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General Cricket => Your Cricket => Topic started by: fros23 on April 10, 2021, 06:24:22 PM
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First league game of the season today, safe to say I thoroughly enjoyed the one over before the game was abandoned.
(https://i.postimg.cc/5NCHTsfq/171427110-10225849363362997-2140346749244394438-n.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HVTs74cV)
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Similar result here. Rained off with 10 to play.
We scored 297-5 off our 40 and Stapleton were roughly about 220-6 off 30.
It was always going to happen that first game back I’d get a duck. Second ball triggered LBW despite hitting it. Don’t you love cricket.
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That's snow in my pic not rain by the way :o
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Comfortably the coldest I’ve ever been on a field today. 2 jumpers & handwarmers were very much needed. On the actual game; we were without arguably our 5 best players and it showed. Bowled out for 115
Personally played a few lovely shots off my pads before getting bowled by a full toss that I lost sight of. They chased it in about 16 overs. Personally bowled 3 overs of Offies but it was futile with a wet ball and a track that wasn’t turning (and some very dodgy fielding). Did take a spectacular one handed diving catch over my head though
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First league game of the season today, safe to say I thoroughly enjoyed the one over before the game was abandoned.
(https://i.postimg.cc/5NCHTsfq/171427110-10225849363362997-2140346749244394438-n.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/HVTs74cV)
Picture of 2021!
Beautiful, wonder what you were thinking then 🤔
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At least your hair stayed dry.
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Just seen club cricket will have to pause between 3-4pm for the funeral next weekend. A wonderful idea when you’re not allowed inside your pavilion. Surely if you’re that bothered about the royals you wouldn’t play that day 🤦🏻
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Just seen club cricket will have to pause between 3-4pm for the funeral next weekend. A wonderful idea when you’re not allowed inside your pavilion. Surely if you’re that bothered about the royals you wouldn’t play that day 🤦🏻
Where did you here that? As fair as I have heard its a 2 mins silence.
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Where did you here that? As fair as I have heard its a 2 mins silence.
https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2101298 (https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2101298)
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https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2101298 (https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2101298)
WTF sorry but that's ridiculous. RIP Prince Philip and all that but that's crazy.
I can see an early tea agreement coming on to not lose as much time.
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https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2101298 (https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2101298)
Looks like it's a part of his will, just like design he's made with Landrover, to carry his coffin!
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My friends told me that the Greater Manchester league have refused the request. Good decision IMO
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Just seen club cricket will have to pause between 3-4pm for the funeral next weekend. A wonderful idea when you’re not allowed inside your pavilion. Surely if you’re that bothered about the royals you wouldn’t play that day 🤦🏻
The Greater Manchester and Cheshire County Leagues have already confirmed that they won't be doing this. I would be hugely surprised if any league were to implement this suggestion, less so that any Club would comply with it
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The Greater Manchester and Cheshire County Leagues have already confirmed that they won't be doing this. I would be hugely surprised if any league were to implement this suggestion, less so that any Club would comply with it
We are waiting on a decision from the 2 Counties about it. Knowing them they either won't get back in time or will say its up to you on the day and I will need to have a conversation with the opposition skipper about it.
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We are waiting on a decision from the 2 Counties about it. Knowing them they either won't get back in time or will say its up to you on the day and I will need to have a conversation with the opposition skipper about it.
As a mark of respect to HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, we ask all Two Counties Championship clubs to observe two minutes silence at 3pm on Saturday April 17th. We do ask that clubs respect this as all clubs throughout the country are being asked to do so at this designated time.
This is in memory not just of the man and his public service over seventy years but his contribution to our beloved game first as a player and more importantly as a supporter and an administrator in the game over many years.
Actually looks like quite a sensible piece from the Two Counties
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Just had first practice 2xT20. Enjoyed the day but not when they hit me for 6s! 😀😀
One guy I saw after years, last I saw he was a kid, now he is hitting hard and streaming in to ball quickies! He remembered me as well when we last played together.
There were a couple of talented batsmen who were hitting 6s for fun😀
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First league game of the season today and I wasn’t playing but popped along to see the lads and lost by 40 runs. Oppo scored 204/6 from 50. Excellent opening bowling spell and first change from our lads but they had a couple of decent batters middle order that took them up from 130 to 200 in last 12 overs.
In reply we were going well until the set lad in our run chase was run out terribly. And then we just ran out of steam. They had two very good spinners from watching that bowled excellent areas and length and change or pace.
We had no warm up games as last weekend cancelled so not a bad run out first off but disappointing to lose first league game of the season.
My first game next weekend as long as this weather holds
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Played a friendly today, not sure the opposition knew it was a friendly however!
We had them about 50-5, instead of keeping our best bowlers on, we opened the game up. They ended up getting 160-ish.
Me and our other opener put on 45 for the first wicket in 10 overs. I was seeing it like a beach ball and made my way to 20 before nailing a cover drive about 6 inches off the ground. Unfortunately cover took a screamer just off the floor. We were 130ao in reply. They bought on a fairly rapid bowler and who kept bowling short to kids & people who hadn’t played before which I’m not sure was needed in a friendly.
On another note I felt in the best Nick I have in about 3 years. I read an article the other day on how professionals all had a similar method of watching the ball. I tried it today and it made picking up line and length so much easier. I felt like a had so much time to play shorts. Looking back, in the 4 years I’ve played I don’t think I’ve ever truly watched the ball until today. Going to be interesting to see if this makes a change to my average!
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what is this magical method @NT50 ? I think I could do with a bit of that!
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what is this magical method @NT50 ? I think I could do with a bit of that!
You beat me this question 👍
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I only faced 2 deliveries only. Middled first as defensive push, next thought was there to hit, hit it, think it stopped on me or something went in the air to the point and I was walking
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what is this magical method @NT50 ? I think I could do with a bit of that!
The article basically said that most top players don’t look at the ball until the bowler is in his load up. They essentially watch the face to gather clues as he runs in, then their vision shifts to the rough area where they expect the ball to come out. Then once released make a concerted effort to really stare at the ball. Key seemed to be to keep your eyes completely level and to smoothly shift your eyes to where you expect the release to come from as they load up. Watching the ball all the way from the run up seems to throw your eyes slightly as you’re off balance.
I have linked the article. Starts with a story about Glen Chapple discussing how he came about his method, includes some stuff from a scientific point of view and then the view of 6 active Australian batsmen.
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1136242/the-cricket-monthly--what-does-a-batsman-see (https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1136242/the-cricket-monthly--what-does-a-batsman-see)
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So I don't need to watch the ball when that's been delivered?
Or it about facing international level fast bowling method?
Were you facing pace bowling? Thanks in advance
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So I don't need to watch the ball when that's been delivered?
Or it about facing international level fast bowling method?
Were you facing pace bowling? Thanks in advance
Not sure how you’ve come to that conclusion. I said I watched the rough release point from when the bowler was in his load up, which allowed me to keep my eyes level rather than wildly moving about as the bowlers arms do. From watching that area, you can then track the ball from their hand.
Helped me pick length up much much earlier
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Played our first league game today; got a TFC a bit but we did only bowl 20 overs so!
We bowled oppo out for 108, I took a decent diving forward catch at square leg!
We then chased it down in 12 overs; game started at 12, game finished at 2-45 including 15 minutes change between innings!
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The article basically said that most top players don’t look at the ball until the bowler is in his load up. They essentially watch the face to gather clues as he runs in, then their vision shifts to the rough area where they expect the ball to come out. Then once released make a concerted effort to really stare at the ball. Key seemed to be to keep your eyes completely level and to smoothly shift your eyes to where you expect the release to come from as they load up. Watching the ball all the way from the run up seems to throw your eyes slightly as you’re off balance.
I have linked the article. Starts with a story about Glen Chapple discussing how he came about his method, includes some stuff from a scientific point of view and then the view of 6 active Australian batsmen.
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1136242/the-cricket-monthly--what-does-a-batsman-see (https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1136242/the-cricket-monthly--what-does-a-batsman-see)
Thank you. I will have a read. I really try to watch the ball especially when it is swinging but I really struggle to pick up line and length when the ball is short of a length it feels like the ball goes into some sort of blind spot and I lose it (?).
I noticed when the camera zooms in on Bairstow pre-delivery he seems to look down, as though he is glancing at where he thinks the ball may pitch. Perhaps just an idiosyncrasy of his but it has always interested me.
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We had a chastening game today. I’m starting the season playing 2s to get overs and time at the crease under my belt.
Bowled out for 130 on an excellent deck, I got 18. Bowled trying to pull on length - in the nets would have been smashed but grass deck under my bat. Oppo chased in 17 overs two down, but I took both wickets. One caught slicing to point, the other stumped charging.
Had a bit of a disagreement with the opposition skipper - he kept shouting “no run” to his fielders over whatever was being called by our bats. He didn’t take too kindly when I asked him not to shout that when I was trying to call.
At Beaconsfield we have a new player sponsorship scheme, so besides being supported by Adam @Neon Cricket the head of colts has sponsored me. However his wife is not allowed to know, so we have agreed that it will officially be for Sweet William’s Legacy, a charity run by a work colleague to support those who have suffered the agony of still birth, miscarriage or early child loss.
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Good game for us today Vs Cam CC
We batted first and got 276 off 39.5. I got 21 off 26 before missing a full bunger on my knee roll but not too fussed on runs as I was middling the ball and playing shots I’d play when playing well like the pull and straight drive. One of the 14 year olds played with us and got 79* and 3-fer so well happy for him.
We bowled Cam out for 176 with a decent all round effort. Last friendly vs Knowle next week and into the league stuff.
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Very jealous of all of you south of the border getting a game in this weekend. I had just about the worst net of my life which has evaporated just about any enthusiasm I had for the season starting.
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Very jealous of all of you south of the border getting a game in this weekend. I had just about the worst net of my life which has evaporated just about any enthusiasm I had for the season starting.
What happened Jim? Have you got injured?
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Forgot to mention that we were playing on the matting, which was tougher to bowl on, I was bowling from the sloop end, more important was match practice...
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What happened Jim? Have you got injured?
Don't even have that excuse!
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Don't even have that excuse!
Are you interested telling what happened, then?
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Are you interested telling what happened, then?
Not a lot more to tell than my original post, just had a stinker of a net is all.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXisZokkmSQ&t=3292s
First time we’ve ever live streamed our game yesterday and our feedback was excellent. It looks very professional! Would recommend the company we dealt with any day!
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Played another friendly today, against a team who have beaten us a lot in the league over the years before moving to a different league. In the past they’ve had no problem with bouncing kids, outright cheating and almost coming to blows over a game. They rocked up expecting another easy win.
However, those kids they used to bounce and cheat out of games are grown up now, and two of them hit 50 (Retired) as we racked up 220 inside 40. Personally came in with a few overs to go and hit a couple before being bowled.
We then had them 10-5 in reply and one of their middle order hit 50 to stop it being over very quickly (and their skipper told him not to retire as they wanted to win 👀) A 15-year old coming back to our club after a year away took 6-for in addition to his 50 as we beat them comfortably. Personally kept for the first time in 2 years. Took a catch & a stumping with a handful of byes.
Just goes to show that cheats don’t always prosper
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Great first game of the season on Sunday. We got 212-7 off 40. I got 24, including some nice 4's square and through the covers. Then faced one of the worst overs possible; 3 wides and a double bouncer. Long hop followed, which I duly drilled down square legs throat. 😕
In their innings I nearly took a stunner at first slip early on. 1 handed above my head, parried it up but spilled the rebound as I landed. He went on to get a ton. They needed 60 odd of the last 15 with just 3 down. We got the lad next ball after his ton. I then came on to bowl, got 3 wickets and there were 2 run outs off my bowling. This saw them collapse and we managed to pull off a win by 26 runs.
Really enjoyable game against a great local team. Struggled to move today though. Feel like I've been hit by a car! 😬
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Played another friendly today, against a team who have beaten us a lot in the league over the years before moving to a different league. In the past they’ve had no problem with bouncing kids, outright cheating and almost coming to blows over a game. They rocked up expecting another easy win.
However, those kids they used to bounce and cheat out of games are grown up now, and two of them hit 50 (Retired) as we racked up 220 inside 40. Personally came in with a few overs to go and hit a couple before being bowled.
We then had them 10-5 in reply and one of their middle order hit 50 to stop it being over very quickly (and their skipper told him not to retire as they wanted to win 👀) A 15-year old coming back to our club after a year away took 6-for in addition to his 50 as we beat them comfortably. Personally kept for the first time in 2 years. Took a catch & a stumping with a handful of byes.
Just goes to show that cheats don’t always prosper
you had a guy get 6 for and get a 50... in a friendly? I mean... even bowling AND Batting or Batting AND Bowling is pretty weird in a friendly
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Depends what you mean by friendly. If you just mean a non-league fixture as a pre season warm up then there's no reason it wouldn't be a properly competitive game.
Also, batting and bowling is weird in a friendly? Our midweek T20s we try to give everyone two overs and mix up the batting order so it doesn't seem very weird to me.
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Played another friendly today, against a team who have beaten us a lot in the league over the years before moving to a different league. In the past they’ve had no problem with bouncing kids, outright cheating and almost coming to blows over a game. They rocked up expecting another easy win.
However, those kids they used to bounce and cheat out of games are grown up now, and two of them hit 50 (Retired) as we racked up 220 inside 40. Personally came in with a few overs to go and hit a couple before being bowled.
We then had them 10-5 in reply and one of their middle order hit 50 to stop it being over very quickly (and their skipper told him not to retire as they wanted to win 👀) A 15-year old coming back to our club after a year away took 6-for in addition to his 50 as we beat them comfortably. Personally kept for the first time in 2 years. Took a catch & a stumping with a handful of byes.
Just goes to show that cheats don’t always prosper
How's the body after not keeping for two years sounded a good game
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Depends what you mean by friendly. If you just mean a non-league fixture as a pre season warm up then there's no reason it wouldn't be a properly competitive game.
Also, batting and bowling is weird in a friendly? Our midweek T20s we try to give everyone two overs and mix up the batting order so it doesn't seem very weird to me.
Yes mate it was a competitive non-league fixture. Ignore ProCricketer1982, i don't think i've ever seen him say anything positive about cricket on this forum in the 5+ years i've been here.
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How's the body after not keeping for two years sounded a good game
My back is a little sore but not too bad. Then again I'm very lazy when I keep in that i don't fully go into that squat position so my thighs don't receive the brunt of my weight!
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Class to hear the young lad came back to your club and had a good game. Had he moved to a 'bigger' club for opportunities or was there another story behind it?
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Class to hear the young lad came back to your club and had a good game. Had he moved to a 'bigger' club for opportunities or was there another story behind it?
Pretty much that! He left to try a higher standard of cricket at the best club in the local area. He did pretty well over there but just didn’t enjoy it, think he also didn’t get along with the lads his age. They take it a bit more seriously whereas we all just hammer eachother and have a laugh.
He’s too good for this level but he wouldn’t be playing at all had his dad not agreed to come play for us as well.
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Fair enough at that age. Always gutting when you lose players who've come up through your club but nice to hear he's come back and sounds like it'll be more enjoyable for the lad as well.
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Nobody had any objections to him going there, he had to go and see if he liked that standard. He took a fair few wickets but was batted down at 8 which is far too low for him. Think there was also a fair bit of nepotism and favouritism there.
His dad doesn’t really want to play, he loves being a part of things but would much rather be watching with a few beers than playing. His son is only playing when his dad is around as he doesn’t get to see much of him due to a variety of reasons. He’ll more than likely score 500 Runs and get 30 wickets this year, if he plays most games we’ll more than likely get promoted
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My first game of the season today and our 2nd league game of the season and our first win.
Bowled Oppo out for 88 inside 30overs. Not a great ground to be honest and wicket looked like it would be awful but actually played ok. Great opening spell had them 28-5 off 16 overs and then the change bowlers had a bit of a mare conceding 30 runs from the next 4 overs. Skipper asked me to have a bowl and with my military medium bowled 6 overs, 3 maidens 2 wickets for 4 runs which was pleased with and think that maybe my role this year having given up the gloves due to age and fingers just can’t take it anymore. Was down to bat at 4 which having always been an opening bat I get the feeling that the new skipper has other plans for the top order.
