't given and the batsman was still out of his ground when we were celebrating. It was a very poor decision at best and downright cheating at worst. Several players on our team did go over the top in my opinion and we should have just gotten on with things. A lot of cross words were exchanged and I'm not looking forward to going over there in a few weeks for the return. I was a bit unhappy with one of their umpires drinking three beers and smoking whilst he was umpiring but I thought it best to not voice my concerns.
We won the match but about 40 runs in then end and the opposition didn't stay afterwards (good thing). Horrible match but always nice to get some runs.
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Yea he was a typical left hander with very good hand eye and looks like lazy feet but was very good at what he did, loves himself but so do we all. Would have been different if we hadn’t put him down on about 10.
Didn’t recognise who was keeping but surly wouldn’t be having the gloves in proper league cricket.
How’s your season going @tommo256
The lad who kept wasn’t the one who scored 120 odd mate. I just had a look at play cricket.
Not playing mate; no real interest sadly, got a few things going on away from the sport field that take some priority. Yours?
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Promoted to opener after last week. Chasing 230 on a decent deck. Was very scratchy, dropped at 1st slip from a decent seamer who was getting some away swing. Put on 90 with our number 3, who was in no mood to hang around. It was only when I checked the scorebook later that I saw I contributed 10 to the partnership. That was my most junior of partnerships. Finally got out edging their spinner to slip for around 20.
We fielded terribly, batted poorly and deserved to lose by 70 runs. The heat wasn't too bad for the first hour or so but got really oppressive later on which meant our fielding suffered and they got 60 more than they probably should have.
Back to the nets to work on my technique. Never felt 'in' despite hanging around for 15-20 overs.
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We lost the toss and conceded 249 in 40 overs with a terrible fielding performance, was not in the best of moods at the picnic interval. Things looked up from there though - started with the opposition skipper greeting me with 'is that lid reinforced, cos you're gonna need it'! Was even more of a weird comment when both openers turned out to be very military medium. Smacked a few, got sledged a lot, thought I was going to die from heatstroke, out for 72 off 59. They got increasingly aggy as our middle order played like pros and knocked off the rest at a controlled pace. Satisfying win.
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The lad who kept wasn’t the one who scored 120 odd mate. I just had a look at play cricket.
Not playing mate; no real interest sadly, got a few things going on away from the sport field that take some priority. Yours?
@tommo256 no the keeper got 49 before he was sold down the river by the guy that got 125odd to be honest he was quite a good bat as well.
Batting like a drain mate finding weird ways to get out but having the odd bowl this season as well and that’s going really well as fingers are really suffering keeping so think I’ll most likely retire the keeping gloves with the exception of T20 and just concentrate on batting for a couple of years before I more than likely retire at 40.
Fingers crossed the bat making takes over my passion for cricket
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Ended with 1/35 which I was fairly happy with, wicket being their number 3, who really fancied himself as a gun, plumb in front.
Just seen who their number 3 is, he's an absolute tool.
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Didn't bat or bowl today and we won !!!! Maybe a message in there somewhere although I did take a catch, albeit between my thighs. :D
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Just seen who their number 3 is, he's an absolute tool.
Couldn’t agree more mate, he really is an absolute T@-t
Played a couple of years in the Berkshire league and got loads of runs, thought he was a gun, went to Home Counties and averaged 18 and now averages 20 in div 1. Daddy has spent his life blowing smoke up him though and giving him handouts.
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Most of the Cookham side were below average blokes to be honest. Their skipper was the only one who didn't come across as a moron.
First for me yesterday - pitch was unplayable, so Slough said they had a pitch used in midweek that they could cut and roll, so we did that and used a pitch that had one hours prep and hadn't been covered.
They got 112. Dropped a steepler diving in the ring, had been going straight in before swirling away last second, but mid wicket then ran the guy out after picking up my drop. Only got two overs, not entirely sure why.
We started pretty slowly, needed 64 from 20 with seven wickets in hand. We managed to go from 96/6, with myself and the number 6 set and going well, to 105ao. I was feeling great, then tried to punch one to mid on who was hanging on the edge of the ring and the ball stuck in the pitch and I skied it for 15. We absolutely choked, and I'm gutted that I've cost us a game we should have won.
It's been noticed that I put myself under a lot of pressure - but that's because I know I can dominate at this standard, and as I'm working two jobs and pulling 60 hour weeks most weeks, cricket is my only down time. I'm quite close to burning out to be honest.
Game today for Frogs vs Maidenhead and Bray, which is always a great fixture. Batting 6 so looking forward to getting some time in the middle.
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Well yesterday was awful and has completely put me out of the running for the bowling cup. Oppo batted first on a decent deck and were on 168 off 34.5 overs when the 4th wicket fell and their opening bowler/ gun hitter walk out. I have never seen someone hit a ball so far in my life and I have had the unfortunate pleasure of playing against a few Scotland U19's and an overseas pro before. I got him out on the 4th ball of the 39th over, but by that point the score had gone from 168 up to 246. A partnership of 78 off 29 deliveries of which he scored 66 and there were 6 extras. My figures went from 0-23 off 6 to 1-60 off 8 and the bowler at the other end went from 1-20 off 6 to 1-53 off 8. He hit two cover drive 6's off the bowler at the other end which is unheard of at our level, far too good for this standard. Didn't help that he miss hit quite an easy chance in my 7th over which went straight to a fielder who fumbled it for 6! :( To put it into context I conceded 37 in 2 overs yesterday, and had conceded 78 runs in the 24 overs I had bowled this season before yesterday...
Then he came on to bowl and bowled gas, they combined him with some nagging spinners who our top and middle order couldn't get away and we ended up nowhere near their total. Only consolation for me was I scored a few runs. I walked in at number 10 with the score on 96-8 off 30.2 and batted to the end of the 40 overs making 34 as we ended on 148 losing by over 100.
Looked their gun hitter up and two weeks before he hit 54 of which there were 6x 4's and 4x 6's... Atleast I'm not the only one who received some serious tap from him!
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Just seen this
https://twitter.com/crickshouts/status/1294732534924730368?s=20
If there's a way to drive others out of the game, this is certainly it. I recognize 4 of them as professionals anyway...
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Made my debut yesterday for 2s against team a div up. Gorgeous ground just arrived for the start as there was a serious accident on A12. Opening bowler was seriously quick, well for me anyway. Batted four luckily he only bowled four balls at me enough to leave huge bruise on my foot. I looked like a man who hadn't played in a while. I haven't knocked bat in and my teammates could tell. Dropped a couple of times but just dug in and batted out the innings for 80no out of 207 in 40. We had a good start with early wickets but though never up with rate they were still always in the game. They ended up about 20 short with a few wickets in hand. Using my new red ink keeping gear, had two stumpings and a catch standing up. I am in agony today though. Was great to be back on the cricket field again and I loved the fact was a friendly not league as was played in great spirit.
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We had a cracking game yesterday
Turned up in the rain, with the forecast saying it would stop at 1pm, which amazingly it did.
Reduced it down to 30 overs a piece, to try and get a game in before further rain forecast for 5pm.
Aaaanyway, they won the toss, put us in to bat on a very green wicket,(ours), and we lost one of our young openers first over.
I walked out to bat, and basically filled my boots, the wicket was by far the best I’ve batted on at home, plenty of bounce, came on to the bat lovely etc etc. Unfortunately my left elbows knackered so I had to retire hurt on 40, thinking I could always come back on if we struggled.
We didn’t, the rest of our lads batted really well to post 175 off 30.
Which is probably our highest score for a while, (oppos are top of the league and undefeated) so was a great effort.
They have a couple of very decent old timers, but we managed to take wickets regularly and restrict the runs
I think we had them 9 down and 50 runs short after 30
Really good game and more importantly a good overall team win, played against a very strong team, that gave a little bit too much chat, which only serves to fire me up tbh.
But oh my word I’m struggling today, I hate getting old
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My awful batting form this season continued with 5 before LBW to a nothing ball really. Not being helped in my mind by moving around from having opened every season for about the last 7 to now as it’s non competitive league games Iv been Opening and four. Anyway sat was in 2nd ball of the game as two weeks in a row now a wicket has been taken first ball of the game.
Felt ok playing against a side again a couple of leagues above us, opening bowler was very tall and bowled a heave ball with a bit of seam movement away, managed to put away a leg stump half volley really well flew to the boundary and thought good back in touch to next ball play all round a straight one.