We lost a wicket 4th ball but lost no more to reach the target in 14 overs and all done by 4:00pm. Great to get our first win of the season
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Oh dear... we bowled a team out 51 and then get skittled ourselves for 44 !! Even worse, I topped scored for our side with 6 !!
Frustratingly we really didn't help ourselves
- 2 players pulled out after I had turned down an offer from a couple of guys from my Sunday side who were looking for a match. The eventual replacements was guy who had never played before and someone in his 70 who may as well have never played before.
- skipper takes off our best bowler with opposition 9 down for around 35. Last pair put together best partnership of their innings although in fairness their No.10 looked like a proper batsman.
- we allowed 2 people to go out to umpire and one gave a shocking LBW (arguably our best batsman) and the other a run out when it looked the batsman had passed the stumps.
As we umpire ourselves, I walked on a very faint nick then learned afterwards that the chap umpiring hadn't heard it and would not have given it. However their opening batsman did the same so have to play fair.
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Played a nice friendly Saturday.
We batted first and made about 160. Opened and faced two slow-mediums (my kryptonite) opening the bowling. I was promptly out for a duck after being about 5 minutes early on every shot even whilst batting about 2 yards outside my crease. One lad batting at 7 got his first 50 for us to bring us up to a decent total.
They were 40-0 off 10 for a steady start. Got given the ball first change and bowled 8 straight through 2-25. I had three misfields off my bowling for boundaries! Would have been a very tidy spell if not for that. I’ve been really working on my off-spin and got one to rag back about a foot to take off stump! The batsman thought the keeper had knocked it onto the stumps and wouldn’t walk at first! The lad who got 50 (a bowler by trade) then came on and quickly picked up 5-for due to some... interesting shots! He tried to bowl well outside off-stump off 2 paces to the youngsters coming in as he felt bad, but two of them ended up playing on! We then opened it up even more with lads who never usually bowl and they got up to 120 before they were all out
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Played friendly yesterday,
Went on at 134 for 7 off 26 overs.
a slow low wicket, young lads bowling meant careful play.
We reached 202 for 8 in 40 overs.
I was 25 no.
Funny incident to note is that after the end of last over no. 8 batsman said " you must take a single, take a single". I said, 'let's see".
Hit the off spinner down to long on, next ball, he tried to heave to the mid wicket and he's caught at mid wicket 🙂.
Oppos made 146 on 40 overs.
I bowled, last 4 of 8 overs, bowling wasn't good at all, felt too cold, even though I had been stretching whole the time in the field!
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We had a good close game yesterday. Dug ourselves out of a hole to get to 140 from our 40 after being 35-5 (I opened and got 9 then a magic ball that pitched a foot outside off and swang back to take top of middle!). Then managed to restrict them enough to take it to the 39th over, but were just 10 runs or so short in the end. Good effort considering it was a decent pitch and fast outfield. I bowled 9.1 overs through the middle (finished off an injury over for the 1 ball) and got 3-10 which I was happy with considering I'm not primarily a bowler. Literally everything hurts this morning though..... Should be back to normal by thursday :D
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We had a good close game yesterday. Dug ourselves out of a hole to get to 140 from our 40 after being 35-5 (I opened and got 9 then a magic ball that pitched a foot outside off and swang back to take top of middle!). Then managed to restrict them enough to take it to the 39th over, but were just 10 runs or so short in the end. Good effort considering it was a decent pitch and fast outfield. I bowled 9.1 overs through the middle (finished off an injury over for the 1 ball) and got 3-10 which I was happy with considering I'm not primarily a bowler. Literally everything hurts this morning though..... Should be back to normal by thursday :D
That's well bowled, you must have enjoyed the game 🙂
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Got our season properly started yesterday with a friendly, belting game that we won by two runs. I started nicely, lost my way and then recovered to 55 in an opening stand of 111 in 16 before our middle order all ran themselves out, tail wagged to get us to 221 off 40. Snagged myself an early grab at slip and had a decent trundle, they batted well but were always behind the rate until the last ten and just left themselves too much to do. Really good feeling to be playing again!
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Got our season properly started yesterday with a friendly, belting game that we won by two runs. I started nicely, lost my way and then recovered to 55 in an opening stand of 111 in 16 before our middle order all ran themselves out, tail wagged to get us to 221 off 40. Snagged myself an early grab at slip and had a decent trundle, they batted well but were always behind the rate until the last ten and just left themselves too much to do. Really good feeling to be playing again!
Why you feel you lost your way?
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First game of the season, dreading it having not done any kind of net/practice as a Sunday side. Did Couch to 5k though, so I guess I have some element of fitness
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Hah. Oppo scored 288 in 40, #3 and #4 biffed everything, didn't give us a sniff
Came in at 9 and scored 19, so not a bad way to start I suppose. Lost by 60 odd, made a go of it
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Another friendly win for us today. Batted first and we got about 220 off our 40. I came in at 15-2 and scored a run a ball 50 retired, in addition to one of our lads getting his first 50. Truth be told the bowling was very slow and wide and there were singles all round the ground given their average age was about 60!
They looked good in the chase until they were 4 down. They got 180-ish in the end. Personally kept for 40 overs, most of it up to the stumps. Let 4 byes past which was good, missed a stumping though
Good signs for our first league game next week
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VKO 1st round. We scored 420/3 off 40 overs and bowled the oppo out for 44.
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Good result yesterday but fairly chastening for me. Certainly didn’t bowl badly, but got put on trying to turn the ball up the slope with the short boundary to the leg side for a right handed bat. Probably my worst ball got my one wicket, drag down steered straight to short fine leg, but also a drop in the covers off me and the keeper reckons he should have got one that was inside edged for four past leg but he’d stood up too early so couldn’t get back down. Ended with 8/0/64/1, which by my standards is terrible but taking into account bowling vs the slope with a short leg side boundary that I was hacked over a few times I certainly have bowled worse for more reward. Partially popped my thumb out during my spell which has been uncomfortable since.
We chased their 209 four down, with 3 59s and a 35 included. I was at 7 so didn’t bat, which was a bit of a relief as I wasn’t sure about being able to grip the bat
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VKO 1st round. We scored 420/3 off 40 overs and bowled the oppo out for 44.
420 vs 44! Don't know what to think of this...
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VKO 1st round. We scored 420/3 off 40 overs and bowled the oppo out for 44.
When you say 'we'... don't see any Marks featured here?
http://oxforddownscc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4885515 (http://oxforddownscc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4885515)
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420 vs 44! Don't know what to think of this...
I thought it was a bit one-sided ;)
Our opener scored 110 off 60, and then our 5 came in in the 25th over, was 26 off 28, then accelerated slightly to hit his next 122 runs off 33 balls, ending up 148* off 61.
Opponents were then reduced to 1-4, and out of the 44 they managed to compile, their 3 scored 33 of them.
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When you say 'we'... don't see any Marks featured here?
[url]http://oxforddownscc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4885515[/url] ([url]http://oxforddownscc.play-cricket.com/website/results/4885515[/url])
No I didn’t play. I was too busy supporting and drinking cider.
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VKO 1st round. We scored 420/3 off 40 overs and bowled the oppo out for 44.
I'm sure that did the game a world of good. Did no one think 'hum, they aren't very good.. let's not take the mick' ?
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I'm sure that did the game a world of good. Did no one think 'hum, they aren't very good.. let's not take the mick' ?
I kind of agree. It was pretty obvious early on that they weren’t up to much, but then again it was a national competition, and I don’t think any batsman out there would have turned down the opportunity to bat.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWoyC6xTvRc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWoyC6xTvRc)
you can watch the carnage here!!!!
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I kind of agree. It was pretty obvious early on that they weren’t up to much, but then again it was a national competition, and I don’t think any batsman out there would have turned down the opportunity to bat.
If it had been a less high profile competition I think maybe you take the foot off the gas. In a national comp, everyone knows that teams are there to win it and you never know who the opposition might have got in as a ringer. Don't see an issue with it myself, nobody plays national knockouts for a social game.
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VKO 1st round. We scored 420/3 off 40 overs and bowled the oppo out for 44.
Spare a thought for the opener who got out for 9 ..LoL
'How did it go mate?'
'Got one that did a bit.'
'Tough luck. How much did the team score?'
'420'
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Spare a thought for the opener who got out for 9 ..LoL
'How did it go mate?'
'Got one that did a bit.'
'Tough luck. How much did the team score?'
'420'
It was a bit of a controversial dismissal actually. He chipped the ball to mid-wicket, fielder flapped at it, everyone in the ground (including his own team) thought he had shelled it. Then he decided to claim it, and our umpire gave him out!
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Played village cup yesterday; we set 203 with one of our 14 year olds chipping in with a very helpful 33 at the end! Played some brilliant shots, hopefully will keep playing them when the growth spurt happens and is that bit stronger!
I opened the bowling alongside one of our pace bowlers, he picked up a wicket first ball of their innings with a LBW which was as stone dead as I’ve seen for a long time! We had them 14-4 ish, myself getting 1-22 off my 8 overs and the other opening bowler 3-28 off his 8 as they then rebuilt with their 3 and 6! They then put on 120 I’d say; and were taking the game away from us when the 3 hit it to the man at deep mid wicket and changed the game, then all out for 169! All in all a proper good village cup game against a side we wouldn’t usually play so makes for an enjoyable afternoon
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Two games so far for the team I play for an two wins.
Bit of a run feast in the first game. We made 280 odd and managed to bowl the opposition out for 230 odd. I managed 79,
Second game on Saturday and we scored 241, I managed 87 and then we managed to restrict the opposition for around 220 with a pretty poor bowling attack. Four away games in a row with travel restrictions is certainly not easy.
Pleased with my start to the season with the bat. On target for 500 runs but my fielding is absolutely awful. I actually get quite down about it in truth. Did some damage to a bat on Saturday digging out a Yorker so first visit to the bat repair shop later today.
Hope everyone is having a good start to the season.
JT
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Two games so far for the team I play for an two wins.
Bit of a run feast in the first game. We made 280 odd and managed to bowl the opposition out for 230 odd. I managed 79,
Second game on Saturday and we scored 241, I managed 87 and then we managed to restrict the opposition for around 220 with a pretty poor bowling attack. Four away games in a row with travel restrictions is certainly not easy.
Pleased with my start to the season with the bat. On target for 500 runs but my fielding is absolutely awful. I actually get quite down about it in truth. Did some damage to a bat on Saturday digging out a Yorker so first visit to the bat repair shop later today.
Hope everyone is having a good start to the season.
JT
I can relate to the fielding bit! We are late to start playing and just had a club practice session Saturday with pairs batting. Batted ok, but stiffened up badly so didn't bowl. Concerned feel a bit of a liability this season so need to urgently shift some timber as aged late 40s there are not many seasons left!
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Being selected to play friendly game on Saturday for the 2nd XI.
I'm nervous 😎🙂
Not in good form with ball yet...
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Had a mixed game Saturday, bowled perfectly well but figures certainly don’t suggest as much. 8/0/64/1 for me, of which at least half were slogged to the 45 yard boundary down the slope, which I was trying to turn the ball up - not sure why I was put on that end given discussions I’d had but it’s overs under the belt. Wicket was an absolute pie, drag down steered to short fine leg.
Oppo ended 209/4 from 40, we chased 4 down in 35, pitch was an absolute road which allowed for some big hitting all round.
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58 off 120 balls opening the batting the past weekend. Best score for a while after a period not enjoying it at my old club. But a new club last season and some timber shed to help me be fitter and I’ve started 2021 fairly well. 2/2 off 3.1 overs along side 12 with the bat the week before last and I’m satisfied with my start to the season.
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So I had just net 2nd XI players, thanks goodness, bowling went well, to my big relief!
I had to think hard, as had no nets at all, only one game last Saturday, to find out that I was bowling slower than I normally do, while I thought I was bowling at the right pace.
Batted as well, just to get in the groove for tomorrow, happy with it.
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Had a very tight finish in today's game.
A 45 overs match became 40 overs.
We scored 118 in 38 overs.
They finished on 104 in 39 over!
Went on at 11, faced 7 deliveries scored 10,all the scoring shots were dabs through the slips, to medium pacers🙂
Bowled last 5 of the 10 overs, 1 for 15.
All in all a good friendly match, which was as tense as like a league game! Good practice...
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Another poor preseason result today. Lost by 9 wickets defending a poor 138.
Top scored with 31 from 28. Wasn’t trying to hit out, but kept hitting gaps and picking up boundaries. Was caught at extra cover slicing a drive. Bowled OK at best, took the end with the short straight and off side boundary and kept being slapped over extra, then a few wides and a dodgy call fo 5 wides that the guy pretty much kicked for 4. We weren’t at the races, absolute shocker and need to put in a much better showing next week as the league season begins.
As a positive, from facing our new Kiwi overseas all of the opposition seamers felt military medium. Got a proper working over from him Thursday, so looking forward to earning my 1s spot back and seeing what he can do on a grass deck
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A couple of firsts for me today. Back to back 50’s for the first time ever, and also hit my first ever six!
We bowled first and they got 210. Their number 8 hit a very frustrating 80-odd, there was at least 10 occasions were he sliced one just over a fielder/ swung and missed with the ball just missing.
I opened up and we were 20-4 before I’d faced 10 balls. Me and our number 6 rebuilt to about 120-ish before he was plumb LBW. Wickets kept falling until we were 150-8 when I finally brought up my 50. Was a slow innings (though, I did have long periods without the strike). Flat batted a six over midwicket for the first time ever! Needed about run a ball from the last 7 overs. We were 8 down so I just asked our youngster to stay with me. I pushed too hard on a 2 and was just run out which was bloody annoying as I think I could have chased it.
We needed up 25 short.
On a negative note, my gun BB split at the toe. I’ve had it 2.5 years but only just started using it this season. Bit disappointed that it’s gone after 6 games. Will be taking it to hunts county bats this week to try and save it.
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We lost our first league game to Bedminster 2nd XI yesterday. We batted first and managed to scrape 239/9 off our 45. I managed 33 off 40 batting at 5. Coach gave me some tips on Tuesday to stop planting my foot and have to say I feel much better for it. Disappointed to get out when I did dragging it on when trying to set up a platform to kick on.
Bedminster were 136-0 in reply before losing a couple of wickets and chasing down a revised total with a few overs to go.
Onto next week.
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Some highlights from our game yesterday!
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Played my first Sunday game in quite a while today and had my first bat of the season and. Must say something very relaxing about Sunday cricket compared to sat. Both league cricket for us but just something feels calmer.
Anyway batting at 4 openers made a good start and both got to 30odd before both being out within a couple of overs, started off facing a young leggie who gave it a decent amount of rip but was very slow and wasn’t afraid to give it some air so took my time to play myself in. Felt great to get first run of the season and then first boundary and managed to before I really knew it bring up my 50 and then was out for 68 from 68 chopping one on. Shame as I felt in great form.
Young lads then came in and do what they do and got us up to 233/8 from 40.
Said young lads then opened the bowling. One a leggie the other a seam bowler but short run and just moves it both ways at a friendly but quick enough pace. And they rushed through 20 overs and they were 73/4 after 20. I managed to bag 3 catches in cover. After that we rotated bowling and a mix of crap getting wickets and Good bowling saw us home easily in the end.
Good start for our Sunday side of who should be looking to push for promotion this year I think.
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Played my first game today, a Sunday friendly.
Loss the toss and put in the field. They scored 197 off 46 overs.
I opened the batting and scored 24 before playing on to a spinner, which was annoying as I was timing it surprisingly nicely. The opposition got progressively more obnoxious, which was disappointing due to the fact that it’s a Sunday friendly. Anyway, we lost a steady stream of wickets throughout our 35 overs, and ended up 180-9.
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Played yesterday; we batted first and got off to a solid start but the middle order collapsed a bit and we ended 215 all out which in reality was about 60 short of par!
I opened the bowling for us and bowled 10 overs 1-48, got a couple to turn which is always a positive for me as a spinner who claims not to turn it!
They chased it down in 33 overs so in grand scheme was happy with my figures just disappointed to lose
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Had a game yesterday at Worcester Park CC, Sunday 1XI, strong team, so had a good game again for the preparation for the league, they made 194 in 40 overs. I bowled 5 overs for 20-1,again last 5 of the 10 overs.
We scored 112 ao, I made 10no, at no10, atm 45 runs with 3 not outs and 3 wickets for 70 in 3 games, while 1st bowling stint is to forget, which wasn't good at all!
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Started the Saturday league season with a win which is always nice! Opened the bowling and bowled very poorly, far too full with far too many full tosses. At one stage they were on around 90-3 off 20 overs but thanks to regular wickets including two tailenders for me to pad my figures with when I came back on, we got them to around 140 for 9 before their final wicket partnership kept us out in the field for the final 10 overs taking them up to 160 odd.
In reply we were in almost exactly the same position at the 20 over mark except we'd only lost 2 wickets and both of their best bowlers had used up their overs. Then on came two fairly ordinary slow spinners who took 7 wickets between them, batting at 8 I scored a very slow 12* trying to shepard the tail as we scraped home by one wicket.
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Started the Saturday league season with a win which is always nice! Opened the bowling and bowled very poorly, far too full with far too many full tosses. At one stage they were on around 90-3 off 20 overs but thanks to regular wickets including two tailenders for me to pad my figures with when I came back on, we got them to around 140 for 9 before their final wicket partnership kept us out in the field for the final 10 overs taking them up to 160 odd.
In reply we were in almost exactly the same position at the 20 over mark except we'd only lost 2 wickets and both of their best bowlers had used up their overs. Then on came two fairly ordinary slow spinners who took 7 wickets between them, batting at 8 I scored a very slow 12* trying to shepard the tail as we scraped home by one wicket.
"ordinary slow spinners"
Yesterday, that left hander over the wicket, was playing 1st game in 2 years.
1st H few deliveres were "ordinary", but then picked up his line and length and took 3 wickets!
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Didn't realise that bowling a decent line and length qualified you as a special talent these days 😂 I'll need to start talking up our slow-medium seam bowlers more.
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Didn't realise that bowling a decent line and length qualified you as a special talent these days I'll need to start talking up our slow-medium seam bowlers more.
Hahaha Jim,
Batters can't resist the temptation to hit out to those "slow ordinary bowlers", while they play carefully to those line and length bowlers and wait for bad delivery or change bowlers.
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I'm familiar with the concept of s*** gets wickets, but "fairly ordinary" isn't an unfair description of that type of bowling.
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I'm familiar with the concept of s*** gets wickets, but "fairly ordinary" isn't an unfair description of that type of bowling.
Not fair!
What about ordinary batting? 😎🙂
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Not fair!
What about ordinary batting? 😎🙂
If you get out to fairly ordinary bowling, that would suggest it was a fairly ordinary bit of batting. Not exactly difficult to piece that one together...
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If you get out to fairly ordinary bowling, that would suggest it was a fairly ordinary bit of batting. Not exactly difficult to piece that one together...
Actually, that's called " poor batting" 😎
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How long are you two going to perpetuate every single thread to the enth degree with pointless and boring comments?
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How long are you two going to perpetuate every single thread to the enth degree with pointless and boring comments?
Try this.
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Try this.
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Had no idea you could do this! Thank you very much
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Not a brilliant weekend for me, out first ball of the innings chasing a biggish score. How do you lose concentration before you've even faced a ball?! Lesson learnt there.
Odd game, despite dropping their top scorer 6 times and losing by 180ish runs we came away feeling like we had more fun than most of the oppo, weird bunch of blokes.
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Not a brilliant weekend for me, out first ball of the innings chasing a biggish score. How do you lose concentration before you've even faced a ball?! Lesson learnt there.
Odd game, despite dropping their top scorer 6 times and losing by 180ish runs we came away feeling like we had more fun than most of the oppo, weird bunch of blokes.
If you figure out a good way of getting your concentration sorted before facing your first ball would be interested to hear it, I'm a shockingly bad starter with the bat.
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If you figure out a good way of getting your concentration sorted before facing your first ball would be interested to hear it, I'm a shockingly bad starter with the bat.
I normally have a process I follow and it works well for the most part. On Saturday the sight screen was in the wrong place and presumably had been for the whole first innings - I spent the bowler's runup debating about whether to get it moved and forgot to go through any of my normal setup! First ball floaty outside off and I just had a waft and put it straight up in the air, hopeless. Serves me right really, I know what works for me so ony myself to blame if I don't do it.
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I may be one of very few to post today but we got a game in today. Knowing it was going to rain heavily over night and going on the advise of the 4-5 farmers we gave and there high tech weather tracking we covered wicket with the roll ons and for the first time in ages also used the covers for run up and the side covers for the square. Despite 5 hours of persistent rain it stopped at about 11:30 in Suffolk and with high winds and having been really dry recently a couple of turns of rope over the outfield we started at 1:45pm with a 40 Over aside game.
I for this first time in adult cricket I now find myself being in the middle order, no idea why but new skipper this year and he has decided to open himself with the other regular opener Iv batted with for the last 5 seasons and I’m at 5.
Came in at 165/3 with 6 overs left and 3rd ball play a cut straight to backward point, skipper calls yes yes yes and before I know it he is about 5 yards from me and the ball being thrown to the bowler so I take a gentle jog forward and I’m run out for 1. Skipper was on 80 odd at the time so scarified myself.
Been told that apparently he wants a regular opening partnership which I totally understand and also wants me to bowl the middle overs as my Darren Stevens style bowling is what we need as I generally go at about 2 per over. Anyway after scoring 208/8 in our 40 we take the field.
Oppo start well and are at the runs rate after 14 overs when we have to make a bowling change as our young quick can only bowl 7overs max. So the other opener my old opening partner is told to bowl next over. A couple of overs later and after a couple of quick wickets from the other opening bowler. Skip tells him to take a spell and brings himself on to bowl. Run rate now at about 7 per over. Anyway pick up wickets at regular intervals and with 7 wickets between them and Oppo 9 down with 8 overs left needing 68 to wim, skip and other opener continue to bowl. Oppo now Build a partnership and at the start of 37 over umpire stops other opener form bowling telling him his bowled his allocation. Oppo need 18 to win. Skip looks around and says to vice how do we trust now, vice says a bit puzzled “erm Chris” oh ok fancy a couple. Now must be honest every ounce of me wanted to tell him to stuff it but that wouldn’t do team any favours so I Bowl and do for 3 skip than bowls and hat would be his last and 4th ball No11 chips one in the air and we win by 11 runs I think.
So great to get a win but I feel after 5 years that I’m now not rated as a batsmen (highest avg over the last 5 years) also based on games I play per season top 2 runs per season for last 5 years) 10 centuries in 5 league seasons 21x 50’s and also not rated as a bowler. Iv been the clubs league keeper pretty much but always used as a bowler in T20.
So not sure what to do or how to take things. Each captain is entitled to do as they wish but surely communicated to the player if they are not in his plans isn’t to much to ask. After missing all league cricket last season with Covid it’s such a downer on the game I love and look forward to. Having a family makes it hard but starting to feel that of I’m being asked to give up my time to
Play as opposed to spend with family to be a bits and pieces player isn’t really on. Anyway good win for the team after they lost by 2 runs last week was good to get out on the right side this week.
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If he's planning to bat you at 5 it sounds like you're still very much rated as a batsman @SOULMAN1012 , from my point of view I'd always want someone capable of steadying the ship in at 5 given the propensity of club cricket top orders to collapse in a heap.
Bowling wise, I've experienced similar - told I'd be bowling first change under a new midweek skipper and ended up bowling two overs right at the end of their innings. Unsurprisingly my slow-medium pace got absolutely whacked to all parts by the set batsman teeing off.
Maybe worth a word with your skip before next week to ask what he actually wants you to do as a bowler? Make your case that you're happy to do what's needed for the team but that you need some direction about what that role is.
As a new skipper it's very tempting to make changes and try and make the team your own, but it's easy to do some bloody daft things when you do that. Possible that he just needs a quiet word from somebody, sounds like the VC rates your bowling so that might be an option too.
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God, i certainly don’t miss that lack of clarity regarding roles in the team. My Saturday skipper has been pretty decent at this over the years. There’s 3 of us who can open because we’re solid defensively but need a bit of time to get going. Then we have accumulators at 4/5 then 6-7-8 are the guys who can give it a whack. Whereas our bowlers generally have certain points they bowl at etc...
Whereas my Sunday team, our skipper would often have the top 7 all padded up and then make an off the cuff decision regarding who went in when. It was an absolute nightmare, not knowing where you stood. He had blokes batting 4/5 places out of position and we were always 50-4. Every week.
I stopped playing on Sunday’s for about a season and a half because of it. Though we have a new skipper now so I’ll definitely be about more.
I can certainly understand how frustrating it is not knowing where you stand in a team.
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Seems to be either 50 or bust for me this season as I got another duck.
We batted first in a friendly and were all out for a below par 116. If it weren’t for a 59 from our no.4 it could have been ugly. I got one back of a length that just never got up and scrapped my shin on the way past.
Came on first change as well as we had 2 bowlers and a couple of part timers. Went for a shocking 9 an over bowling spin as their skipper kept smashing me over cow for 6. Dragged it back in my last over as I switched to seam, might just go seam up from here out, can’t be any worse!
They got it in about 20. Still averaging 25 for the season but seems to either be single figures or 50 for me!
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3rd match in a row that has been called off without even leaving the house. On the plus side this is now our best unbeaten run for around 10 seasons.
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3rd match in a row that has been called off without even leaving the house. On the plus side this is now our best unbeaten run for around 10 seasons.
Atleast you didn't have to leave the house.
We had an away game miles away which they didn't call off so we trek the 45 minutes to get there for around half 12 for a supposed 1pm start with it raining the entire way there. We get there and it's drizzling so come 1pm they want to leave it 10 minutes to see if all of the weather forecasts are wrong and that it magically stops drizzling. After an unknown amount of time it is still drizzling although as a trainee groundsman the ground and square in particular are far firmer than I was expecting, it's cold and not very pleasant but it is safe. It is finally agreed that we will reduce down to a T20, we do the toss and the home side elect to bat first. We all get ready in the back of our cars and head out onto the pitch ready to field and get the game on. We're stood out there for 10-15 minutes when their skipper trudges out and tells us that his players don't want to play in this weather, despite it not changing since the toss was done. So we all get back into our cars an hour and a half after we arrived, ready for another 45 minute drive back thanks to an opposition club in disarray who neither wanted to call it off nor wanted to actually play a game of cricket.
They're now claiming the game was rained off rather than them conceding because their captain couldn't control their team and couldn't get them to play a game of cricket.
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We played away to Timsbury yesterday despite the weather. Lost the toss and was put in. It rained for probably 30 of our 45 overs but never came off. We amassed 217 all out, I got 31* off 25 at the end batting at 7.
Timsbury never got going and ended up 88-7 off 32.2 - again with most of the innings being rained on until a heavy downpour ended the game. I’ve never played a game where 70% of it was in rain.
Still a win for us and playing a Frenchay side next week who have bowled both oppos they’ve played for sub 100.
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We played yesterday, and TBH I have never played in such a strange game in my life, especially as captain.
It all started at around 10.15 when I get a call from oppo skipper saying they didn't cover the wicket on Thursday and the rain got on it and it's still wet despite being covered since! They are unsure whether to play etc etc... I say our lads have already left so we're coming over let's see how it is.
Get there the wicket is wet but not unplayable, an old school sticky dog basically. After lots of talk with the umpires and their skipper, a wet outfield and rain in the air, we decided to reduce to 35 overs and a 1.30pm start. By this time their skipper has told me they have 5 guys that don't want to play!! I said I have 11 that do so we have an issue then.
I lose the toss and we are batting, the track plays as expected it is impossible to drive on if ball is bowled in the right area, but they bowl enough bad balls for us to get to 196-8 (I swept my way to 26 before holing out to square leg). A very good score on that wicket I though.
Then we bowled really well at the start, I got a legside stumping 3rd ball, we picked up another couple of wickets and they were behind the rate quickly. This all happened during constant rain and them moaning about playing etc... when the oppo are 66-4 needing 12's we come off for rain, and I think we'll that's it we've been screwed!
But somehow it stops, sun comes out and we get back out there, we take another wicket, 79-5, they still need 12's. Then came one of the most ridiculous innings I have seen in the 30 years I have been playing cricket.
The number 7 came out and from ball 1 timed it off any length like no-one had been able to all day, put 7 balls out the ground, to score a match winning 65* off 32 balls!!!! Some of the cleanest striking I have seen. While the number 6 sensibly gave him the strike and got a run a ball 50 himself. They put on 120 and won it with an over to spare.
While for 90% of the day the oppo didn't want to play at all and were moaning about the whether, I walked off the ground completely shell shocked having lost. The bloke who scored those runs has only ever scored 1 other 50 in his life..... so just goes to show there is hope for everyone!
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The bloke who scored those runs has only ever scored 1 other 50 in his life..... so just goes to show there is hope for everyone!
I suspect the name in the scorebook and the name on his birth certificate may not necessarily score the same amount of points in Scrabble.
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Heard a funny story yesterday regarding our Sunday friendly fixture from the previous weekend which I watched for a couple of hours but didn't play in.
I arrived at the backend of the first (opposition) innings and noticed one the umpires wearing black trousers and a proper umpires coat so thought they had brought their own umpire. Quick turnaround at innings break and this guy walks out again and no-one is complaining as it's hard enough to get one of our lot to umpire. However at the end of the game, the umpire asks for his fee which confuses our skipper and it's then discovered he has been umpiring the wrong match. Both skippers feel terrible for the guy (who apparently had done both ends for the entire match !!!) so decide to have a whip round as a "thank you" but once they finished collecting, the poor chap had already left.
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Rained off today, tomorrow rained off, last weekend abandoned after 5 overs rain.
Sick and tired of this season already which is crap as waited so long for it to come round.
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Played at Hovingham in North Yorkshire this afternoon, a beautiful ground and even had a friend (Yorkshire Premier League player whose match was called off late last night) asking if he could come on-loan as he had never played there. Unfortunately I had to decline his offer as it would be classed as strengthening the side but as it happens our 1st XI match was called off this morning so we had enough players anyhow.
Match started well for me taking a catch at gully off our quick bowler. First catch for ages, it came at a nice height and to my right (I am hopeless with chances to my left).
However my bowling came in for some tap, mostly from a U13 Yorkshire player who developed a very annoying habit of carting me behind square to a very short leg side boundary. In fairness I kept feeding him straight deliveries as I thought he's got to miss one sometime but that didn't prove to be the case.
Our batting didn't get off to the best start but one of our 1st XI players hit a quick-fire 50 before being adjudged LBW. We then decided a losing draw was the best option and I dropped anchor when I went in and was slowly seeing us through the overs. Unfortunately a juicy wide long hop was too tempting an invitation to turn down and for the second league game running, I ended up miss-hitting a rank bad ball straight to a fielder. Very frustrating as I feel really good at the crease but maybe I am trying to hit the ball too hard and losing my shape?
A loss looked inevitable as I departed 9 wickets down but the last pair managed to bat out the last 10 overs undefeated and took us over 100 to over for our first batting point of the season.
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Rained off again - thats 3 out of 4 league games off for both our teams. My 14 year old was due to play 2's for first time last two weeks and is getting very frustrated!
I'm still not playing due to back so one silver lining is I am not actually missing any cricket but so depressing this weather
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Just about recovered from a farcical game yesterday.
We arrive at the ground the opposition are hiring, only to find out that only their skipper was there. We tossed up and chose to bowl on the greenest, wettest track I’ve ever seen. They all waited in the car park as they let the groundsman set up on his own. Then they wondered out to bat 15 minutes after the start time.