Good point was my usual opening partner who has been as poor as me good back into the runs with a decent 80odd and we managed 187 from our 40.
They started just as badly as us losing a wicket 2nd ball of there innings and that brought in there gun player, same lad who opened the bowling and scores but runs each season and you could see why, had so much time and raced to 41 before he just played all round a straight one and was bowled to leave them 62-2. Then the wheels totally feel off for them and they ended 76 all out off 19 overs. Took a good diving catch down the leg side behind the stumps and our skipper ended with next figures of 6-29. First win of the season in our mini league and now got all the sides that play on our normal league so looking up for the 2nd half of the season.
Couple of weeks off for me now so fingers crossed a break will do me good.
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Out for a duck, missed a yorker, dropped one, won by 60 odd runs. No rain either.
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Faced some genuine pace on Saturday for the first time in a very long time. A young South African quick playing for a local village side here in South Wales. He was bowling in the low 80s which isn't all that quick if you're a professional but pretty sharp for a recreational player like me! I wore a couple of rising deliveries high on the gloves which, considering i'm 6'2, shows you how quick he was bowling. Anyway, it was a real test of both technique and guts for 3 or 4 overs but i must say i was disappointed when they took him off for a rest. Obviously I got out to the slow trundler from the other end :D
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Stand in skipper this weekend and we beat the top of our div to move joint top. We made 189 - 4 off 40, I made 47 no off 36 balls with one of my bats, which felt great! We then had them 50 - 5, but a load of dropped catches meant it got too close for comfort and we ended up winning by 6 runs with a run out. Not sure I like this captaincy lark! 😆
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Guested today for the same team I played for last week, a Division 6 match in the Nidderdale League and got verbally abused whilst umpiring (player umpire) for not giving an LBW (which wasn't even close). Our batsman was forward, trying to sweep with his front pad well outside off that I doubt anyone would have seriously appealed for in the York & District Senior Cricket League. However this guy exploded with rage when I didn't give it and I got crap from the other fielders too, some who were square of the wicket !!!
We then couldn't defend 180+ which was down to a combination of shocking captaincy and even worse fielding. I think one chap dropped 5 catches, some others dropped 2 or 3 but annoyingly nothing came my way (in the air or on the ground) to the point that I think sanitised more often than I fielded the ball.
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Had my first bad game of the season as we lost yet again.
Batted first and only got 151/8 off our 40. I went in for a hat trick ball with 3.1 overs to go, survived it and was bowled next over for 1. Then really struggled with the wind as my first over went for 16 before I bowled the guy going the damage round his legs. Ended up 1/24 from 4 but I was not good enough. They chased 5 down, deserved the win as we were not good enough. Could hear some grumbling from the groundsman about how nobody would take responsibility and would find something to blame, but I held my hands up regarding my performance.
We are missing our two best bats at present, one injured and the other for family reasons, but we have enough still to at least be competitive and put a decent total on the board. Our top order chewed a lot of dots up against a very average opening bowler, which was tough to watch. I'm frustrated that I haven't been able to train for several weeks as I'm working both my jobs pretty much full time, but am feeling in good nick despite this.
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Very frustrating season for me so far, although my Saturday team have won 5 out of 6. First game for seconds I batted 4 and got 42. Then demoted to 8, with players who'd scored less runs promoted ahead of my. Then 'rested' the next game. We've had a lot of new players this year and now have two very strong teams. Then batted 3 and 4 in the next 2 games, scoring 23 and 27. Then demoted back to 8 as I batted too slowly, despite being a very tricky wicket the week before. Yes pleased we won again, but being a specialist batsman at 8 isn't great. Joined my team a few seasons ago, having previously played at a higher standard than our 1's. Got 2 tons in first 4 games including one on debut, so they know I can bat. Some others can't believe I've been demoted to 8, especially as 2 not outs means I'm averaging nearly 40. They are a great bunch, but I'm considering making myself unavailable for the rest of the season or even moving clubs next year. Just fed up and not feeling appreciated at the moment. :(
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Very frustrating season for me so far, although my Saturday team have won 5 out of 6. First game for seconds I batted 4 and got 42. Then demoted to 8, with players who'd scored less runs promoted ahead of my. Then 'rested' the next game. We've had a lot of new players this year and now have two very strong teams. Then batted 3 and 4 in the next 2 games, scoring 23 and 27. Then demoted back to 8 as I batted too slowly, despite being a very tricky wicket the week before. Yes pleased we won again, but being a specialist batsman at 8 isn't great. Joined my team a few seasons ago, having previously played at a higher standard than our 1's. Got 2 tons in first 4 games including one on debut, so they know I can bat. Some others can't believe I've been demoted to 8, especially as 2 not outs means I'm averaging nearly 40. They are a great bunch, but I'm considering making myself unavailable for the rest of the season or even moving clubs next year. Just fed up and not feeling appreciated at the moment. :(
That sounds pretty rubbish! I hope things look up for you soon. A new club can be a welcome change, but if you like the people in the team it can be worth sticking around. The key question is - are you having fun? If not, why are you still there?
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Very frustrating season for me so far, although my Saturday team have won 5 out of 6. First game for seconds I batted 4 and got 42. Then demoted to 8, with players who'd scored less runs promoted ahead of my. Then 'rested' the next game. We've had a lot of new players this year and now have two very strong teams. Then batted 3 and 4 in the next 2 games, scoring 23 and 27. Then demoted back to 8 as I batted too slowly, despite being a very tricky wicket the week before. Yes pleased we won again, but being a specialist batsman at 8 isn't great. Joined my team a few seasons ago, having previously played at a higher standard than our 1's. Got 2 tons in first 4 games including one on debut, so they know I can bat. Some others can't believe I've been demoted to 8, especially as 2 not outs means I'm averaging nearly 40. They are a great bunch, but I'm considering making myself unavailable for the rest of the season or even moving clubs next year. Just fed up and not feeling appreciated at the moment. :(
Not sure where you are based but why not say you're unavailable this weekend then advertise your services in the "I'm Free" section of this website? Sometimes a change is as good as a break.
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What club are you at now @beaver5 ?
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Played my first game on Saturday. Have had pretty bad dizziness since the end of last season which stopped me playing early doors. Still cant properly run without feeling dizzy, so spent most of my time at first slip, but honestly i'm just happy to be playing again!
They put up 250 odd in 40 overs and we just about crossed 200 in reply.
Bowled 3 very mixed overs, 0-21. Bowling off-spin for the first time, had their bat who ended up getting 100 edging behind but our keeper dropped it. Need to sort out my accuracy but spin it a pretty long way which had them in trouble.
Batted 4, got to 5 before walking straight past one from their spinner.
It's weird how having a poor game would usually have me fuming, but i'm really not bothered this season!
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Not sure where you are based but why not say you're unavailable this weekend then advertise your services in the "I'm Free" section of this website? Sometimes a change is as good as a break.
I play for a different team on Sundays who don't play league cricket. I think I'll just play for them for the remainder of the season. I bat at 3 and bowl a few overs each week. The wife will be very happy if I just play once at the weekend! After that I'll just see how I feel about next season before making any decisions.
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Another game, another defeat.
Batted first, all out 136 in the 33rd over. Some really poor dismissals. I was 17* from 19, having taken on their spinner who took 4/22 from 8. I took him for 14 of them, and he bowled five wides trying to spear one at my leg stump. Ended up being brought on with 25 needed by the opo, we needed six wickets. Snicked off their offie, but ended up going for a couple of boundaries, one a poor ball and one when we brought everyone in with two needed.
Captaining the academy team on Monday, so looking forward to that.
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Very frustrating season for me so far, although my Saturday team have won 5 out of 6. First game for seconds I batted 4 and got 42. Then demoted to 8, with players who'd scored less runs promoted ahead of my. Then 'rested' the next game. We've had a lot of new players this year and now have two very strong teams. Then batted 3 and 4 in the next 2 games, scoring 23 and 27. Then demoted back to 8 as I batted too slowly, despite being a very tricky wicket the week before. Yes pleased we won again, but being a specialist batsman at 8 isn't great. Joined my team a few seasons ago, having previously played at a higher standard than our 1's. Got 2 tons in first 4 games including one on debut, so they know I can bat. Some others can't believe I've been demoted to 8, especially as 2 not outs means I'm averaging nearly 40. They are a great bunch, but I'm considering making myself unavailable for the rest of the season or even moving clubs next year. Just fed up and not feeling appreciated at the moment. :(
If you only bat then it’s top six or move clubs. Really is that simple as we are amateurs and pay to play and it’s supposed to be fun. Pick another side where you will get to bat top six week in week out and just enjoy it
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Played against a newly formed Indian team today in our last league match which was bizarre to say the least. It started with them turning up with 13 and having two sub fielders, and ended with us winning by about 170 runs.