On a track that 100 would have been a good score on we bowled poorly and let them get 140. Though this could have been a lot less had it not been for some of the worst cheating I’ve ever seen on a cricket field. We had one of their players run out by at least 2 yards. I’m talking the kind where the bails are off before he’s even in the same postcode, and yet it was given not out. After about 2 minutes of back and forth he still didn’t walk. We then got a wicket off a full toss (about shin height) and they waited until I’d caught it to signal a no ball. Though the funniest one was a bloke getting hit infront of all 3 but not being given. Our keeper rarely appeals and is the first one to say “nah lads, it was a little leg side” etc and even he said it was stone dead.
Towards the back end of the innings we had the same guy run out again which they finally gave. One of our players gave him a send off which was probably unnecessary. This prompted a full scale pitch invasion by their side to argue about the games atmosphere.
After plenty of rain at tea on an uncovered track we finally went to bat and were all out for 50. Certainly wasn’t enjoyable when a ball pitches in the same place and one goes past your ear, the next one almost bounced twice. It just highlighted how poorly we bowled.
The best part of tea however, was when I asked what the point of cheating was, only to be told by one of their players “well if we gave every decision like that we would be out cheaply!” As if being out cheaply was justification for cheating.
That’s the first time (and hopefully last) I have ever called somebody a cheat in 20 years of playing all kinds of sport. We all feel a bit miffed when you don’t get LBW’s off the other team, however this kind of blatant cheating ruined what should have been a good game.
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Just about recovered from a farcical game yesterday.
We arrive at the ground the opposition are hiring, only to find out that only their skipper was there. We tossed up and chose to bowl on the greenest, wettest track I’ve ever seen. They all waited in the car park as they let the groundsman set up on his own. Then they wondered out to bat 15 minutes after the start time.
On a track that 100 would have been a good score on we bowled poorly and let them get 140. Though this could have been a lot less had it not been for some of the worst cheating I’ve ever seen on a cricket field. We had one of their players run out by at least 2 yards. I’m talking the kind where the bails are off before he’s even in the same postcode, and yet it was given not out. After about 2 minutes of back and forth he still didn’t walk. We then got a wicket off a full toss (about shin height) and they waited until I’d caught it to signal a no ball. Though the funniest one was a bloke getting hit infront of all 3 but not being given. Our keeper rarely appeals and is the first one to say “nah lads, it was a little leg side” etc and even he said it was stone dead.
Towards the back end of the innings we had the same guy run out again which they finally gave. One of our players gave him a send off which was probably unnecessary. This prompted a full scale pitch invasion by their side to argue about the games atmosphere.
After plenty of rain at tea on an uncovered track we finally went to bat and were all out for 50. Certainly wasn’t enjoyable when a ball pitches in the same place and one goes past your ear, the next one almost bounced twice. It just highlighted how poorly we bowled.
The best part of tea however, was when I asked what the point of cheating was, only to be told by one of their players “well if we gave every decision like that we would be out cheaply!” As if being out cheaply was justification for cheating.
That’s the first time (and hopefully last) I have ever called somebody a cheat in 20 years of playing all kinds of sport. We all feel a bit miffed when you don’t get LBW’s off the other team, however this kind of blatant cheating ruined what should have been a good game.
Some people think getting an incorrect decision is unlucky, some think it’s the ineptitude of the umpires. However, in my view most of the time it’s blatant cheating. I have zero interest in playing for or against sides that feel the need to win at all costs, and if we come across those sides on a Saturday or Sunday we’ll make sure they don’t ever get invited back. There’s no need for it, other than to feed their insecurities.
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Some people think getting an incorrect decision is unlucky, some think it’s the ineptitude of the umpires. However, in my view most of the time it’s blatant cheating. I have zero interest in playing for or against sides that feel the need to win at all costs, and if we come across those sides on a Saturday or Sunday we’ll make sure they don’t ever get invited back. There’s no need for it, other than to feed their insecurities.
sad to say.. do you get many fixtures ?? Most sat sides I see really will be utterly rude , aggressive and call it 'being competitive' .. They seem to think sport is licence to act in a way you wouldn't at work or just with a random person in the street.
Still, this sounds like games the 2/3's get at least once a month or two per season. Come back saying how x cheated or y isn't a pleasant team to play due to the verbals etc
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sad to say.. do you get many fixtures ?? Most sat sides I see really will be utterly rude , aggressive and call it 'being competitive' .. They seem to think sport is licence to act in a way you wouldn't at work or just with a random person in the street.
Still, this sounds like games the 2/3's get at least once a month or two per season. Come back saying how x cheated or y isn't a pleasant team to play due to the verbals etc
Luckily we have a full fixture list. We are fortunate to have quite a nice ground, so there’s no shortage of clubs wanting to play us. I don’t play Saturdays anymore, and that’s where the really objectionable behaviour is, but we still encounter the odd Sunday friendly side who act like it’s the 5th and deciding match in an ashes series. It’s really pathetic behaviour. Sometimes it’s just one or two of the XI, sometimes it’s the whole side. On Tuesday we are playing one of the most obnoxious sides I’ve ever seen, in a T20 cup match… it will be interesting!
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Rained off again, third week in a row. Don't remember that ever happening before. Joined the lads at the club and drank all afternoon instead! :D
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Had a friendly today. Won by 30 odd runs.
Came in a bit lower at 5 today and hit 40 not out from about 12 overs including a partnership of 73 off the last 10 overs. Finished on 170-ish
Even though we mainly bowled out colts & Sunday players they never really got near it. Personally bowled 3 overs for 15, had 2 drops in that spell!
Lovely game, 4 LBWS given and nobody cheated. Much better experience than yesterday
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Rained off again, third week in a row. Don't remember that ever happening before. Joined the lads at the club and drank all afternoon instead! :D
Same here, we've been touring the grounds the last 3 weeks (post-breakfast of course) - spent a pleasant Saturday getting sloshed watching Bath. The only downside is both the 1s and 2s have now agreed we've preferred the last 3 weeks to actually playing the sport...
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hoping by season isnt over before its begun, my calf 'popped' while running between the wickets yesterday and cannot put weight on it today.
annoying as finally found some timing with that bat and got a few overs under my belt
Even more annoying is playing in the rain for 4 weeks then get injured the week it looks like the suns coming out
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hoping by season isnt over before its begun, my calf 'popped' while running between the wickets yesterday and cannot put weight on it today.
annoying as finally found some timing with that bat and got a few overs under my belt
Even more annoying is playing in the rain for 4 weeks then get injured the week it looks like the suns coming out
Hopefully you won’t be out of action for too long, in my experience calf injuries are one of the quicker healers
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Proper bowlers' pitch for us on Saturday, only 111 runs across both innings. Uncovered pitch, torrential rain overnight and a council maintained outfield. Just a shame that we conceded 80 of the runs scored...
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Hopefully you won’t be out of action for too long, in my experience calf injuries are one of the quicker healers
had issues with the same calf before, i think it scar tissue on the muscle where its previously been torn, hopefully in a few days will feel a lot better as our availability has been awful this season
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We managed to sneak in a 25 over game in before the heavens opened yesterday!
A solid mix of 6 adults and 5 U15's, the Four bowlers from the U15 took 8 out of the 10 wickets taken by our team and we kept the oppo down to 80, My lad who usually opens the bowling for the Sat 3rd's Kept wicket for the 1st time in adult cricket due to a late injury and conceded just the 5 bys.
I opened the batting on a very bowling friendly pitch, slow low bounce pitch with the odd one popping up made it hard work, I plugged away and got 26 and we managed to get the victory with few overs to spare, but it was squeaky bum time for a few overs.
Good game though.
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Just finished friendly game vs Cheam. Bowling figures 7-5-3-0. Bowling went well with flight variations and a couple of quicker straight deliveries.
Batting wise scored 15no at no11.
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We got 162-6 off our 40 overs, pretty pleased as skipper with our batting order. Opened up the bowling for us and went 8 overs, 8 maidens, 3 for 0. Don't think I'll ever do that again so pretty thrilled. Won by 60 runs and the atmosphere around the team was brilliant. Really looking forward to the rest of our season now.
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We got 162-6 off our 40 overs, pretty pleased as skipper with our batting order. Opened up the bowling for us and went 8 overs, 8 maidens, 3 for 0. Don't think I'll ever do that again so pretty thrilled. Won by 60 runs and the atmosphere around the team was brilliant. Really looking forward to the rest of our season now.
Wow! Well bowled!
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Wow! Well bowled!
Thanks mate, was pretty thrilled especially as I've really been trying to work on my bowling this year.
Quite heavily indebted to the lad at short cover who pulled off a couple of absolutely blinding stops having not played for two years!
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We got 162-6 off our 40 overs, pretty pleased as skipper with our batting order. Opened up the bowling for us and went 8 overs, 8 maidens, 3 for 0. Don't think I'll ever do that again so pretty thrilled. Won by 60 runs and the atmosphere around the team was brilliant. Really looking forward to the rest of our season now.
Wow Jim! Incredible figures! Very jealous ❤️👍
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Hadn’t played for 3 weeks, terrible day at the office for me! Couldn’t pitch the bloody ball where I wanted it to be, ended up with 1-35 off 5 which really annoyed me!
Week of bowling in nets ahead, and when I’m on the road with work try and find a local club to where I am to see if I can just net with them to keep the arm turning over
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Today's T20 experience was good, me and 2 other under 15 spinners bowled very well, between us, we shared 7 wickets.
My bowling figures were 4-20-2, those wickets came from an plumb lbw, around the wicket to a left hander who was batting well, luckily 1st ball to him. Other wicket was an classical leg side stumping by another junior, which was indeed excellently done as batsman was coming out of the crease, ball pitched middle stump and turned to the leg side.
We lost the game but very happy to see junior spinners at work!
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First match down. 4 Overs bowled, one ball faces. Ended the match with SR 100, 1 off 1. 2 wickets in my 4 overs going for an economy of 6 though.
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Just finished off today's game with an orange cricket ball. First timer. Bowling figures 8-35-1.
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Had my first run out of the season, coincidentally aligning with the great weather.
Lost toss and got put in, grass was a bit longer as the gang mowers have been out of action.
Opened up, got 63 off 101 but so unfit I was absolutely blowing by the end of it. Had two all run fours as well in there.
Team total of 230 off 45 overs.
Bowled the opposition out for 150, so a nice little win. First one of the season for the team.
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Lost the toss and bowled first today. They hit 240 off 40 overs. Their opener who I’m certain was a ringer hit a chanceless 100 and it could well have been 300 had we not got him soon after. Personally got a run out and a very bruised hand from a stop at cover.
Opened the batting and couldn’t believe how bad the track was as I had two go under my bat off a length & one rear up and nearly take my head off. Have a few bruises from the peppering I got. Was soon out for 10 & we managed to get to 180 thanks to some generous part-time bowling.
Middled a full toss with my lovely new Woodstock bat though
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Yesterday's friendly
Off break coming in sharply, hitting knee high in front of stumps, I shouted as hard I could,
Umpire says "not out", I asked "why" he said "hitting outside the line"
Few deliveries later another "obvious" lbw, I was sure umps isn't going to give it! I ask the q and he gave it! 👍
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Shouting as hard as you can quite often isn't necessarily a good tactic to employ. ;)
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I meant mine appeal was as loud as possible 🙂 that's how certain I was, I don't appeal if I'm not 💯% sure!
You might be right, umps don't care how impressive the appeal is!
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Pretty hard to be sure if it’s coming in sharply...
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Played first game after 3 washouts and no cricket at all in 2020. We bowled first. Since the ball was swinging miles, skipper asked me to bowl some left arm seam (I usually bowl spin). I had figure of 4.3-0-9-4 when I had a hamstring tear :(. Looks like I will be out for atleast 3 weeks! :(
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Nightmare, hope it heals up quickly mate.
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Just finished today's match, bowling figures 4-13-2, getting nicely flighted turning deliveries in there 😃 and nice and early finish.
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3rd ball of my 1st over was hit hard caught and bowled chance I spilt as the ball hit my left hand 3rd finger, which caused injury to it and Atm it's swollen!
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Keep getting in then getting out this season. Today I got bowled for 9 in an over which included 2 wides, 1 head high full toss, juicy half volley (which I absolutely nailed to the boundary) but then find myself walking back to the pavilion after being bowled by an absolute jaffa.
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Only took 3 games to play a genuinely unpleasant team this year. Why a middle aged man feels the need to pick fights with an umpire about a low level amateur game of cricket I will never know.
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I miss playing but I'm in a much better mood now on a Sunday
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Only took 3 games to play a genuinely unpleasant team this year. Why a middle aged man feels the need to pick fights with an umpire about a low level amateur game of cricket I will never know.
We managed to go until our 7th game when in the closing stages for some reason 4 blokes who had been sitting in the sun all day drinking but one in particular decided to start calling half our side the worst C word you can use, abuse our oldest player who has tennis elbow and shoulder issues but helped us out as 4 of our first team were at a wedding yesterday. Ruined a great game of cricket.
We bowled first and bowled top of our league out for 172, first time they have been bowled out all season and this was with 3 overs from the 39 we bowled to the, going for 45 runs and of the 4 missing two are front line bowlers with another out injured.
In reply we started well, I opened for first time this year and anchored innings before being given one of the worst LBW decisions of my life, 2 steps done the track and actual lay middle back to the bowler, single appeal from backward point and umpire raises the finger, lower order scored a few, plus myself and we fell 7 runs short in the end.
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What about the ball hitting at ankle height, with both legs closed in front of the wickets? And umpire turns downs my appeal, saying going down the leg
And that same left hander scored around 50 runs afterwards and we lose today's game!
I bowled 6 over for 15, no wicket.
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Played a Sunday friendly. Bowled badly, though got an LBW. Opened the batting, out for 4 to a worldly caught and bowled. Not a day to remember.
At least we won.
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Played a nice friendly today.
They batted first and got 180 odd. Stood up to the stumps for all 40 overs, grabbed a stumping and only let a couple of byes through. One of our players managed to dislocate his knee about 15 overs in. He initially tried to walk it off, before rolling up his whites to find his knee cap out of place!
I batted 4 as we managed to chase it 2 down. Our opener hit his first ton for the club which was really pleasing as he’s a lovely bloke. Personally hit 30 odd without and dramas. Lovely day all round
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So, 2 catches dropped in 2 successive matches!
First one was very hard driven caught and bowled chance, which injured my left hand third finger. And then yesterday I was too much worried about the finger and spilt sky high catch at cover. I got underneath it, the ball hit some part of my hands, then chest and the ground! 🙂
I'm happy that I didn't try to be the hero...
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38 this week (stupid shot) to follow up 58 last week, feeling very comfortable with the bat but as a team we're just woefully underperforming, especially with the ball. Oh the joys of being a skipper!
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Still not playing but looks like ok to return this coming weekend when no doubt the recent weeks availability issues will be resolved and wont get selected as not been available since start of season! :(
On the positive side I have been able to sit in the sun (last two weeks) and watch my eldest who's 14 open the bowling for the 2s and has been doing well.
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5th league game of the season and genuinely one of the most unpleasant experiences ive been through on a cricket pitch in years.
Worth adding we are a 2nd 11 in the lower divs of the surrey championship for context.
We have been struggling with appaling availability all season and its no shock we are bottom of the league when half the team would just about get into the 3's normally. Away at top of the league - relegated from div above last proper season - who are unbeaten and battering everyone. Tried to stay postive when i arrived an hour before the game to see a 2's team with an average age of about 25 warming up and doing batting/fielding drills, so won the toss and batted hoping to stay in the game as long as possible. didnt fancy chasing leather for 50 overs then get skittled in 15.
Before the game started, the home skipper (who had only acknowledged us to toss the coin) demanded that we use their laptop/ipad to score and control the live stream, we declined as we use a scorebook and dont have a scorer the book just gets passed around during the innings, We also didnt want to be responsible for the equipment should something get damaged or go missing. Our refusal was met with aggression and after a couple of minutes of us telling him why we didnt want to, his response was "so your going to do this, every club is doing it" - quick reminder to the level in which we are playing. he was reminded that if he wanted this doing he should have his own scorer and an umpire as well. They were also live streaming the game, but did so without checking we were ok with it or that we had any children in the side.
Ideal start to a game of cricket. The initial chirp from all 11 players quickly turned into abuse after about 3 overs, comments about weight, age, ability, to every batsmen every ball. Every not out decision was met with anger and accusations of cheating. Our ump is a big not outer for both sides every week, but i think their behavior didnt help their case.
In all honesty, they were much better than us so we had no option but to grind with the bat and just survive. it was hard work and i enjoyed the battle with the bat, but scoring was difficult and with the weakest lineup i have had so far this season we couldnt take any risks or we would be skittled - as expected that eventually happened. 78-3 became 98 all out in 49.5 overs. proud of my guys for making them work for it but we just arent good enough to compete with them. Every batsmen was given a send off, even a 14 year old who was last man out. constant digs about us not trying to win the game - not sure what they expected us to do.
All out to try and take a few down with us on the chase, not the best start. without a proper keeper due to our issues the only person with some gloves got the job, and shelled one first ball! only to be told by the batsmen that he was sh!t and was going to regret it. as expected they tee'd off, launching anything loose as far as they could. we took one with us, could at deep cow, again to be told by the outgoing batsmen how sh!t we were and how he'd slapped us everywhere (he only got 20) only took them 13 over to see it off but in all honesty we were glad to get out of there. half of them couldnt be bothered to shake hands, and their skipper quickly disappeared into his team without thanking our ump for doing both ends or offering to buy him a beer out of courtesy.
Some teams need reminding that at our level we are all sh!t, i suspect that they will fall out with quite a few teams this season as our league is very friendly for the most part. hopefully they win the league and our paths dont cross again, we might not be so friendly next time.
Anyway, rant over. onto another week of battling to get a competitive team out
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It's bad enough when you are struggling but then to have to endure this only leads to even more people being N/A.
At least you weren't HSBC in the Kent League - not a pleasant day for them
https://kcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/4147007
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@Real Munson could easily have happened to us if we bowled first.
Some teams just need to recognize how low a level we are actually playing, even in 1st 11 cricket ive not had that kind of verbals.
The ipad thing was hilarious, just his attitude from the minute he spoke to us was shocking. cant wait for the return fixture later in the season when we tell them they cant film and we dont have wifi, even more for when he tries to make our 70 year old scoring lady use his ipad. she's got a decent temper on her so might film that
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even more for when he tries to make our 70 year old scoring lady use his ipad. she's got a decent temper on her so might film that
Live stream to CBF please 😂
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5th league game of the season and genuinely one of the most unpleasant experiences ive been through on a cricket pitch in years.
Worth adding we are a 2nd 11 in the lower divs of the surrey championship for context.
We have been struggling with appaling availability all season and its no shock we are bottom of the league when half the team would just about get into the 3's normally. Away at top of the league - relegated from div above last proper season - who are unbeaten and battering everyone. Tried to stay postive when i arrived an hour before the game to see a 2's team with an average age of about 25 warming up and doing batting/fielding drills, so won the toss and batted hoping to stay in the game as long as possible. didnt fancy chasing leather for 50 overs then get skittled in 15.
Before the game started, the home skipper (who had only acknowledged us to toss the coin) demanded that we use their laptop/ipad to score and control the live stream, we declined as we use a scorebook and dont have a scorer the book just gets passed around during the innings, We also didnt want to be responsible for the equipment should something get damaged or go missing. Our refusal was met with aggression and after a couple of minutes of us telling him why we didnt want to, his response was "so your going to do this, every club is doing it" - quick reminder to the level in which we are playing. he was reminded that if he wanted this doing he should have his own scorer and an umpire as well. They were also live streaming the game, but did so without checking we were ok with it or that we had any children in the side.
Ideal start to a game of cricket. The initial chirp from all 11 players quickly turned into abuse after about 3 overs, comments about weight, age, ability, to every batsmen every ball. Every not out decision was met with anger and accusations of cheating. Our ump is a big not outer for both sides every week, but i think their behavior didnt help their case.
In all honesty, they were much better than us so we had no option but to grind with the bat and just survive. it was hard work and i enjoyed the battle with the bat, but scoring was difficult and with the weakest lineup i have had so far this season we couldnt take any risks or we would be skittled - as expected that eventually happened. 78-3 became 98 all out in 49.5 overs. proud of my guys for making them work for it but we just arent good enough to compete with them. Every batsmen was given a send off, even a 14 year old who was last man out. constant digs about us not trying to win the game - not sure what they expected us to do.
All out to try and take a few down with us on the chase, not the best start. without a proper keeper due to our issues the only person with some gloves got the job, and shelled one first ball! only to be told by the batsmen that he was sh!t and was going to regret it. as expected they tee'd off, launching anything loose as far as they could. we took one with us, could at deep cow, again to be told by the outgoing batsmen how sh!t we were and how he'd slapped us everywhere (he only got 20) only took them 13 over to see it off but in all honesty we were glad to get out of there. half of them couldnt be bothered to shake hands, and their skipper quickly disappeared into his team without thanking our ump for doing both ends or offering to buy him a beer out of courtesy.
Some teams need reminding that at our level we are all sh!t, i suspect that they will fall out with quite a few teams this season as our league is very friendly for the most part. hopefully they win the league and our paths dont cross again, we might not be so friendly next time.
Anyway, rant over. onto another week of battling to get a competitive team out
Mate I'd report that to the league, it's the only way they'll learn - literally hate to see it
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thought about reporting it but experience of the surrey champ processes tells me that the minnow clubs like ours would just be ignored. their 1's are fairly high up, and from what i understand quite similar to the 2's in behaviour, so i doubt anything would come of it.
they have to play a timed game against us next and i will definitely be batting for day 2
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This type of nonsense made me give up for a number of years. People at an average level giving it the big one. I just wanted a social break from work and you paid to be abused.
Definitely right to bat first.
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5th league game of the season and genuinely one of the most unpleasant experiences ive been through on a cricket pitch in years.
Worth adding we are a 2nd 11 in the lower divs of the surrey championship for context.
We have been struggling with appaling availability all season and its no shock we are bottom of the league when half the team would just about get into the 3's normally. Away at top of the league - relegated from div above last proper season - who are unbeaten and battering everyone. Tried to stay postive when i arrived an hour before the game to see a 2's team with an average age of about 25 warming up and doing batting/fielding drills, so won the toss and batted hoping to stay in the game as long as possible. didnt fancy chasing leather for 50 overs then get skittled in 15.
Before the game started, the home skipper (who had only acknowledged us to toss the coin) demanded that we use their laptop/ipad to score and control the live stream, we declined as we use a scorebook and dont have a scorer the book just gets passed around during the innings, We also didnt want to be responsible for the equipment should something get damaged or go missing. Our refusal was met with aggression and after a couple of minutes of us telling him why we didnt want to, his response was "so your going to do this, every club is doing it" - quick reminder to the level in which we are playing. he was reminded that if he wanted this doing he should have his own scorer and an umpire as well. They were also live streaming the game, but did so without checking we were ok with it or that we had any children in the side.
Ideal start to a game of cricket. The initial chirp from all 11 players quickly turned into abuse after about 3 overs, comments about weight, age, ability, to every batsmen every ball. Every not out decision was met with anger and accusations of cheating. Our ump is a big not outer for both sides every week, but i think their behavior didnt help their case.
In all honesty, they were much better than us so we had no option but to grind with the bat and just survive. it was hard work and i enjoyed the battle with the bat, but scoring was difficult and with the weakest lineup i have had so far this season we couldnt take any risks or we would be skittled - as expected that eventually happened. 78-3 became 98 all out in 49.5 overs. proud of my guys for making them work for it but we just arent good enough to compete with them. Every batsmen was given a send off, even a 14 year old who was last man out. constant digs about us not trying to win the game - not sure what they expected us to do.
All out to try and take a few down with us on the chase, not the best start. without a proper keeper due to our issues the only person with some gloves got the job, and shelled one first ball! only to be told by the batsmen that he was sh!t and was going to regret it. as expected they tee'd off, launching anything loose as far as they could. we took one with us, could at deep cow, again to be told by the outgoing batsmen how sh!t we were and how he'd slapped us everywhere (he only got 20) only took them 13 over to see it off but in all honesty we were glad to get out of there. half of them couldnt be bothered to shake hands, and their skipper quickly disappeared into his team without thanking our ump for doing both ends or offering to buy him a beer out of courtesy.
Some teams need reminding that at our level we are all sh!t, i suspect that they will fall out with quite a few teams this season as our league is very friendly for the most part. hopefully they win the league and our paths dont cross again, we might not be so friendly next time.
Anyway, rant over. onto another week of battling to get a competitive team out
I hate reading stuff like this. Sadly it is becoming more and more prevalent. The fact it is a league match should not give licence for people to act like complete d*ckheads. It is still amateur cricket, and really doesn’t mean anything in the grand scheme of things.
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Really saddens me to read events like this. I quit playing 1st XI cricket just over 10 years ago as was fed up with the "banter" and plus had two kids within 15 months of each other and cricket for me was a release and time for some enjoyment. Being abused by kids half my age was not enjoyment.
Now, when I do play it's in our 2s which I accept is a pretty average standard and therefore adopt a relaxed attitude to it.....you will get poor decisions, dodgy pitches, and misfields and hacks galore but I love it as its a chance to get out and play this amazing game and help develop the younger players.
Sad to read stories like this but all too common.
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Worth adding we are a 2nd 11 in the lower divs of the surrey championship for context.
The level really doesn't matter. From ECB Prem (and I mean the top leave, not like in WEPL where they have 6 million divs) down to division 9898887... IT'S MEANINGLESS AMATEUR CRICKET. You don't win anything. It's supposed to be 26 people (22 players, 2 umpires and 2 scorers) having FUN... every Saturday and Sunday.
Sadly, a high proportion seem to feel it's the World Cup final, or the ashes and that their life depends on winning/cheating/abusing others in the name of 'competitiveness'.. Bored of how many times people equate being competitive with 'aggression', cheating or outright unpleasantness.
Sadly, different flavours of unpleasantness but it does seem to be more and more common even though we have all the education/courses/umpires/rules/regs in the world and according t most people.. everyone is just being 'aggressive' or 'competitive'
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but did so without checking we were ok with it or that we had any children in the side.
so quite literally.. that's against the rules
THEY MUST.. MUST .. have signs up saying that games are being recorded/live streamed.. ANY U18 (home team) MUST have signed a form and they MUST have asked the opposing captains permission to live stream/record a game (it's not up to the home team to worry about away teams ages though!).
It quite literally asks if you have asked both capts permission before pressing go if you use PCS Pro.. (no idea of crappy Frogbox)
So, the only part of this bit of the story is that it is going to become a regular thing iMO anyway so scoring on a laptop and steaming is something to do and get used to. It's good for the game as scoring on PCS Pro is sooo darn easy (and quicker for a scorer!) and the live stream either just sits there at its basic level or is still, very simple as it's most complicated (assuming you aren't worrying about live replays in game etc)..
laptop scoring should really become mandated IMO within the next year or 3. It's just really good for the game compared to scorebooks.
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Some teams need reminding that at our level we are all sh!t,
umm, every single amateur player needs reminding they are sh!t tbh... it's amateur cricket.. so by definition is crap cricket.
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Another week, we are still yet to get off the mark. Got a couple out of the middle and picked up the only wicket but it wasn't enough. But the streaming we set up at the start of the season is starting to come together nicely.
https://youtu.be/fdj45FJLPxc
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It's bad enough when you are struggling but then to have to endure this only leads to even more people being N/A.
At least you weren't HSBC in the Kent League - not a pleasant day for them
https://kcl.play-cricket.com/website/results/4147007
wow.. Do players really not realise when teams are mismatched?? Maybe I'm just different but I do not find any enjoyment slapping it around if someone is a lesser player.. Just like I find a game unenjoyable if someone decided to launch my dire drivel bowling.
At what point do you go 'humm, we are going to win easily.. lets not just tonk people for the sake of it'..
I'm sure people will cite competitiveness... 'league' and crap like that though
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Another week, we are still yet to get off the mark. Got a couple out of the middle and picked up the only wicket but it wasn't enough. But the streaming we set up at the start of the season is starting to come together nicely.
https://youtu.be/fdj45FJLPxc (https://youtu.be/fdj45FJLPxc)
I set up Dumbleton with a camera at both ends Sunday. They didn't score using PCS as I was tinkering but will be later.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8w8xYNMjMY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8w8xYNMjMY)
The kit is evolving and is way way way cheaper than frogcrap and NV Play. FYI.. it's not a business, I don't make anything out of it.. Doing it because I actually think it'll benefit the game and players long term.. plus, get annoyed with how much business charges for things.
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umm, every single amateur player needs reminding they are sh!t tbh... it's amateur cricket.. so by definition is crap cricket.
Think you're been sarcastic! 🙂
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Think you're been sarcastic! 🙂
umm,.. nope.. we are all crap.. varying degree's of crap but we are crap.. unless anyone on here think they are Anderson, Steyn, kallis, Ponting ??
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I knew you meant this 😃 but we don't need to be compared to international sports people otherwise there is no point for us to exercise any sort of sport at all.
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What I want to add to this all is, that it takes a lot patience and mental discipline to play cricket these days, at "our level" and I mean a lot of patience!
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wow.. Do players really not realise when teams are mismatched?? Maybe I'm just different but I do not find any enjoyment slapping it around if someone is a lesser player.. Just like I find a game unenjoyable if someone decided to launch my dire drivel bowling.
At what point do you go 'humm, we are going to win easily.. lets not just tonk people for the sake of it'..
I'm sure people will cite competitiveness... 'league' and crap like that though
In this instance, it's the 2nd highest division in Kent, so wouldn't expect a team to be sympathetic at that level. Unfortunately HSBC seemingly have lost players and are struggling this year, they were vying for promotion in Div 1 4/5 years ago.
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nobody likes to get beaten, but there are ways of behaving even in a competitive game. The irony of saturday was the amount of posters around the clubhouse about respect and honesty.
We have all played in spikey games but at the end of them you shake hands, apologize if you have crossed a line, and then have a beer with them. It cant be fun if you have a fight every week can it?
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nobody likes to get beaten, but there are ways of behaving even in a competitive game. The irony of saturday was the amount of posters around the clubhouse about respect and honesty.
We have all played in spikey games but at the end of them you shake hands, apologize if you have crossed a line, and then have a beer with them. It cant be fun if you have a fight every week can it?
modern PR clap trap from the ECB for 'respect and honesty' (non walkers?? verbals??).. You can't take anything a club puts on a wall or the ECB put out seriously as it's all just PR gumph.. meaningless. As I've said, WEPL randomly this year are telling umpires to tell capts about verbals.. no speaking at , to or about a batter etc etc.. no send offs... and yet... within a few balls... yabber yabber yabber.. SOME players, just can't help themselves being anti and umpires do nothing.. again, unless you enforce things, these things are meaningless as players won't learn or change.
I dunno, not sure I'd want a beer with someone whose verbally abused me all game, calling me x y and z, stating I can't play this, or that. It's not like it's friendly or someone I know and am happy to take banter from. The 'what happens on the field' stuff is usually said by those who like the verbals tbf.. it's their way to excusing it.. 'just being competitive mate'
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I had a sort of CustomBats reunion on Sunday. Our original opposition cancelled 3pm on Friday afternoon because their skipper (despite having 11 players) thought his team wasn't competitive enough. I put out a Facebook request for opposition and a South Yorkshire club invited us down to Sheffield.
We batted first, made 142 all out but I still haven't managed to make double figures this season although this time it wasn't entirely my fault as I ended up 6no. Their wicketkeeper fancied bowling so came on and took 5 wickets bowling off-spin which apparently were his first ever wickets for the club. His action might not get approved by the ECB but we don't bother with these things in Sunday friendlies.