We won the toss and batted and the new ball was swinging massively with grey skies overhead, made my way to 14 before chipping one to short cover that i was about 3 weeks early on. We looked in trouble at 40-4 before our skipper and number 7 got us to 200-ish inside our 40. (Their side appealed for absolutely everything including a perfect forward defence which was superb, thankfully they weren't arsey about getting turned down every time for awful appeals!)
This was followed up by the best spell of bowling i've ever seen, as our left arm opener ripped through them with figures of 8-14 as we skittled them for 32. The ball was hooping everywhere and he finished with a hat-trick. Their entire line up was the epitome of '6 or out' as they were having massive swings at everything which was a interesting tactic given the ball was swinging more than i've ever seen it before!
They looked a reasonable side skill wise, but as they've not played any organised cricket before, they had some dubious field placings to say the least. I opened the batting, they had a fly slip, nobody in the cordon and 2 sweepers out first ball. This then progressed to mid on/off going back before i'd played a decent shot! Was done by 3:30 and spent a good few hours on the beer afterwards
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Played against a newly formed Indian team today in our last league match which was bizarre to say the least. It started with them turning up with 13 and having two sub fielders, and ended with us winning by about 170 runs.
We won the toss and batted and the new ball was swinging massively with grey skies overhead, made my way to 14 before chipping one to short cover that i was about 3 weeks early on. We looked in trouble at 40-4 before our skipper and number 7 got us to 200-ish inside our 40. (Their side appealed for absolutely everything including a perfect forward defence which was superb, thankfully they weren't arsey about getting turned down every time for awful appeals!)
This was followed up by the best spell of bowling i've ever seen, as our left arm opener ripped through them with figures of 8-14 as we skittled them for 32. The ball was hooping everywhere and he finished with a hat-trick. Their entire line up was the epitome of '6 or out' as they were having massive swings at everything which was a interesting tactic given the ball was swinging more than i've ever seen it before!
They looked a reasonable side skill wise, but as they've not played any organised cricket before, they had some dubious field placings to say the least. I opened the batting, they had a fly slip, nobody in the cordon and 2 sweepers out first ball. This then progressed to mid on/off going back before i'd played a decent shot! Was done by 3:30 and spent a good few hours on the beer afterwards
Sounds more like they expect it to be more like the IPl.. slog every ball
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Was this the team that brings a live parrot along to each match? This is a new team in our midweek league that have had some odd results. In a T16 friendly we had them around 60-5 off 8 chasing 150-ish and then their captain hit around 50 off the last 5 overs to win with 2 balls to go - galling. The next day they played our midweek 1s and lost by 10 wickets. Their final match another of their players got 102* off 48 balls to win by 100 runs in a 16 over match. Guess it all depends who shows up on the night... Impressive first season tho'
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Wonderful game today, ending with a tie.
Lost the toss and bowled first, first three bowlers keeping it tight but wicketless. Fourth bowler, a young seaming all rounder who lacks confidence, dragged one down which got spooned to me at mid on. After then we got regular wickets, a couple of run outs and I snagged a couple of sharp catches in the gully. Given I haven't taken a catch in the cordon for about five years I was pretty happy with that! Datchet got 199/9 off their 40.
We lost early wickets, including myself, to be 40/4. I was bowled by one that swung late and shaved my off stump, good ball but I didn't play it as well as I could have done. We then had a couple of excellent stands, with three of our u15s and 16s standing up to be counted, scoring 41, 62 and 24* respectively. The team dad, having told me to put him at 11, smacked a six to take us to 2 to win, got a single and watched the youngster bat out the over. Needing one from the last over, one of my guys announced he needed to film the winning run, and promptly filmed an excellent leg stump yorker bowling our 11 to tie the game.
Played in brilliant spirit throughout, really enjoyed it. Very pleased that some of our youngsters showed grit and got scores/wickets, and ultimately got us to a result of sorts that we had no right to get to from 40/4. I've managed to remain the only club captain undefeated this season by the skin of my teeth as well.
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Having a great season so far. 3 more matches and we done. Will try to use my new Robinson custom made in next matches so lets see how bat and I go for remaining matches.
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I've had the pleasure of playing cricket with my Son who is 13 and has had his first taste of senior cricket, I've had to effectively quit my club to come and play at another club with him as they have a rule of 4 juniors in the Sunday 2's for developmental reasons which I think is bloody brilliant! Great game sunday though, He opened the Bowling and bowled a spell of 8 overs, 1 wicket, 15 runs with 4 maidens! considering one of his over went for 10 runs he was extremely stingey with the runs! I opened the batting for them, got 38 but it was more of a hang around innings as we lost 4 wickets within the 1st 12 overs, My lad was umpiringand gave me LBW!!! to be fair I was trying to sweep a straight one and just wished it. He's grounded now though.
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I've had the pleasure of playing cricket with my Son who is 13 and has had his first taste of senior cricket, I've had to effectively quit my club to come and play at another club with him as they have a rule of 4 juniors in the Sunday 2's for developmental reasons which I think is bloody brilliant! Great game sunday though, He opened the Bowling and bowled a spell of 8 overs, 1 wicket, 15 runs with 4 maidens! considering one of his over went for 10 runs he was extremely stingey with the runs! I opened the batting for them, got 38 but it was more of a hang around innings as we lost 4 wickets within the 1st 12 overs, My lad was umpiringand gave me LBW!!! to be fair I was trying to sweep a straight one and just wished it. He's grounded now though.
This is what cricket is all about!
We have a father-son combo who play together in the Sunday side I run. Every week there is some hilarity - either one drops a catch off the other's bowling, or gives them out lbw, or runs them out.....
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We were short so I got to play with my son at the weekend too. He is only 10 and still really too young, but it was lovely to be out there with him. I can't wait for him to be old enough to bat with me.
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I've had the pleasure of playing cricket with my Son who is 13 and has had his first taste of senior cricket, I've had to effectively quit my club to come and play at another club with him as they have a rule of 4 juniors in the Sunday 2's for developmental reasons which I think is bloody brilliant! Great game sunday though, He opened the Bowling and bowled a spell of 8 overs, 1 wicket, 15 runs with 4 maidens! considering one of his over went for 10 runs he was extremely stingey with the runs! I opened the batting for them, got 38 but it was more of a hang around innings as we lost 4 wickets within the 1st 12 overs, My lad was umpiringand gave me LBW!!! to be fair I was trying to sweep a straight one and just wished it. He's grounded now though.
Love this mate! Was lucky enough to bat through with my Dad when I was 15 and scored a ton. Still my favourite cricketing memory! Hope you get many more chances to play together.
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We were short so I got to play with my son at the weekend too. He is only 10 and still really too young, but it was lovely to be out there with him. I can't wait for him to be old enough to bat with me.
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My boy is 5, can’t wait to get out there with him . As soon as he’s playing senior cricket I’ll drop down to whatever level he is just to play with him
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I played with my son a few times and its the best thing ever. I don't think they really understand what these moments mean to the father.
My personal favourite was second game of the season last year when he scored his first senior 100 at the age of 14 and i was umpiring. I think it was a very dusty wicket as it must have blown into my eyes. ;)
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It really is great! He's took to it really well and doesn't get downbeat when he gets the treatment from a bad ball, I was at slip for a few of his first overs and I was dying for a catch to come my way, sadly though his one wicket was caught at Gully but I honestly could have kissed the guy who caught it!
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I finally had the chance to play a game with my old man at the age of 21, it's not just the dads it means a lot to!
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A day of highs and lows today. The high being I found a bit of form and carried my bat for 30* the downside we were bowled out for 61 chasing 173 on a decent deck but a shocking outfield.
We bowled First and kept it tight for the first Ten taking a couple of early wickets, let it slip a bit between 10-20 overs and at drinks they were 50/2 from 20.