The same lad then opened the batting and after one particular six (he hit quite a few), I noticed the distinctive shape of his bat and realised I had seen something very similar at a CustomBats net session at DotBall a few years ago. Turns out I had seen this very bat as it was previously owned by a once forum regular who apparently gave up cricket about 3 seasons ago.
We ended up losing a good game of cricket but match played in great spirit.
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shock as Old Wimbledonians turn out to be d1ckheads... :D
5th league game of the season and genuinely one of the most unpleasant experiences ive been through on a cricket pitch in years.
Worth adding we are a 2nd 11 in the lower divs of the surrey championship for context.
We have been struggling with appaling availability all season and its no shock we are bottom of the league when half the team would just about get into the 3's normally. Away at top of the league - relegated from div above last proper season - who are unbeaten and battering everyone. Tried to stay postive when i arrived an hour before the game to see a 2's team with an average age of about 25 warming up and doing batting/fielding drills, so won the toss and batted hoping to stay in the game as long as possible. didnt fancy chasing leather for 50 overs then get skittled in 15.
Before the game started, the home skipper (who had only acknowledged us to toss the coin) demanded that we use their laptop/ipad to score and control the live stream, we declined as we use a scorebook and dont have a scorer the book just gets passed around during the innings, We also didnt want to be responsible for the equipment should something get damaged or go missing. Our refusal was met with aggression and after a couple of minutes of us telling him why we didnt want to, his response was "so your going to do this, every club is doing it" - quick reminder to the level in which we are playing. he was reminded that if he wanted this doing he should have his own scorer and an umpire as well. They were also live streaming the game, but did so without checking we were ok with it or that we had any children in the side.
Ideal start to a game of cricket. The initial chirp from all 11 players quickly turned into abuse after about 3 overs, comments about weight, age, ability, to every batsmen every ball. Every not out decision was met with anger and accusations of cheating. Our ump is a big not outer for both sides every week, but i think their behavior didnt help their case.
In all honesty, they were much better than us so we had no option but to grind with the bat and just survive. it was hard work and i enjoyed the battle with the bat, but scoring was difficult and with the weakest lineup i have had so far this season we couldnt take any risks or we would be skittled - as expected that eventually happened. 78-3 became 98 all out in 49.5 overs. proud of my guys for making them work for it but we just arent good enough to compete with them. Every batsmen was given a send off, even a 14 year old who was last man out. constant digs about us not trying to win the game - not sure what they expected us to do.
All out to try and take a few down with us on the chase, not the best start. without a proper keeper due to our issues the only person with some gloves got the job, and shelled one first ball! only to be told by the batsmen that he was sh!t and was going to regret it. as expected they tee'd off, launching anything loose as far as they could. we took one with us, could at deep cow, again to be told by the outgoing batsmen how sh!t we were and how he'd slapped us everywhere (he only got 20) only took them 13 over to see it off but in all honesty we were glad to get out of there. half of them couldnt be bothered to shake hands, and their skipper quickly disappeared into his team without thanking our ump for doing both ends or offering to buy him a beer out of courtesy.
Some teams need reminding that at our level we are all sh!t, i suspect that they will fall out with quite a few teams this season as our league is very friendly for the most part. hopefully they win the league and our paths dont cross again, we might not be so friendly next time.
Anyway, rant over. onto another week of battling to get a competitive team out
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i almost agree with you, but it's a Division 1, 1st XI league game, so why would any mercy be offered?
wow.. Do players really not realise when teams are mismatched?? Maybe I'm just different but I do not find any enjoyment slapping it around if someone is a lesser player.. Just like I find a game unenjoyable if someone decided to launch my dire drivel bowling.
At what point do you go 'humm, we are going to win easily.. lets not just tonk people for the sake of it'..
I'm sure people will cite competitiveness... 'league' and crap like that though
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i almost agree with you, but it's a Division 1, 1st XI league game, so why would any mercy be offered?
At that level I'd also be concerned they might have a gun batsman so you'd want to put the game absolutely beyond doubt.
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At that level I'd also be concerned they might have a gun batsman so you'd want to put the game absolutely beyond doubt.
so when you have the team 5 down for bugger all.. why skittle them? said 'gun' batter isn't going to be in at 6/7....
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I dunno, not sure I'd want a beer with someone whose verbally abused me all game, calling me x y and z, stating I can't play this, or that. It's not like it's friendly or someone I know and am happy to take banter from. The 'what happens on the field' stuff is usually said by those who like the verbals tbf.. it's their way to excusing it.. 'just being competitive mate'
appreciate not having wanting a beer with someone who had crossed the line, with the division we are in it seems to only be a couple of teams change every year so we have gotten to know a lot of them pretty well. thats what i mean about shaking hands and having a beer, sometimes it boils over but the majority of teams we play stamp it out within themselves and its moved on pretty quickly.
im not daft, i am fat and slow so a shout of 'no quick singles here' is hardly original, and thankfully not to regular any more.
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appreciate not having wanting a beer with someone who had crossed the line, with the division we are in it seems to only be a couple of teams change every year so we have gotten to know a lot of them pretty well. thats what i mean about shaking hands and having a beer, sometimes it boils over but the majority of teams we play stamp it out within themselves and its moved on pretty quickly.
im not daft, i am fat and slow so a shout of 'no quick singles here' is hardly original, and thankfully not to regular any more.
the good players (bowlers for me), just give a smile or a nod when they know they've beaten you.. or, in reply.. you'll smile and nod as a batter when you've been beaten. No need for words tbf.. especially from point/cover and co who can't actually see anything
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1st league win of the season, I kept for the 1st time ever and genuinely loved it (if anyone is selling decent pads or gloves get in touch) I will say this though, today I ache... everywhere!
My lad got tonked bowling, went for a couple of expensive overs to start but toiled away and got a few stingey overs in at the end, he did however take one of the best catches I've seen in Amateur cricket, running in full pelt to a skyer, looked like it was dropping well short but he's dived full stretch and caught it about an inch off the deck. unreal.
I then opened after 30 overs behind the stumps, used my Scott cricket bat for the 1st time, an absolute gun! was motoring along and then my opener chipped one up to mid off, fielder dropped it but he'd run in the meantime and when I looked up he was stood next to me with no bloody call, I set off but was well out. to say I was fuming was an understatement, but my own fault for ball watching. bit village though.....
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the worst chirp always comes from the player who contributes the least.
Having played football and rugby at very low amateur levels, it doesnt improve though. fights every game and little or no respect for officials. makes saturdays game look almost gentlemanly
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so when you have the team 5 down for bugger all.. why skittle them? said 'gun' batter isn't going to be in at 6/7....
What's wrong with bowling a team out? Would you rather they took the piss, brought on the opening bats to bowl and dragged the game out for hours having already smashed the oppo all over the place for 300+?
If your complaint is about running up a big score - it's a good level of cricket and you don't necessarily know what kind of batting lineup they have.
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What's wrong with bowling a team out? Would you rather they took the piss, brought on the opening bats to bowl and dragged the game out for hours having already smashed the oppo all over the place for 300+?
If your complaint is about running up a big score - it's a good level of cricket and you don't necessarily know what kind of batting lineup they have.
to bring on non bowlers and just keep the game going is quite insulting to the oppo, in a friendly less so but in the league i wouldnt want to see this. it would be an opportunity to get bowlers who could do with some overs and rest those that have been bowled into the ground every week.
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so when you have the team 5 down for bugger all.. why skittle them? said 'gun' batter isn't going to be in at 6/7....
Its a funny old game! Doesn't have to be a "gun bat" at 6/7 just needs to be their day!
And isn't the aim of the game to win, you can do so without being C-bombs and enjoy a beer with the oppo after...
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Lol I wish that was the case, we had them 30/4 Saturday... followed by a 195 run partnership :D :(
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Lol I wish that was the case, we had them 30/4 Saturday... followed by a 195 run partnership :D :(
So you're amazed by that terrific partnership 🤔, I'm sure if your bowlers were good enough, that would wouldn't have happened!
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So you're amazed by that terrific partnership 🤔, I'm sure if your bowlers were good enough, that would wouldn't have happened!
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Your posts just keep getting better and better...
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Slightly frustrating week for me, got dropped to the second team for reasons I still can’t quite get my own ahead around but I’m a club man so went down and enjoyed it and wanted to put a good performance in to show why I shouldn’t of been dropped!
Bowled 12 overs on the spin, and took 1-39 which I was pleased with! Probably deserved 1/2 more but that’s cricket! Held an end up and went at just over 3 an over so I’m happy with that!
Then came out to bat at number 10, needing a run a ball of 60 odd! I hit a seamer for 10
Off an over and was starting to feel okay, then they had a lad who had a questionable action at best, and I got bowled by one that nipped away from me as I went to whip it through mid wicket! We then lost, frustrating day as felt I could of got us closer than that but is what it is
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So you're amazed by that terrific partnership 🤔, I'm sure if your bowlers were good enough, that would wouldn't have happened!
If only you'd been there!
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Every coaching thread from now on, "have you considered being better at cricket?" 😂
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If only you'd been there!
Why not? 🤔😃
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Every coaching thread from now on, "have you considered being better at cricket?" 😂
Enjoying your creativity, Jim 👍
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Tomorrow, I'll take you to a match, that's a one off for me and most of you, haven't experienced it, yet! 😎 🙂
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Saturday was incredibly frustrating. We bowled first and had them 67-5 then 95-8, they somehow got to 142 thanks to some loose bowling and some good batting from their number 6 who got stranded very close to a half ton. They were also helped by several dropped catches. Reasonably happy with my 2-26 off 10.
In response we went absolutely nowhere against some fairly disciplined bowling, I walked in at 51-6 off 25ish overs and hit a quickfire 18 as part of a partnership of 27 off 5 overs as the momentum started to swing in our favour. As we had been stealing a lot of quick singles they brought a man in close and I then slapped one straight at him as we collapsed to 95 all out. Properly gutted as I didn't feel troubled by the pitch or the bowlers and still had another 15 or so overs to score 65ish, it was also my chance to prove why I should be batting higher than 8,9 or 10...
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It's the destiny, man! 😎
Have had missed out on countless opportunities!
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So you're amazed by that terrific partnership 🤔, I'm sure if your bowlers were good enough, that would wouldn't have happened!
I mean, you're not wrong! Thanks for the analysis coach :)
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I mean, you're not wrong! Thanks for the analysis coach :)
Hahaha, you don't know yet what I'm going to post shortly 🙂
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Hahaha, you don't know yet what I'm going to post shortly 🙂
Hah, I'm sure we're all awaiting with great anticipation
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Hah, I'm sure we're all awaiting with great anticipation
Hahaha, I'm sure it will exceed all anticipation!
It took me an hour to write down and then there was an error!
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so when you have the team 5 down for bugger all.. why skittle them? said 'gun' batter isn't going to be in at 6/7....
Sunday gone in the second tier of our leagues Sunday structure, we played against a former county 2nd team player and minor counties player who is regional performance coach for Northern Diamonds and recently a coach for Hong Kong’s national side. He came in at 7 to allow the regular players a knock before he came in. Safe to say the gulf in class was plain to see. I somehow managed to have him dropped off my bowling once though which I took as a small personal victory.
But the moral of the story, it does sometimes happen.
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Premier league game in a league weakened overall in recent years.
Played a side with an ex pro - played a few games for Worcs some years ago. He proceeded to score 84 off 60 odd balls in a score of 233-5 off 40 overs. He then took 9 wkts for 8 runs, absolutely skittling us, all bowled, all 80mph yorkers. Included giving a send off to one of our batters.
What do you get out of absolutely dominating a game clearly far below the level you should be playing at? As a team mate, what are you getting out of a game where you are a vehicle for his ego?
Rant over!
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Another rough day as we are now winless in our 4 league games. They batted first and made just shy of 200. I bowled 5 overs and went at about 10 an over as two set batsmen went after me in the last few overs. I then stubbed my finger on the ground fielding and it hurt to move.
Decided to drop down to 5 to give the ice some time to work, but still couldn’t hold the bat with my top hand. Spooned a ‘bouncer’ from a medium pacer straight up into the air for 2. We fell about 70 short.
We looked so disinterested in the field, easily cost ourselves 20 runs with our shambolic fielding. The only bright side is I’ll probably be out next week with my finger, so I can have a break!
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Nice win away against 3rd in the league which I think takes us top. Scored 76 batting 5, putting on 157 in about 25 overs with our 19 year old number 4, who is shaping up to be a class player. What made it even more sweet is we were birth using my bats! 👌
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Nice win away against 3rd in the league which I think takes us top. Scored 76 batting 5, putting on 157 in about 25 overs with our 19 year old number 4, who is shaping up to be a class player. What made it even more sweet is we were birth using my bats! 👌
I was also using a Scott today! Didn't score many runs but put on a match winning partnership with our number 3 batting at 8. Nothing like a defensive shot that turns into a punch for 1 because the bat has such a nice middle!
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I was also using a Scott today! Didn't score many runs but put on a match winning partnership with our number 3 batting at 8. Nothing like a defensive shot that turns into a punch for 1 because the bat has such a nice middle!
Lovely stuff mate, glad it's feeling nice for you!
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Interesting weekend where I finally managed double figures on Saturday but then was one of six batsmen out who played on. Really cheesed off because I had just nailed an extra cover drive and this ball should have also been hitting the fence. However I learnt afterwards that this was the first match on this wicket for 10 years which might account for how two-paced it was. Only 2 guys got 50s, opposition opener batted the entire innings for 57no then our No.7 got about the same score off 25 deliveries but had the common-sense to dance down and take the wicket out of the equation. However no-one else (on our side) really contributed anything substantial and we ended up losing by 30 runs.
Today I opened for my Sunday side and back to a single figure score again as a 13 year old left arm seamer had me on toast before I finally nicked him and was caught behind. In fairness I thought I was clean bowled first ball with a delivery that swung in very late but it must have done too much. We won but in reality the match today was about giving the opposition juniors opportunities (they are starting a 4th XI next season) and one 13 year old took his as he smashed his way to 50 runs.
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Great day today. Bowled 4 over of filth, then put my back out and was unable to bat.
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Great day today. Bowled 4 over of filth, then put my back out and was unable to bat.
Hopefully you recover very soon.
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Left hand third finger still not fully healed, took rest last weekend, it was too hot anyways 🔥
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Return to form for me this week after posting up 5 runs in the first three league games. Put on a 160 opening stand chasing 167 in a game we won by 9 wickets. I got run out for 94 trying to get to my ton before we got the chase finished... oops! Good to get some runs and a win though in a year where being short on batting has cost us so far.
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Premier league game in a league weakened overall in recent years.
Played a side with an ex pro - played a few games for Worcs some years ago. He proceeded to score 84 off 60 odd balls in a score of 233-5 off 40 overs. He then took 9 wkts for 8 runs, absolutely skittling us, all bowled, all 80mph yorkers. Included giving a send off to one of our batters.
What do you get out of absolutely dominating a game clearly far below the level you should be playing at? As a team mate, what are you getting out of a game where you are a vehicle for his ego?
Rant over!
He gets paid and the other 10 and club members get to chant and crow about how great they are. It's common place now for teams to buy in success from top div downwards. When you come up against said players/teams you just have to smile and realise you're playing on a non level playing field so to speak.
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I made my comeback Saturday! Chiropractor and diet has been helping my fitness. Nearly 11 lbs lost now
Scored a sprightly 16 not out and just bowled the 4 overs - but was great to be back playing and play first league match with my 14 year old. funny how he now bowls before me and quicker!
We set 203 for 4 in 40 overs and they chased them down for 2 wickets with 4 overs left.
Back is ok but thighs, quads and calf killing me today :D
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First of the league cup T20 games last night. Won the toss and batted and found ourselves in trouble at 57-8 off 12 came in at 10 and luckily we gave a few others a chance so myself and sat opener and go batted 9 were able to build a little partnership and get us to 118-9. Managed 38* which after the limited changes with the bat so far this season with the new way our sat skip is going was nice. Pitch was used for its 3rd game in a week and was now a little two paced.