Overs 20-25 were shocking with the change bowlers despite being a bit under strength today bowling all over the place a with a stand in keeper as I was going to have to bowl at some point a lot of byes as well they were 100-2 from 25 overs when I was asked to come on. Bowled quite well with figures of 6-2-21-2 but we leaked more at the other end and they finished 173/9.
Our innings started well, was nice after netting well and putting in some practice over the last two weeks after a awful season so far I was back to opening and watched my partner take 9 from the first over to only nick off 1st ball of the 2nd. Wickets then just carried on falling with some awful shots. Should mention we were playing out local rivals and it’s a bit of a grudge match but we were soon 16/6 from 10 overs.
Just decided at this point to spend some time at the crease as Iv said Iv been out cheaply in 3 of my 4 games before today and was nice to finish 30*
Other highlights was one of our county colts played his first senior game today and he is 11yrs old and he got his first wicket and first run in men’s cricket.
Second was despite a history of quite grumpy games not always played in the best way possible with both sides to blame tbh today was played well.
Anyway qualified for the league finals after finishing 3rd in our league but availability is getting harder each week now
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An 11 year-old is technically not allowed to play in senior cricket.
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An 11 year-old is technically not allowed to play in senior cricket.
Daft rule. They can play u15 matches against county bowlers bowling at 70mph but not against their dads mates bowling at 35 in a friendly sunday beer match. Just let the parents/coach /captain decide what is safe.
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Some say it's daft that a ball hitting the pad outside the line of off stump can't be out lbw? You can't just choose which laws you abide by, surely?
I can imagine (and have seen) circumstances where a captain might prioritise having 11 willing fielders over juvenile safety.
Equally, I'd have wanted to have a go when I was 11!
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An 11 year-old is technically not allowed to play in senior cricket.
His dad was on the sidelines supporting him all day and this lad can play, seriously play. In this season of non league cricket ( we are not playing under the two counties banner) the rule book can do one. He gets nothing from playing in under 12 club games and retiring every week for 25 from a couple of overs and has had no County age group cricket due to what’s happened this summer so was great to get him in the side.
I’m all for rules but in this instance it was right for him.
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Can't imagine the kid was fielding right close in to the bat or that any oppo bowler would feel the need to bounce him. If his dad is happy that it's safe then let the kid get some cricket in.
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Is it wortth risking your club's ECB accreditation for?
"But it looks safe to me" shouldn't really come into it.
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It’s something I’ve had to deal with.
ECB guidance is as follows....
Players who are selected in a County U12 squad in spring for a summer squad or in another squad deemed by ECB Performance Managers to be of a standard above ‘district level’ for that season are eligible to play Open age cricket.
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Can't imagine the kid was fielding right close in to the bat or that any oppo bowler would feel the need to bounce him. If his dad is happy that it's safe then let the kid get some cricket in.
Third man to third man as it’s the right of passage when any younger player comes in to cricket lol. That was how it was when I first started playing but won’t be long before he has a far more prominent role
In our side I hope.
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It’s something I’ve had to deal with.
ECB guidance is as follows....
Players who are selected in a County U12 squad in spring for a summer squad or in another squad deemed by ECB Performance Managers to be of a standard above ‘district level’ for that season are eligible to play Open age cricket.
Sorry, I might have missed the word 'county' before coltz?But I thought they still had to be 12 before the county could sign it off? (13 otherwise.)
I only know this stuff because I recently done a Level 2 coaching course.
My reactions would certainly have been a lot quicker aged 12 than they are now!
No showers until 18 (county or not)... Not that anyone goes in the showers anymore....
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Played a very good friendly yesterday, they hit 210 and we ended up 205.
Started bowling spin this season as I can make it turn square on even our Astro. First over their bat on 50 came down and whacked me for the biggest six I’ve ever seen. Ended up getting hit for 16 off that over. Recovered a bit in my next 3, including and inside edge that went past our keeper (tough chance) and mostly just bowled darts to the lad coming down the wicket to get him off strike. We won’t face many batsmen as good as him in our league so still pretty happy with my return.
Opened the batting and with our long batting line up just decided anything not on the stumps was being hit. Got 12 before I nicked one to second slip.
Very good friendly all told played in good spirit
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Sorry, I might have missed the word 'county' before coltz?But I thought they still had to be 12 before the county could sign it off? (13 otherwise.)
This is correct unless in county squad, have to be 13. My son has had to wait till 13 to play adult cricket, and has been in district level cricket.
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This is correct unless in county squad, have to be 13. My son has had to wait till 13 to play adult cricket, and has been in district level cricket.
Just to clear up the lad is in the county squad and has permission from county coach to play in the mini league format we have this season
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Having great season that continued yesterday. Opposition posted 232-9 off 40 overs. We batted 13 overs before rain hit out of nowhere. So D/L came in place with we needing 70 off 10 overs. To maintain average of 7 per over is difficult at club levels for 10 overs I will say.so we did not have much hope with outfield being wet and ball not traveling.
Anyway we knocked it off 11 balls left and only 2 wickets down. Personally averaging 48 this season with 3 not outs. It's huge relief after averaging 9 last year.
Took out My new RS bat for first time and everyone was impressed including opposition.
Hopefully we could win the league with only 2 matches to go.
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Here's the photo of bat or some say it doesn't exist.
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Good weekend for BCC at last.
Played bottom of the league, and bowled them out for 147 in the 40th. Personally got 2/29 from 8, one well held at cow and the other a caught and bowled that I was surprised stuck low to my left. Wickets shared round. Apart from the skipper chopping on early, all the bats got at least 21. Opener batted through for 48*, number 4 got to 50 then provided some fireworks, not realising how close the opener was to 50. A nice 8 wicket win with 14/15 overs left.
Friendly yesterday, batted first, we put on 222/5. Youngsters stuck their hands up and got runs, our 3s spinner batted and got 68* and I upped the rate with a quick 47. Oppo struggled against my young bowling attack, with some great fielding helping us to bowl them out for 113. Highlight for me was a u12 taking his first senior wickets, courtesy of a great catch at cow and a caught and bowled. Hes on Bucks squads so cleared to play open age.
One or two more games for me to captain this season, hoping to keep my undefeated record intact.
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Last league game Saturday. Not a hugely successful mini season. Averaged 19 across all formats, which was better than last year but still no really big scores. Really enjoyed playing a leg drive and some straight drives, as well as a nice cut shot that somehow didn't make the boundary in the long grass. Was going really well in tough batting conditions, then on 19 played across a straight ball and missed. Been playing seriously for 2 seasons but still don't quite value my wicket enough I reckon... Was partnering our smallest junior and felt I had to face most of the deliveries to protect him. That was also perhaps a mistake when the bowling is all on the spot and swinging...
Match was a highlight even though we lost. Archetypal village ground in the middle of a cow field (see the 'Cow Corner' pic) followed by ritual burning of bat on the bbq. Yes, I did offer to mend it, and no it's not mine 😂😂
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I think my youngsters are trying to give me a heart attack.
Played a t20 last night, won by one wicket with the winning runs being scored by number 11 as he was dropped at deep mid wicket.
Bowled oppo out for 103, with two u13 seamers impressing, as well as my four off spinners. We then stuttered vs some slow medium bowling off the long run - genuine Toby Roland-Jones length run up for probably a lower pace than my spin. I got 14 before being caught, trying to hit square leg side as they had nobody further square than mid wicket but was early on it and caught at cow. We kept chipping away at the runs, they kept chipping away at wickets. One of my guys, with seven needed to win, looked like he was saying to the keeper he was aiming into the road. Next ball, skied straight to point and admitted he was aiming for the road. Fortunately my u13s got the job done for victory with two balls left.
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I think my youngsters are trying to give me a heart attack.
Played a t20 last night, won by one wicket with the winning runs being scored by number 11 as he was dropped at deep mid wicket.
Bowled oppo out for 103, with two u13 seamers impressing, as well as my four off spinners. We then stuttered vs some slow medium bowling off the long run - genuine Toby Roland-Jones length run up for probably a lower pace than my spin. I got 14 before being caught, trying to hit square leg side as they had nobody further square than mid wicket but was early on it and caught at cow. We kept chipping away at the runs, they kept chipping away at wickets. One of my guys, with seven needed to win, looked like he was saying to the keeper he was aiming into the road. Next ball, skied straight to point and admitted he was aiming for the road. Fortunately my u13s got the job done for victory with two balls left.