They went off cock a hoop and openers came out giving it the old “finish this in 10 overs and watch the footy which got a few of our lads right up for the challenge.
Opened the bowling and managed to pick up 2 for 8 off my first 3 Overs and they were 21/4 off 8 and then 57-6 off 10 with all of our bowlers keeping it nice and tight and changing pace.
Came back to bowl the 19th over with them needing 31 off 2 overs and took 3 wickets in the over for 6 runs including being on a Hatrick and bagged my first 5 wicket haul for this club and went past 200 wickets in my career which for someone who has mainly been a keeper I’m proud of as now have over 10000 runs ( reckon it’s about 15000 but online play cricket wasn’t about when I first started and no accurate records) and 200 wickets. We won by 22 to got our T20 campaign and as current holders of the T20 cup was a good start and a great effort. Our fielding and catching was superb and was a great game all round.
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After an unbeaten May (2 wins and 3 rained off) we've managed to secure our first Saturday win in June on our third attempt. Opened the bowling, got one wicket and kept it tight in first spell coming off after bowling 4 overs with the score on around 10-2 off 8. Oppo rebuilt their innings to around 70-4 off 25 and were starting to accelerate quickly when I came back on, got one of the set batsmen and should have had the other and then ran through the lower order ending up with figures of 5-7 off 8.2 overs as they collapsed to 79 all out. For once I wasn't required to bat as we chased it fairly comfortably for the loss of just two wickets.
Again very bowler friendly conditions as I was getting the ball to swing a fair amount like I have all season however today I finally felt like I had some control on it, the outswingers have been good all season but today the inswingers were also coming off nicely too. Hopefully a good sign for the rest of the season!
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We are now winless from our first 5 games in the league.
As per usual with the opposition, they turned up 5 mins after the scheduled start making no apologies. They asked to toss up but were quickly told by our skipper that they were batting as they had forfeited the toss. After a bit of grumbling they came out to bat and immediately there was controversy.
This is the same team who I wrote about denying a run out by 2 yards a few weeks ago. This week their opener was hit infront of all 3 on his back pad and their umpire didn’t give it. Our bowler hadn’t even looked at the umpire and just celebrated, I was keeping yesterday and I’ve honestly never been so certain on an appeal in my life, I’d started running to celebrate with him. When asked their umpire said “ermmm... is erm.... pitching outside the leg” as is the standard excuse with our left armer. Thankfully it didn’t cost us as he batted 10 overs for about 3 runs, but that’s not the point! We got the other opener cheaply before their number 3 hit a 50 in about 5 overs just slogging across the line. Thankfully we got him before he caused any more damage. We dragged it back from 110-4 off 18, to restrict them to 170.
I dropped down to 3 because I kept, but was in after 3 overs regardless. Our other opener was injured so we stuck our 9 & 11 up to open. Their opening bowler was comfortably the quickest I’ve faced in this league & he hit our two openers once each and they were both batting at square leg! I much prefer that type of pace and managed to clip him off my pads a couple of times before he bought himself off. I then got completely tied down by their slow first change bowlers and eventually got bowled for about 10. Once again we ended up 40-6 and didn’t make 100 in reply
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Scored 4 trying to up the run rate with 9 overs left. We put up 197 in pretty horrid conditions. Dropped two dollies, bleeding fingernail.
But we won. Good, right? Ah
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Comeback halted after just one week! Had the dreaded ping off the NHS app so isolation over the weekend!
Funnily enough the 2s won without me
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Quite amusing weekend. I do find it funny when teams can pretty much only bat on roads (aka, simply can't help themselves playing shots and don't really have a defence to keep out good balls) just carry on as usual when it's not a road... oppo all out for 104. breeze of a game and very very boring though. Very low quality cricket played
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Oppo skipper given not out on about 20 to the plumbest LBW I've seen all year, "missing leg" when it hit him bang in front of off stump. Goes on to hit a match winning 50 odd in a low scoring chase. Well batted to the bloke but player umpires will be the death of me.
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I think it's fair the game I played in Saturday was the worst I've had all season, we lost the toss and got put in to bat on an pitch that had a sheet on all day and night in torrential rain, pitch was very green and very soft. despite that I was feeling in good knick and hit a few nice shots, then when at the non facing end I got run out! Ball smashed back by my opening batting partner, glances the bowlers hand and hits the stumps with me a foot out my crease backing up. Fuming! I've only ever seen it on the telly!
We managed to claw to 131 for 9 off our 45 overs, by this point the pitch had dried some what and coupled with some bad bowling we were back in the pavillion after 25 overs.
Equally frustrating as the team we played were rock bottom of the league and made 9 changes from the week before where they lost by 210 runs.
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Our club had a triple header against a club in Kent which have recently shot up through the Kent league, following some heavy "investment" in their 1's in the past 3 years - I would guestimate that 6 of their 1's from the weekend are getting some form of incentive and they were missing 2 others that also will incentivised to play - one of whom was away with the SA A team. Their 2's have an ex-Zimbabwe international. So to win all 3 games, the 1's winning by over 100 runs, was a fantastic effort.
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Rain.
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Rain.
Yep this, I was called off at 8.30am on Saturday morning, square flooded no chance of play.
My last 4 weeks have gone as thus -
Lose by 8 wickets, our 6th lose on the bounce, prompting me to step down as 1st XI captain - for numerous reasons.
Win by 10 wickets - our 1st win of the season, I score 111 not out in a chase of 258/0 (my opening partner got 138*). This was my 1st score over 25 this season!
Out injured and don't play - very badly bruised thumb after getting nailed by the overseas quick during my 111 the week before meant I couldn't play. The team lose due to a ridiculous 100 from the oppo overseas.
Then Saturday's rain off. Has been a crazy last month or so!
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Played Lisboa rivals on sat and lost toss and bowling first. Opened with our normal quick and leggie and really tight spell. One opener had to go off as quick broke his finger with a great bouncer. 19-0 off 12
I bowled first change and bowled the other opener and there best bat and at drinks they were 42-1 personally bowled 5/2/11/1 so quite happy. Skip says have a billow mate I’m going to have a couple and then bring you back at the end. He bowls 12 on the spin and picks up 6 for 50 odd and they post 172ao in last over.
Skip and normal Opener open up and after 10 we are 40-1 I’m down to come in at 4 and then watch a great stand of 115 off the next 20 before no3 try’s a ramp and gets caught. Score 13* to win by 7 wickets and move up to 3rd in the league. Just can’t say I’m really enjoying this season so far but team is doing well as that’s 4 wins from last 5 and now up to 3rd
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Sounds like some there is faster bowlers in div 5 than div 1 fella
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Sounds like some there is faster bowlers in div 5 than div 1 fella
And in div 2 as well! It’s death by slow bowling, we faced 40over of slow stuff on Saturday, can’t call it spin if it doesn’t turn
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And in div 2 as well! It’s death by slow bowling, we faced 40over of slow stuff on Saturday, can’t call it spin if it doesn’t turn
mistley overseas is slippy lovely action bowled a couple off bumpers
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First ton in 12 years on Saturday, moved myself up to 3 as skipper due to missing our top bat, batted 46 overs and got us up to 303 with some help from the tail who stuck around and slapped it about, we were 100/6 after 24 overs. Ended on 144* and a new top score, 5 victims behind the stumps too as we managed a nervy 12 run win. Still haven't come down from it, something just clicked that day
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Played Lisboa rivals on sat and lost toss and bowling first. Opened with our normal quick and leggie and really tight spell. One opener had to go off as quick broke his finger with a great bouncer. 19-0 off 12
I bowled first change and bowled the other opener and there best bat and at drinks they were 42-1 personally bowled 5/2/11/1 so quite happy. Skip says have a billow mate I’m going to have a couple and then bring you back at the end. He bowls 12 on the spin and picks up 6 for 50 odd and they post 172ao in last over.
Skip and normal Opener open up and after 10 we are 40-1 I’m down to come in at 4 and then watch a great stand of 115 off the next 20 before no3 try’s a ramp and gets caught. Score 13* to win by 7 wickets and move up to 3rd in the league. Just can’t say I’m really enjoying this season so far but team is doing well as that’s 4 wins from last 5 and now up to 3rd
@SOULMAN1012 Chris, your skipper seems like quite a player (stats wise rather than with the ladies). Very impressive runs and wickets ratio this season.
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Sounds like some there is faster bowlers in div 5 than div 1 fella
@Vulcan Cricket we have one lad Jordan Peacock who does have some wheels mate and also a couple of others that are on the quicker side of medium pace for our level but all can be a bit erratic at times.
Iv heard and seen briefly in my spell in the higher leagues and EAPL that it’s a huge amount of slow bowling or those that do a lot with the ball. Our lads are sharper than most but don’t do huge amounts often but our bowling is certainly stronger and more consistent strength.
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@SOULMAN1012 Chris, your skipper seems like quite a player (stats wise rather than with the ladies). Very impressive runs and wickets ratio this season.
@JTtaylor145 yes he is a very good player and has come of age a hit this year with the bat. Has so much talent but through it away to often in the past trying to destroy everything but he wanted to open and is leading from the front so far this year. Good at rabbit hunting as well with his bowling lol.
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First ton in 12 years on Saturday, moved myself up to 3 as skipper due to missing our top bat, batted 46 overs and got us up to 303 with some help from the tail who stuck around and slapped it about, we were 100/6 after 24 overs. Ended on 144* and a new top score, 5 victims behind the stumps too as we managed a nervy 12 run win. Still haven't come down from it, something just clicked that day
I've been resisting the temptation to shunt myself up the order this year when I get the complaints because not everyone can bat 4 or 5 😂 well batted pal.
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First ton in 12 years on Saturday, moved myself up to 3 as skipper due to missing our top bat, batted 46 overs and got us up to 303 with some help from the tail who stuck around and slapped it about, we were 100/6 after 24 overs. Ended on 144* and a new top score, 5 victims behind the stumps too as we managed a nervy 12 run win. Still haven't come down from it, something just clicked that day
Well done!
Hopefully it will click again 👍
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Didn't play match today but I went to the nets and had long spell of bowling. Played in the bat which hopefully will use tomorrow.
Bought it as a Pro🤔 and it feels very nice in the hand and sound good off the ball.
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Stood up to everything except the first over today. Then got a first baller. Love cricket.
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Our game went down to the last ball, oppo needed 3 to win and our veteran occasional seam bowler delivers a beaut of a yorker. Sclaffed to midwicket, run out going for a desperate two to tie. Reminder of why I love cricket so much, never gone through so many emotions in the last 5 overs of a match!
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Lost again yesterday. Didn't put enough runs on the board against a very very good bowling attack, containing a couple of guys who have played alot higher up. I got 11, missing a full toss right in front, really bad but these things happen. Just annoying as I was playing decent against the 2 opening bowlers. We posted 176-9, about 50 short on that wicket, but we were 29-3 off 10, so did well to get that.
We bowled really well but dropped 4 catches, so that was disappointing as you will never defend that under par target doing that. Oppo got it 3 down with 6.4 overs left.
The interesting thing about the game though was it was the 1st match I have been part of that was Live Steamed. It was a really great set up at the oppos appartently cost £1600 to set up, camera at one end on the sight screen with a really clear picture. I hate seeing myself bat, but noticed a few things to definitely have a think about for the rest of the season.
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Match hasn’t started yet, but I will give you a review:
Rained off midway through.
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It's always nice to see yourself playing 👍
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No game for me as my other half had a notification via test and trace to self-isolate for 7 days after a positive case at a restaurant we went to.
Hey ho!
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2 losses this weekend.
Personally got 40-odd chasing 200 on Saturday, we didn’t get it. Bowled 6 overs too so I was dead (at the death, had a dolly dropped off my first ball too) Managed to throw up halfway through my innings also. Good day all round!
Today we were going very well with our two 15 year olds putting on 90 off 15 overs. We then collapsed as our former skipper who is injured came down to umpire and gave 4 of us out LBW. I am a left hander and the left armer was bowling around the wicket to me and I got triggered for a 2-ball duck 🤦🏻 We set 190 and they got it very easily
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Went into bat at 7, score on 176-6 in 29 overs. Ended the innings on 224 for 6 in 40 overs. A partnership of 48 runs, in which I scored only 6 runs! faced 15-16 deliveries.
Got the ball 10 overs left in oppos innings, they needed 6 runs per over, with 3 wickets remaining. Their batsman was batting on 92.
First ball stock off break, second ball flighted, next 2 deliveries off break, 5 straight one, he played as an off break, Top edge to cover. 2 more wickets in next 7 deliveries! Win the match by 50 runs!
Felt good !
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Lost again yesterday. Didn't put enough runs on the board against a very very good bowling attack, containing a couple of guys who have played alot higher up. I got 11, missing a full toss right in front, really bad but these things happen. Just annoying as I was playing decent against the 2 opening bowlers. We posted 176-9, about 50 short on that wicket, but we were 29-3 off 10, so did well to get that.
We bowled really well but dropped 4 catches, so that was disappointing as you will never defend that under par target doing that. Oppo got it 3 down with 6.4 overs left.
The interesting thing about the game though was it was the 1st match I have been part of that was Live Steamed. It was a really great set up at the oppos appartently cost £1600 to set up, camera at one end on the sight screen with a really clear picture. I hate seeing myself bat, but noticed a few things to definitely have a think about for the rest of the season.
£1600 for one camera.. Jesus that’s expensive.
Ca,era each end, one pavilion one and all the kit to make it work for that and still have plenty of change
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Nice game Saturday in decent spirit and some nice weather for a change.
We chased down 194 in 38 overs 5 down. I was out LBW for 5 but highlight for me was opening the bowling with my eldest son who's 14.....kind of stuff you always dream about doing. No wickets for either of us but 7 overs each going for less than three an over. Now just need to get my youngest in the side.
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Nice game Saturday in decent spirit and some nice weather for a change.
We chased down 194 in 38 overs 5 down. I was out LBW for 5 but highlight for me was opening the bowling with my eldest son who's 14.....kind of stuff you always dream about doing. No wickets for either of us but 7 overs each going for less than three an over. Now just need to get my youngest in the side.
Not bad bad after one game!
Don't like mentality of me, my son, my friends etc etc
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£1600 for one camera.. Jesus that’s expensive.
Ca,era each end, one pavilion one and all the kit to make it work for that and still have plenty of change
We have spent just short of that but spent £1000 of it on a laptop that can handle streaming and video capture simultaneously. Live Stream and then a 5 minutes highlights package was uploaded within half an hour of us being finished.
Next steps is improved audio and maybe even some commentary to the highlights.
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Stood up to everything except the first over today. Then got a first baller. Love cricket.
Didn’t realise you were on the forum! Been following the WK account for a little while now, some helpful stuff on there for a relatively new keeper @Sivlar13
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Very annoying day.
Skipper took a call from their team at about 11:30, saying they weren’t keen to travel from London to Oxfordshire because the weather forecast was a bit grim. Match was called off, much to our frustration.
We all ended up sitting in a pub garden from 2pm until 10:30pm, and it didn’t rain at all! First time I have ever known of a match being called off due to a weather forecast, rather than actual bad weather. Pathetic from the away side.
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Satisfying win Saturday, we had a very young side due to availability being a bit short but they played exceptionally well. Ended up bowling out the oppo for 145 and chased it 5 down - sitting 4th in the table now so in a very good position for our first year in Div 2. Today I am a happy skipper.
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Went into bat at 7, score on 176-6 in 29 overs. Ended the innings on 224 for 6 in 40 overs. A partnership of 48 runs, in which I scored only 6 runs! faced 15-16 deliveries.
Got the ball 10 overs left in oppos innings, they needed 6 runs per over, with 3 wickets remaining. Their batsman was batting on 92.
First ball stock off break, second ball flighted, next 2 deliveries off break, 5 straight one, he played as an off break, Top edge to cover. 2 more wickets in next 7 deliveries! Win the match by 50 runs!