I'm impressed you're playing evening T20s in September.
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Last league game Saturday. Not a hugely successful mini season. Averaged 19 across all formats, which was better than last year but still no really big scores. Really enjoyed playing a leg drive and some straight drives, as well as a nice cut shot that somehow didn't make the boundary in the long grass. Was going really well in tough batting conditions, then on 19 played across a straight ball and missed. Been playing seriously for 2 seasons but still don't quite value my wicket enough I reckon... Was partnering our smallest junior and felt I had to face most of the deliveries to protect him. That was also perhaps a mistake when the bowling is all on the spot and swinging...
Match was a highlight even though we lost. Archetypal village ground in the middle of a cow field (see the 'Cow Corner' pic) followed by ritual burning of bat on the bbq. Yes, I did offer to mend it, and no it's not mine 😂😂
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Harlton? Fun place to play.
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Close, but no... Newton
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Harlton? Fun place to play.
Do they have a bar?
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Close, but no... Newton
Oh cool. Looks very similar with the cows on the boundary.
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Do they have a bar?
Harlton don't. Don't know about Newton.
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Just want to give a shout out to @jonny77 who I bought a bat from earlier in the week. Only got in for the last few overs but that was long enough to discover it goes like an absolute rocket. In fact it was slightly frustrating as I barely got any strike but still pinged a lovely 4 to a very long leg-side boundary which I would never have attempted with my old 3lb bat.
Finished the league season with a batting average of 45 !!!
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So glad the season is over.
We got hammered today and didn’t help with the worst bowling and fielding display Iv seen from us is the 5 years Iv played for my club. To make matters worse the attitude of my now team was awful today and no idea why.
We conceeded 294 from 40 overs on a very flat deck, they are 2 Leagues above us and there running was a level above ours and they rotated really well and put every bad ball away And we gave at least 2 an over.
I managed to pick up a wicket towards the end but that’s about it
Batting wise triggered from a massive inside edge that went to fine leg to look up and see a raised finger, just about sums up my shocking season with the bat. 82 runs from 6 games at an avg of 16 is just awful.
Looking forward to the winter break and deciding what I want to do next year
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Just want to give a shout out to @jonny77 who I bought a bat from earlier in the week. Only got in for the last few overs but that was long enough to discover it goes like an absolute rocket. In fact it was slightly frustrating as I barely got any strike but still pinged a lovely 4 to a very long leg-side boundary which I would never have attempted with my old 3lb bat.
Finished the league season with a batting average of 45 !!!
Glad you enjoyed using it today mate, albeit briefly! Was great to meet you last week and hope the bat scores you plenty more.
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Do they have a bar?
No bar but village has one of the best old pubs around. The queen's head
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We chased 240 easily yesterday, reckon the opposition left another 40-50 runs out there as they didn't run as hard as we did, and our fielding effort was near flawless. There was one tiny boundary, about 35 yards in places, with the other boundary about 85-90 yards.
Their opener batted through for 115*, excellent knock, but should have been held off my for 48 a nicking behind. Also had him sky one that dropped between mid on running back and long on running in. I ended up wicket less but only going for 6 per over, which I was pleased with given the short boundary was on a right handers leg side. Our opener then batted through for 72* and our number 4 blazed 102 in quick time, clearing the short boundary a lot and the big straight boundaries with ease.
Off the field, I was honoured to win the Jeremy Suter Award, a sort of clubman of the year. Jeremy was a Beaconsfield man through and through, a good friend of my brother and a past pupil of my mother, who was taken far too young, so the fact his father nominated me is really meaningful and a great privilege.
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Off the field, I was honoured to win the Jeremy Suter Award, a sort of clubman of the year. Jeremy was a Beaconsfield man through and through, a good friend of my brother and a past pupil of my mother, who was taken far too young, so the fact his father nominated me is really meaningful and a great privilege.
That's awesome mate, Jez was a good friend from Uni - one of the truly good guys. I'm usually at the six a side with the Swansea Uni boys so hopefully it'll be back on next year!!
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Lost our semi final on Saturday. Put up a competitive score and were well on top with the opposition Needing 8s with 20 overs left. The next 10 overs we went to pieces - slack fielding, poor captaincy. Picked it up again for the last 10 and it took a fantastic 70* from the number 6 to win it for them in the last over. Always enjoyed these tight games with some atmosphere and pressure and held a hard flat drive at long off towards the end right in front of the oppos supporters. Hats off to them - great run chase especially after a few early wickets. Both teams enjoyed a few beers
Personally had 40 from 66 which was about par for me this season. Included a checked on drive for 4 which i dont think ive ever played before! Finished with 260 ish runs at 37 in the league. All with the Chase Laminate i got from the forum. Dont remember who sold it to me but thankyou very much - its a weapon!
All in all enjoyed the season. Very grateful to get the games in we did after thinking at one point there would be no cricket. Hopefully next year we are back to a full season of competitive cricket.
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Finished the season yesterday with a great friendly 35-over game in glorious sunshine, capped with making a run-a-ball 50* in a chase of just over 200 against amenable but quite decent opposition, then heading for beers and curry afterwards.
TBH I'm really sad this season has ended. Bowling has been mediocre (25 wickets @ 12.5), but batting has felt easier than it has in years (550 runs @ 91). It definitely helps that my 2 B3s are fully opened up - having a bat you are used to definitely gives you confidence that you don't need to overhit the ball.
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If 25 wickets at 12’s is mediocre you might want to challenge yourself a bit more?
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Been a while since I've been on here, but thought I'd give a little season review of my own.
Despite being a mini season, it's the only season I've been able to play a bigger part in for the past 3 years due to constant knee issues (ACL damage), which is never too good as bowler.
After spending the majority of my games playing for the clubs 2's previously, I found myself in the 3rd team to start the season off.
Not a great deal of surprise given my 2/3 of a season combined over the previous 2 seasons. I managed to work may way back up to the 2's (until i was unavailable for a week and got dropped again). Out of 8 games, there were 5 3rd team games, all of which I captained which was a new experience, and 3 were second team games. Surprisingly though, every game I have played in this year the team has won, which is a definite positive.
As a whole so far this season, I've managed 17 wickets in 55.3 overs, with an Economy of 3.73, SR of 19.59 and average of 12.18, which I am very happy with, especially given I only managed 49 overs in the previous 2 seasons combined.
To cap it off, we have a cup final for the 3rd team this coming Saturday to finish the season after our semi-final win yesterday. We posted 242/7 off our 40 overs (with a solid 8* off 2 balls from myself :o ), and managed to bowl them out for 184 with 2 overs to spare. Makes it seem tighter than it was, given that they were up with the rate and ahead of where we were going in to the second half of the innings. Personally i managed 3/30 off 7.3 overs, all 3 wickets coming in a single over, but it was a good performance from all our bowlers to restrict them on what was a very good batting deck.
On to the final game now and hopefully end the season with a trophy. Good luck to all others in any finals they have!
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If 25 wickets at 12’s is mediocre you might want to challenge yourself a bit more?
Bowling averages of around 15 are pretty standard for club cricket, especially T20 stuff.
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Bowling averages of around 15 are pretty standard for club cricket, especially T20 stuff.
Yes they are. All the tosspots playing well below their standard to inflate their egos have them!
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Yes they are. All the tosspots playing well below their standard to inflate their egos have them!
I think that's a misunderstanding. Bowling averages and batting averages are both lower.
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When can we expect your England call up @SLA? We are in need of the next Steve Smith.
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When can we expect your England call up @SLA? We are in need of the next Steve Smith.
What's with the pointless antagonism?
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If a bowling average of 12.5 is personally mediocre then it does sound like you might want to try playing a higher standard...
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Totally disagree. My bowling average this season is just over 10. I’m a crap bowler but as I’m 2nd or 3rd change I tend to bowl against the tail. As I bowl pretty straight and serve up loads of half volleys I get wickets as the lesser batsmen can’t make the boundary.
Sometimes stats can be misleading. So stop being so vitriolic and perhaps see it from a different perspective.
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Bowling averages of around 15 are pretty standard for club cricket, especially T20 stuff.
Now I will start by saying I am not trying to be argumentative at all.
Iv just looked through Play cricket and we don’t have a single bowler (who has taken more than 25 wickets) with an average at 12’s or even that close.
As a one of season that would be impressive, relevant to the level of cricket you play but if you or anyone achieves a consistent return of a wicket every 12 runs they are playing well below the level they should be playing.
Our top 4 front line bowlers are all between 20 & 35 and that’s across there playing careers which seems to be the norm from what I can make out
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What would people say is a good “average” for someone to have for whatever standard they play?
Bat and ball that is :)
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That’s a fair call. I only played about 4 games this year, bowled 25 overs, 9 wickets. Last season averaged about 16 with 23 wickets.
I feel this season has been more bowler friendly and most weeks we have been playing sides 2 divisions higher.
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Now I will start by saying I am not trying to be argumentative at all.
Iv just looked through Play cricket and we don’t have a single bowler (who has taken more than 25 wickets) with an average at 12’s or even that close.
As a one of season that would be impressive, relevant to the level of cricket you play but if you or anyone achieves a consistent return of a wicket every 12 runs they are playing well below the level they should be playing.
Our top 4 front line bowlers are all between 20 & 35 and that’s across there playing careers which seems to be the norm from what I can make out
Funny how clubs vary. My career bowling average is 15 and I've never been the best bowler at any club I've played at. Of our clubs top 20 wicket takers, 15 have averages under 20. The highest is 27 and the lowest is 8.5.
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What's with the pointless antagonism?
No pointless antagonism, a tongue in cheek comment regarding someone that is either A) playing against 5 year olds/ way below their standard or B) not being entirely truthful about how “mediocre” their season was.
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I always called club cricket the 30's
Average with the bat over 30 and your doing well
With the ball average under 30 and you done OK
Anything under 20 with lots of wickets and overs bowled is usually done by the professional only but thats in a full season we're I expect 50 - 70 wickets in a normal season depending on the rules
I'm a keeper or was what do I know
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No pointless antagonism, a tongue in cheek comment regarding someone that is either A) playing against 5 year olds/ way below their standard or B) not being entirely truthful about how “mediocre” their season was.
Neither my career bowling average (15) nor batting average (40) are out of the ordinary for club cricket. I just had a better season batting than usual with the bat, which was nice. Why the need to try to try to take people down just because they've done ok?
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Do you really know your "career stats"?
I wouldn't know anything of what I have done I couldn't tell you how many ducks or 100 I have off my head or anything do stats really mean so much to people.
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I've played in leagues before where 15 would be a pretty poor average with the ball! Amateur cricket varies wildly, let's be fair - 30 could be a cracking average or see you never getting a bowl again depending on what you're playing. Normally batting and bowling averages are linked though - 40 with the bat and 15 with the ball surely can't both be normal at the same time.
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Considering SLA plays at clubs who dont have bars with players who dont own bats I suspect the standard is probably friendly village at best. But looks like a good season nonetheless average of 90 isnt to be sniffed at.
I took 3-3 from 3 overs on Sunday, after 4 beers, in a friendly against a village side after not bowling in the league for 2 seasons. Bit of perspective there
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Do you really know your "career stats"?
I wouldn't know anything of what I have done I couldn't tell you how many ducks or 100 I have off my head or anything do stats really mean so much to people.
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You must remember your 100s dave, if you dont youve scored too many!
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I'll bet he's got a few!
Won't remember them all due to the amount of painkillers he was popping :)
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I always called club cricket the 30's
Average with the bat over 30 and your doing well
With the ball average under 30 and you done OK
Anything under 20 with lots of wickets and overs bowled is usually done by the professional only but thats in a full season we're I expect 50 - 70 wickets in a normal season depending on the rules
I'm a keeper or was what do I know
I’d agree over 30 with the bat is a good season but I think 30 with the ball is too high. That’s like bowling a side out for 300, which in my leagues would mean you lose most games. I reckon 15-20 with the ball is good.
Years ago when the pitches were slow and low anything above 25 with the bat was good and 10-15 with the ball
Good to see back anyway buddy
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I really enjoyed my season. I managed to get 20 games in so much better than I hoped for in March / April.
My club is in a really good place at the moment. We managed to develop good links with new clubs from outside our league so hopefully we can play more friendly cricket on Sundays next year.
Personally 349 runs at 25 and 19 wickets at 18.
I also started playing mid week cricket for the XL club (I’m old) which has given me a new enthusiasm. Played on some really nice grounds with and against some good people. It’s something I’ll do more of next year, I recommend it.
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I’d agree over 30 with the bat is a good season but I think 30 with the ball is too high. That’s like bowling a side out for 300, which in my leagues would mean you lose most games. I reckon 15-20 with the ball is good.
Years ago when the pitches were slow and low anything above 25 with the bat was good and 10-15 with the ball
Good to see back anyway buddy
Generally I agree.
Obviously different leagues vary, due to different formats or pitches, but on an average year if you take the total runs scored by total wickets in most leagues I think you'd have a ratio of between 20 and 25. So a front-line bowler would want an average of under 20, and a front line batsman an average of over 30.
Hence in that kind of league, a good (but not unusual) bowling average might be 15, and a good (but not unusual) batting average might be 40. If you can do both at once, good for you.
To moan that someone with those kind of good-but-not-unusual stats is "playing below their standard" just comes across as sour grapes tbh.
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Generally I agree.
Obviously different leagues vary, due to different formats or pitches, but on an average year if you take the total runs scored by total wickets in most leagues I think you'd have a ratio of between 20 and 25. So a front-line bowler would want an average of under 20, and a front line batsman an average of over 30.
Hence in that kind of league, a good (but not unusual) bowling average might be 15, and a good (but not unusual) batting average might be 40. If you can do both at once, good for you.
To moan that someone with those kind of good-but-not-unusual stats is "playing below their standard" just comes across as sour grapes tbh.
I wouldn’t worry too much about other people’s opinion and I wouldn’t worry too much about stats either.
Averages can be misleading, generally you will know if you have bowled or batted well that weekend.
I also read recently that you should compete with yourself and not anyone else. I thought that was great advice, just be the best you can be.
And as long as you are enjoying your cricket what anyone else says or does doesn’t matter
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Stats are secondary for me. How many games did we win because of my contribution? That's a bigger factor for me.
If all of my team mates have that outlook and desire rather than trying to guard an average, we'll generally win plenty more than we lose. Thankfully most do.
I didn't celebrate a 50 2 weeks ago as we needed another 30 or so to win and I was shepherding a pretty weak tail. Delayed my celebration until we won, I was 81* batting with a youngster who hit a 4 to score the winning runs with 7 balls left.
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I wouldn’t worry too much about other people’s opinion and I wouldn’t worry too much about stats either.
Averages can be misleading, generally you will know if you have bowled or batted well that weekend.
I also read recently that you should compete with yourself and not anyone else. I thought that was great advice, just be the best you can be.
And as long as you are enjoying your cricket what anyone else says or does doesn’t matter
Agree 100%. I'm not really interested in stats - I don't keep a running count or anything - my main focus is on bringing through the youngsters and I'm more interested in making sure everyone (on both teams) has had an enjoyable game.
However it is nice to score some runs and I just posted them to try to bring a bit of positivity to what was a downbeat thread. However, it didn't work! People seem much more interested in bringing others down than in celebrating success.
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I too agree that personal stats in a team game aren't the priority. Seeing a 15 yr old hit two 50s and a 40 odd across 7 games who I open with gives me immense satisfaction. Other players have also stepped up significantly.
I've scored 40 runs across five innings while captaining most of the 7 games. Although the personal stats aren't everything, I do feel pressure for failing to contribute at the top of the order. But we've won more as a team than not and, as mentioned, others have contributed with bat and ball.
My overall feeling is that I've brought in a new player who's been well received and contributed and its great we have a strong team. Personally i want to work hard iver winter to get back to a standard that I set for myself that I'm happy with. If i do that, the performances oersonally and as a team will improve.
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Generally I agree.
Obviously different leagues vary, due to different formats or pitches, but on an average year if you take the total runs scored by total wickets in most leagues I think you'd have a ratio of between 20 and 25. So a front-line bowler would want an average of under 20, and a front line batsman an average of over 30.
Hence in that kind of league, a good (but not unusual) bowling average might be 15, and a good (but not unusual) batting average might be 40. If you can do both at once, good for you.
To moan that someone with those kind of good-but-not-unusual stats is "playing below their standard" just comes across as sour grapes tbh.
In fairness, you said you'd had a mediocre season but achieved better stats than those you've just described as good with both bat AND ball. I think that's what people are getting at.
As a lower XI skipper, I've got plenty time for older blokes who play down a level to bring through the younger lads in a supportive and competitive team, but if you're churning out those kind of numbers in a mediocre season then I can see why people are wondering why you aren't playing at a higher level.
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I too agree that personal stats in a team game aren't the priority. Seeing a 15 yr old hit two 50s and a 40 odd across 7 games who I open with gives me immense satisfaction. Other players have also stepped up significantly.
I've scored 40 runs across five innings while captaining most of the 7 games. Although the personal stats aren't everything, I do feel pressure for failing to contribute at the top of the order. But we've won more as a team than not and, as mentioned, others have contributed with bat and ball.
My overall feeling is that I've brought in a new player who's been well received and contributed and its great we have a strong team. Personally i want to work hard iver winter to get back to a standard that I set for myself that I'm happy with. If i do that, the performances oersonally and as a team will improve.
Yes - the most pressure on my batting I put on myself because I want to score quickly enough to buy some of the youngsters time to have a bat without the pressure to score fast and/or get enough runs on the board that I can give them a decent spell.
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In fairness, you said you'd had a mediocre season but achieved better stats than those you've just described as good with both bat AND ball. I think that's what people are getting at.
As a lower XI skipper, I've got plenty time for older blokes who play down a level to bring through the younger lads in a supportive and competitive team, but if you're churning out those kind of numbers in a mediocre season then I can see why people are wondering why you aren't playing at a higher level.
Simple misunderstanding here - I didn't say I'd had a mediocre season, I said my bowling had been mediocre whilst I had been in good form with the bat, both of which are true. Sometimes stats don't tell the whole story.
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Simple misunderstanding here - I didn't say I'd had a mediocre season, I said my bowling had been mediocre whilst I had been in good form with the bat, both of which are true. Sometimes stats don't tell the whole story.
Fair enough, very true that you can bowl well and get no reward and then bowl absolute dross and take heaps of wickets.
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Lad in my team was the leading wicket taker in our league with 26 wickets at just over 17. He also came second overall in all the leagues combined in the Worcester league. If he's mediocre after that, then we all might as well pack in playing.
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Lad in my team was the leading wicket taker in our league with 26 wickets at just over 17. He also came second overall in all the leagues combined in the Worcester league. If he's mediocre after that, then we all might as well pack in playing.
This Worcester league, where everyone in the top 34 wicket takers has an average under 20? https://worcestershirecl.play-cricket.com/Statistics?utf8=%E2%9C%93&tab=Bowling&sub_tab=Standard&per_page=10&rule_type_id=179&season=77&order_by=total_wickets&season=77&rule_type_id=179&division_id=all&cup_id=all&tournament_id=all&age_group_id=all&gender_id=all&game_type=all&atleast=3&order_by=total_wickets (https://worcestershirecl.play-cricket.com/Statistics?utf8=%E2%9C%93&tab=Bowling&sub_tab=Standard&per_page=10&rule_type_id=179&season=77&order_by=total_wickets&season=77&rule_type_id=179&division_id=all&cup_id=all&tournament_id=all&age_group_id=all&gender_id=all&game_type=all&atleast=3&order_by=total_wickets)
Top 10 wicket takers:
RANK PLAYER OVERS MAIDENS RUNS WICKETS BEST BOWLING 5 WICKET HAUL ECONOMY RATE STRIKE RATE AVERAGE
1
PER Paddy Thompson
81 4 409 29 4/24 0 5.05 16.76 14.10
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BRO Ben Whittenbury
52.5 5 229 26 7/35 2 4.33 12.19 8.81
3
George Clifton
75.1 11 309 26 5/21 1 4.11 17.35 11.88
4
EVE Farrukh Zaib
83.1 17 251 26 7/21 2 3.02 19.19 9.65
5
CLA Umar Ijaz
71.4 17 245 25 6/24 2 3.42 17.20 9.80
6
WES John Owens
65.4 6 271 24 7/17 1 4.13 16.42 11.29
7
OLD Ian Robinson
71.4 14 251 24 5/27 1 3.50 17.92 10.46
8
CLE Sam Evans
62.3 8 195 23 6/13 1 3.12 16.30 8.48
9
James Bayliss
79 12 293 23 4/2 0 3.71 20.61 12.74
10
Syed Bukhari
82 6 418 23 5/26 1 5.10 21.39 18.17
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Generally I agree.
Obviously different leagues vary, due to different formats or pitches, but on an average year if you take the total runs scored by total wickets in most leagues I think you'd have a ratio of between 20 and 25. So a front-line bowler would want an average of under 20, and a front line batsman an average of over 30.
Hence in that kind of league, a good (but not unusual) bowling average might be 15, and a good (but not unusual) batting average might be 40. If you can do both at once, good for you.
This is why looking at play cricket stats is interesting.
Good club players over a career average around 30+ with the bat if they are played at about the right level, with the occasional good season.
The bowling stats would then have to meet what SLA says above.
We try to compare what we play to first class stats and you aren't looking at the same thing.
Better to look at averages for list a cricket.
Yes you get some stand outs. But not many.
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Play Cricket is only so useful.
In 2012 or 2013 I was in the top 30 wicket keepers in the entire country when it came to the number of dismissals.
I wouldn't put myself in the top 5 keepers in my own league at the time.
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Play Cricket is only so useful.
In 2012 or 2013 I was in the top 30 wicket keepers in the entire country when it came to the number of dismissals.
I wouldn't put myself in the top 5 keepers in my own league at the time.
That's an awesome stat though! :D
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However it is nice to score some runs and I just posted them to try to bring a bit of positivity to what was a downbeat thread. However, it didn't work! People seem much more interested in bringing others down than in celebrating success.
I’ll bite!
I’m not sure just coming on and posting that your stats for the season are amazing really adds much positivity to the thread, however I appreciate that a bit of boasting is mostly what this threads full of. If the idea was positivity why not some tales of all these youngsters who have been allowed to thrive due to your unselfish hitting at the other end?
Was made me post was you adding that averaging 15 with the ball was mediocre, on top of of course averaging nearly 100. I’ve no idea if your level of ability, or what level you play. , however I would suggest that if you’re ‘getting on with it’ to help youngsters and yet still averaging 91, then you probably should look to see if you’re playing below your level.
EDIT - my apologies. I see it was 12 not 15 with the ball :)
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To get back on topic 😆 We lost our play off final on Saturday after putting in our worst performance of the season, which was hugely disappointing. Loads of positives tho as we'd lost a lot of players to our 1sts, which has allowed opportunities to assume youngsters who have really thrived. One is as good a talent as I've ever seen at his age (14) and could go all the way.
Personally a mediocre season with the bat but captained two games as stand in against good sides and won them both in close contests.
Main positive was getting some Scott bats out there, which I can hopefully push on with into next year if we're get a full season.
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I’ll bite!
I’m not sure just coming on and posting that your stats for the season are amazing really adds much positivity to the thread, however I appreciate that a bit of boasting is mostly what this threads full of. If the idea was positivity why not some tales of all these youngsters who have been allowed to thrive due to your unselfish hitting at the other end?
Was made me post was you adding that averaging 15 with the ball was mediocre, on top of of course averaging nearly 100. I’ve no idea if your level of ability, or what level you play. , however I would suggest that if you’re ‘getting on with it’ to help youngsters and yet still averaging 91, then you probably should look to see if you’re playing below your level.
EDIT - my apologies. I see it was 12 not 15 with the ball :)
There must be thousands of cricketers who finished with a better average than 91 this year, do you honestly think they're ALL playing at the wrong level? Maybe you should write to them all and berate them for having the temerity to have had an unusually good season.
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There must be thousands of cricketers who finished with a better average than 91 this year, do you honestly think they're ALL playing at the wrong level? Maybe you should write to them all and berate them for having the temerity to have had an unusually good season.
Yeah, I reckon most cricketers averaging 91 and 12 are playing below their level. If any of them come to tell me about their stats I’ll most certainly tell them so.
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Yeah, I reckon most cricketers averaging 91 and 12 are playing below their level. If any of them come to tell me about their stats I’ll most certainly tell them so.
Some people choose to play below the level for a load of reasons, higher level games take longer, for one. Some like to be a big fish in a small pond. Others may just love their club and want to play with their mates, or may not like the politics of bigger clubs.
If comes down to the fact that we are amateurs and if we give up our time to play we want to enjoy ourselves.
If I had more time I would try and play a higher standard again for sure. But that isn't possible at the moment.
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Yeah, I reckon most cricketers averaging 91 and 12 are playing below their level. If any of them come to tell me about their stats I’ll most certainly tell them so.
What, even just for one season? We're not talking career averages here.
Anyone can have a good season with a few not outs. Doesn't mean they're playing above their level at all.
FFS mate, just have the decency to celebrate other people's success without sneering for a minute.
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Given you were striking at SR190 and average scores were 120-130 in t20’s, yes, I’d suggest that is the case.
And yes. Unless the stats really don’t represent the reality I’d suggest anyone with any significant number of runs and wickets at those averages isn’t just on a hot streak.
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I’ll bite!
I’m not sure just coming on and posting that your stats for the season are amazing really adds much positivity to the thread, however I appreciate that a bit of boasting is mostly what this threads full of. If the idea was positivity why not some tales of all these youngsters who have been allowed to thrive due to your unselfish hitting at the other end?
Was made me post was you adding that averaging 15 with the ball was mediocre, on top of of course averaging nearly 100. I’ve no idea if your level of ability, or what level you play. , however I would suggest that if you’re ‘getting on with it’ to help youngsters and yet still averaging 91, then you probably should look to see if you’re playing below your level.
EDIT - my apologies. I see it was 12 not 15 with the ball :)
There is nothing wrong with playing below your level.
It’s amateur cricket so it’s about fun.. where is the fun in struggling to avg 25 each week ?
Where is the fun in paying some old bloke £55 a week to fire you ?
Where is the fun in teams appealing irrespective if it slightly hits the pad just to ‘apply pressure ‘ (again amateur cricket.. there is no f’ing pressure !)
Having some dude near you spouting obscene or jut down right load of crap in the name of ‘banter’ BecUse they think it makes them more competitive ..
Or.. it’s just fun to spend a long while and cash and get a good bat week in week out as that’s kinda the point.. it’s a hobby after all. We are paying a lot to play and giving a lot of time up.
Tbh, it’s highly tempting to do the same and sack off the higher divs for those that want to think it’s pro stuff
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I think it's fine for the player but is it OK for the other team? Their juniors get hit all around the park and up and coming batters get bowled out for not very much.
This happens a lot in our midweek league because some of the top teams locally don't have midweek teams. So their Saturday league players tend to join small village teams for midweek with predictable results... Personally I'm fine with it because I'm old enough and I get to face some top level bowling that I don't usually see at weekends. But I'm not sure it's great for juniors who are just trying to transition into our senior squads. They either learn the hard way and improve, which is great, or else they drop out and leave cricket altogether, which is bad...
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I would go as far as saying 95% of teams have a player playing below their level.
There is always one if you think about it, always a gun in the oppo (and your own team), who you think, you could actually play better than this, or if your playing 2nds your wondering why their not playing 1sts whilst they're smashing you round the park.
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I think it's fine for the player but is it OK for the other team? Their juniors get hit all around the park and up and coming batters get bowled out for not very much.
This happens a lot in our midweek league because some of the top teams locally don't have midweek teams. So their Saturday league players tend to join small village teams for midweek with predictable results... Personally I'm fine with it because I'm old enough and I get to face some top level bowling that I don't usually see at weekends. But I'm not sure it's great for juniors who are just trying to transition into our senior squads. They either learn the hard way and improve, which is great, or else they drop out and leave cricket altogether, which is bad...
This is one reason why our midweek team don't play in the league but play bilaterals instead. By playing retire at 25/ 3 overs per bowler we are about cater for a wide variety of ability levels and make sure everyone gets a decent game and no games are dominated by a couple of ringers.
Tbh it's normal for players to want to play with their mates /for the club down the road. All this sanctimonious nonsense about how everyone must play at the highest level they can just ignores the realities of social cricket.
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There is nothing wrong with playing below your level.
It’s amateur cricket so it’s about fun.. where is the fun in struggling to avg 25 each week ?
Where is the fun in paying some old bloke £55 a week to fire you ?
Where is the fun in teams appealing irrespective if it slightly hits the pad just to ‘apply pressure ‘ (again amateur cricket.. there is no f’ing pressure !)
Having some dude near you spouting obscene or jut down right load of crap in the name of ‘banter’ BecUse they think it makes them more competitive ..
Or.. it’s just fun to spend a long while and cash and get a good bat week in week out as that’s kinda the point.. it’s a hobby after all. We are paying a lot to play and giving a lot of time up.
Tbh, it’s highly tempting to do the same and sack off the higher divs for those that want to think it’s pro stuff
I’ve no issue with it for the right reason, but obvious everyone can’t pay below their level!
For reasons out with my control I’ve played this summer at a lower level than normal. I’ve barely bowled (I’m primarily a bowler) as I found zero joy in just knocking people over, and I’ve only batted in the top 4-5 every other game as if I opened I’d likely bat through the 20 as often as not leaving little opportunity for teammates who are playing at a level suited to their ability. If we’re still corona effected next season then I’ll have to move club (at least for the season) as I’m not sure I could deal with another one the same.
I’m not saying everyone has to play at the very highest level they possibly can, but I find very little joy myself in success achieved against plays of lesser ability than myself, and don’t really understand those who do tbh.
If family/job/covid circumstances mean that’s what you have to do (and you still enjoy playing) then fair enough, but I don’t think doing it just to be a big noise is a great justification. Anyway this is a discussion for another thread.
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That post reminds me of my season this year - we played a mini league of 6 in which we were the lowest ranked team (we got promoted last year so presume that seeded us higher). Was an interesting experience, we got on ok - couldn't put great sides out but we turned over a couple of teams who were two divisions above us last year, I got runs in those games so was pleased with that too. It was definitely a reminder that as you get a little higher in the league's the incidence of teams who take themselves far too seriously increases significantly! Sledging levels went through the roof, send offs, players screaming at umpires, swearing, the lot. Was a real relief to finish the season with a friendly against a team we get on with well, even if the cricket wasn't as competitive.
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I previously posted that I'd been demoted to 8 in the batting order for my Saturday 2ndXI, despite doing ok. We went on to win our group and qualify for the semi-finals. Despite finishing 3rd in the averages I was left out of the team which narrowly lost the semi. Sunday was the last game of the season for my Sunday side and we happened to be playing my Saturday team. So I was determined to prove a point after being left out. I batted at 4 and finished 89 not out in a comfortable win. Very satisfying finish and reminder to them what they might be missing next season.
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I previously posted that I'd been demoted to 8 in the batting order for my Saturday 2ndXI, despite doing ok. We went on to win our group and qualify for the semi-finals. Despite finishing 3rd in the averages I was left out of the team which narrowly lost the semi. Sunday was the last game of the season for my Sunday side and we happened to be playing my Saturday team. So I was determined to prove a point after being left out. I batted at 4 and finished 89 not out in a comfortable win. Very satisfying finish and reminder to them what they might be missing next season.
Who are you playing for now mate?
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Who are you playing for now mate?
Himbleton 2's in the Worcester league and Flyford Sunday team.
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I previously posted that I'd been demoted to 8 in the batting order for my Saturday 2ndXI, despite doing ok. We went on to win our group and qualify for the semi-finals. Despite finishing 3rd in the averages I was left out of the team which narrowly lost the semi. Sunday was the last game of the season for my Sunday side and we happened to be playing my Saturday team. So I was determined to prove a point after being left out. I batted at 4 and finished 89 not out in a comfortable win. Very satisfying finish and reminder to them what they might be missing next season.
Congratulations! no better way to prove a point than performance on the field. How were they afterwards?
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They were fine, they are a great bunch. Just seem to have fallen out of favour with the second team skipper. He wasn't playing, but he did come down and watch at some point, so knew my score. :)
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I previously posted that I'd been demoted to 8 in the batting order for my Saturday 2ndXI, despite doing ok. We went on to win our group and qualify for the semi-finals. Despite finishing 3rd in the averages I was left out of the team which narrowly lost the semi. Sunday was the last game of the season for my Sunday side and we happened to be playing my Saturday team. So I was determined to prove a point after being left out. I batted at 4 and finished 89 not out in a comfortable win. Very satisfying finish and reminder to them what they might be missing next season.
Well done,