Felt good !
Isnt it technically impossible to go in at no.7 when the team are 6 down?? :D
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Isnt it technically impossible to go in at no.7 when the team are 6 down?? :D
Hahaha
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Match hasn’t started yet, but I will give you a review:
Rained off midway through.
I felt your frustration when I read it! I was on the way to the ground, here rain started just after the match was finished.
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Satisfying win Saturday, we had a very young side due to availability being a bit short but they played exceptionally well. Ended up bowling out the oppo for 145 and chased it 5 down - sitting 4th in the table now so in a very good position for our first year in Div 2. Today I am a happy skipper.
Which XI is it?
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1st duck of the season, incredibly disappointing as the ball hit me outside the line and the wicket keeper said he appealed as a joke! the bowler didn't even appeal, Umpire sort of gave me out then didn't, then said no you're out. to say I was furious was an understatment.
Even the Oppo Captain asked me why I was out!!
We won anyway which is the main thing.......
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1st duck of the season, incredibly disappointing as the ball hit me outside the line and the wicket keeper said he appealed as a joke! the bowler didn't even appeal, Umpire sort of gave me out then didn't, then said no you're out. to say I was furious was an understatment.
Even the Oppo Captain asked me why I was out!!
We won anyway which is the main thing.......
Respect the umpires! 🙂
Many times they'll give you not out when you're actually out!
Yesterday, our keeper said that he joined me in the appeal as my appeal was convincing, while batter was nothing less than a plumb! 😃
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Which XI is it?
2nd XI, play in Wilts Div 2 - 1st XI are currently top of WEPL Prem 3. The availability issues were due to half the 2s regulars being out as opposed to the 1s taking players.
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In nearly 40 years of playing adult cricket, I had never been skippered by a member of the opposite sex until Saturday afternoon when I played for a team in the Nidderdale League. The young lady in question is just 16 years old and it was fantastic to see her take her first 5 wicket haul and she's been very consistent this season because she is now the leader wicket taker in her division.
I'm afraid my contribution was minimal as I had to come off after bowling 3 overs due to a reoccurrence of an elbow injury (which now makes a funny clicking noise whenever stretch my arms) and was 0no without even facing a delivery. I have never had elbow issues until last season and I think it's the lack of indoor nets that has led to weakening of muscles. Prior to Covid-19, I would net at least twice a week and I am also finding I don't quite have the same level of control as before.
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So, an unexpected call from WPCC 3rd XI captain just just in time to play the game and the rest of the season with them.
We bowled Addiscombe for 109, but then we're bowled out for 68!
Disappointed!
I was given lbw while I was on front foot and the ball hit outside the off stumps! Very disappointed again!
Bowling figures were 8-5-7-3, very pleased, thought we would win the game, but that's part of the game, hopefully we'll win next Saturday, as its very tight over there, in the league table,
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Sadly our game off as we had to concede as lack of players - 3 called up to 1s last minute ended any hopes of playing. Not happy to be calling games off in July due to availability
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Last Saturday I could have had at least 5 wickets!
One full toss lbw appeal turned down! I was 💯% sure umpire will give it but he said, "missing off! That batter scored those which turned out to be the winning margin!
One stumping missed, it was a low bounce chance!
And on the top, I was given out lbw when I was convinced that the ball hit me outside the line of the off stumps!
Chasing 109, we only managed 82!
Should have won that match🙄
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A common theme from many people on here
1. Every time you are given LBW it was definitely not out.
2. Every time you have an LBW appeal turned down it was definitely out.
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A common theme from many people on here
1. Every time you are given LBW it was definitely not out.
2. Every time you have an LBW appeal turned down it was definitely out.
Hahaha, what else do you expect?
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A common theme from many people on here
1. Every time you are given LBW it was definitely not out.
2. Every time you have an LBW appeal turned down it was definitely out.
I've had to stop myself appealing from deep fine leg a few times this year, hard to break a bad habit 😂
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I've had to stop myself appealing from deep fine leg a few times this year, hard to break a bad habit
Hahaha, Jim boy, don't stop it now!
You must be jumping every time the ball hits the pads...
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Most of the time, I field at square leg or point. I only appeal if the ball hits lower than knees roll or batsman is on the back back foot.
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Last Saturday our half season started. So in the morning while preparing my kit I donned my team shirt and proudly I turned to the wife and asked what she thought.
"It's a bit tight. I wouldn't wear it if I were you", was her answer. A bit of stretching of my body and my shirt was mine.
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Sadly our game off as we had to concede as lack of players - 3 called up to 1s last minute ended any hopes of playing. Not happy to be calling games off in July due to availability
Was the football the reason?
We had 4 players say they didn't want to play because of the Ukraine match. I laughed and said the match wasn't until 8 but they weren't to be persuaded and our 2nd team had to forfeit. As it happens the game finished about 7:45 and I missed the first half.
Thankfully that's the end of the Saturday footy matches until the domestic season restarts.
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Played in the best game of cricket I’ve been involved in yesterday where we won by 1 run.
Personally went in at 4 after 25 overs after a steady start and hit a close to run a ball 40* to bring us up to 180 off our 40 overs.
We then started well with the ball and had them 30-off for 3. Personally took a diving catch at first slip. I’ve fielded there for 2 seasons for our Sunday team and that’s the first chance I’ve ever had! Over the next 30 overs the game constantly swung back and forth. At one point they needed 4 an over with 6 wickets in hand. We then bowled a very tight 7/8 over spell to make the rate jump to 5.5 taking a few wickets in the mean time.
I thought we’d lost it when their number 9 slogged 3 sixes to the short boundary off one over. He then blocked out a maiden trying to get himself back on strike for the last over but we were bang on it in the field and managed to get their number 11 on strike for the last over with 2 needed. Our skipper then bowled him with his second ball to give us the narrowest of victories.
On reflection the best game I’ve ever played in, just a shame all I’ll remember yesterday for is the football 🙁
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Played in the best game of cricket I’ve been involved in yesterday where we won by 1 run.
Personally went in at 4 after 25 overs after a steady start and hit a close to run a ball 40* to bring us up to 180 off our 40 overs.
We then started well with the ball and had them 30-off for 3. Personally took a diving catch at first slip. I’ve fielded there for 2 seasons for our Sunday team and that’s the first chance I’ve ever had! Over the next 30 overs the game constantly swung back and forth. At one point they needed 4 an over with 6 wickets in hand. We then bowled a very tight 7/8 over spell to make the rate jump to 5.5 taking a few wickets in the mean time.
I thought we’d lost it when their number 9 slogged 3 sixes to the short boundary off one over. He then blocked out a maiden trying to get himself back on strike for the last over but we were bang on it in the field and managed to get their number 11 on strike for the last over with 2 needed. Our skipper then bowled him with his second ball to give us the narrowest of victories.
On reflection the best game I’ve ever played in, just a shame all I’ll remember yesterday for is the football 🙁
Must have been a good game 👍
I took a skyer yesterday 😃
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Sunday's game bowling figures are 5-1-5-3, that included a chance of a bat trick, which was missed off stumps by a couple of mm🙂
Took a skyer running from straight mid wicket to backward suare leg.
I'm sure that is the highest catch I've taken.
It was a junior who sweeped slow leg spinner, can't believe that the ball could go that high!
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Saturday, I sent to bat at 9, score 50 for 7 with 20.1 overs gone, I was eventually out, trying to up run, score 95-8, still 5 overs to bat.
That delivery was at the middle stump, went for safe shot, straight over the bowler... But the mask had extra bounce plus it it left me.. Edged to the keeper. We managed 132 for 9 in 45 over, which looked very decent.
I came to bowl first change, had figures of 9-3-16-2, trust me these figures don't do justice to my bowling!
There were some umpiring issues.
We lost that crucial game by 3 wickets!
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Personal circumstances at home, coupled with some unfortunately timed bad weather has hampered my season.
Sunday was only my 4th weekend game, only batted twice previously and haven't been able to get to many nets.
Very happy with getting 41, went in on 13/3 with another of our batsmen having retired with a knee injury. We managed to get to 130 which ended up being a defendable score. Difficult wicket to bat on, only 190 runs scored in the game for 20 wickets. I'm just a bit gutted that i can't now play the next two weekends
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The life of a #8/#9 sucks if you want a bat in T20s when your openers are making 100 run partnerships. As a clubmember fantastic to watch though.
I've been enjoying my fielding more and more. Need some quicker reaction time though.
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Had quite an interesting day. Car got a puncture on the way to the ground so had to make the last mile on foot.
Skipper loss the toss and we got put into the field. I usually love the hot weather but was really feeling it this afternoon and opposition closed on around 140ish for 9. I finished with 3-20 off 10 which I would have taken if offered but had quite a few chances put down. Someone took me back to my car to get my kit and returned hoping to have an hour or so relaxing but found myself batting (in at No.9) before the first drinks break (15 overs). Being still over 100 off and effectively last man (someone had gone home ill and final batsman can't bat), I decided to treat as a bit of net and work on a few things. Unfortunately the heat finally did for me but lasted to the 30th over and even faced a few deliveries from a young lad who managed to wobble the ball in the air. Not sure if it wasn't an optical illusion but weird all the same.
Anyhow finally got back to the car and ended up having to change the wheel myself despite being a member of the RAC. Their app continually crashed so tried phoning and was on-hold for well over 20 mins before the line went dead. Within the RAC membership, I have actually paid for replacement tyres but tried calling again when I got home and still nobody picked up.
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The life of a #8/#9 sucks if you want a bat in T20s when your openers are making 100 run partnerships. As a clubmember fantastic to watch though.
I've been enjoying my fielding more and more. Need some quicker reaction time though.
T20s with no retirement are a rubbish game for amateurs.
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Didn't play, still out injured and likely to be retiring for a few years, especially with another mini me due at in September but though I'd share our 3rd XI game, where the opposition seemingly had a half-decent player. Was dropped about 5 times by all accounts but some decent hitting, that's for sure.
https://heworth.play-cricket.com/website/results/4839607
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Didn't play as wife working had to be at home with my youngest who is isolating....with the "pingdemic" its already looking like next Saturday our 2s game will be sacrificed to get the 1s game on
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Bowled my best spell for ages on Saturday. Net result 0-17 off 8. 3 drops and a couple of questionable LBW decisions. Ho hum.
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T20s with no retirement are a rubbish game for amateurs.
Ah those were League matches, so retirements etc are not in scope if you want to go for the win and get the points for the table.
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T20s with no retirement are a rubbish game for amateurs.
You mean games where people are not playing at an appropriate level to be challenged.
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Ah those were League matches, so retirements etc are not in scope if you want to go for the win and get the points for the table.
Right, retirements at 25 or 30 need to be written into the league rules, really. Makes for a much better game.
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Right, retirements at 25 or 30 need to be written into the league rules, really. Makes for a much better game.
Works well for juniors so why not.
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I posted last season about being demoted and dropped by my Saturday team, despite averaging 40. As a result I decided to just play for my Sunday team, Flyford Flavell, this season. So far it's gone really well for me and I'm just short of 500 runs for the season so far. However, It's not been so good for team results, as we've struggled to many games.
We played Wednesday night against a similar team to us, Offenham, and we had a horror show! We really struggled to get the ball away and post any sort of decent total. I was as much to blame, as I struggled to 20 off too many before getting out. We limped to 81. Well the opposition didn't find any struggles and the opener retired on 26 at the end of the first over. :( Their no.3 was just as brutal and the game was all over just inside 7 overs! :o :(
Sunday was a completely different story. We played Bushley near Tewkesbury for the first time and what a lovely ground it is. Old school pavillion, and you had to cross the road to get to the pitch in a picturesque village. Scored my first hundred for 4 seasons. I chose to retire and we finished on 238-6. Two early wickets looked like it was going to be an easy win, but they had other ideas. The next 4 batsmen just teed off and it was raining 6's. We kept chipping away with the wickets, but they reached 200-5 off 27. But then 2 key wickets swung the match back in our favour. They fininshed 222 all out off 39 as their tail struggled to score. A great win against a very friendly opposition. It's games like this that remind you how great cricket can be.
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I posted last season about being demoted and dropped by my Saturday team, despite averaging 40. As a result I decided to just play for my Sunday team, Flyford Flavell, this season. So far it's gone really well for me and I'm just short of 500 runs for the season so far. However, It's not been so good for team results, as we've struggled to many games.
We played Wednesday night against a similar team to us, Offenham, and we had a horror show! We really struggled to get the ball away and post any sort of decent total. I was as much to blame, as I struggled to 20 off too many before getting out. We limped to 81. Well the opposition didn't find any struggles and the opener retired on 26 at the end of the first over. :( Their no.3 was just as brutal and the game was all over just inside 7 overs! :o :(
Sunday was a completely different story. We played Bushley near Tewkesbury for the first time and what a lovely ground it is. Old school pavillion, and you had to cross the road to get to the pitch in a picturesque village. Scored my first hundred for 4 seasons. I chose to retire and we finished on 238-6. Two early wickets looked like it was going to be an easy win, but they had other ideas. The next 4 batsmen just teed off and it was raining 6's. We kept chipping away with the wickets, but they reached 200-5 off 27. But then 2 key wickets swung the match back in our favour. They fininshed 222 all out off 39 as their tail struggled to score. A great win against a very friendly opposition. It's games like this that remind you how great cricket can be.
I assume you play with Rhys Goode mate? He was one of my closest mates growing up, small world! (I'm a Worcester boy, just in Wiltshire exile ha)
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I assume you play with Rhys Goode mate? He was one of my closest mates growing up, small world! (I'm a Worcester boy, just in Wiltshire exile ha)
Yes Goodie plays for us. Top bloke! Yes I'ts a small world. Benny Ware also plays for us on occasions, I think he knows you.
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Yes Goodie plays for us. Top bloke! Yes I'ts a small world. Benny Ware also plays for us on occasions, I think he knows you.
Brilliant, yeah both great lads! Always miss the Kempsey CC glory days with those lot!
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I have been in horrible form with the bat for the last year or so. I've tried changing technique, upping my net practice, change of equipment etc. all to no avail. I'd decided to concentrate on my bowling (which has been improving) and batting down the order. Last weekend I decided to go back to my old technique and change my mindset to try and remove the mental baggage. My place in the team had never been in jeopardy as my bowling had picked up enough so I could afford to relax with my batting a bit more.
Anyway, the upshot is that I finally got some runs on Saturday. Not a huge amount but some. 30 odd not out in an unsuccessful chase. Fairly chanceless against a decent attack on a tricky pitch. Hopefully this is the start of me getting back to some form. I just have to remember to keep the mental baggage away.
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Horrible game this weekend, put the Oppo into bat, we have been top of the league most of the season (3rd team). recently every team we seem to play brings in a few ringers to win, this weekends game no different, opening bowlers both county U18 players, our ethos is use the 3rd's as a gateway for our emerging U13-U16's players mixed with some seniors, because we've had a few heavy defeats recently you can see the confidence slowly ebbed away from the early season good form when it was a lot more even in terms of playing standards. I can honestly say this weekend I feel we were beat before we even bowled a ball, half the team couldn't be bothered, flat in the field, kids who have bowled well struggling and their opening bat carrying his bat all the way through certainly didn't help either. I let one of the young lads open and I dropped to five, I was in to bat in the 3rd over.
you get the gist of it, their keeper attempted a stumping every other ball, bad chirping in the field, our U13 bat at 4 got a bit of a headhunter and their vice captain shouted "keep peppering him, he's gonna sh*t his pants"
I'm all for winning, I want to see our youth get tested and dig deep but some teams (Usually one with a 1st in the prem) just take it too far, Saturday actually made me question whether I was going to jack in this season.
I appreciated this makes me sound like a sore loser, to a degree I am, but I'm there to enjoy it also and if a game is even and we lose I can take that no problem.
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Horrible game this weekend, put the Oppo into bat, we have been top of the league most of the season (3rd team). recently every team we seem to play brings in a few ringers to win, this weekends game no different, opening bowlers both county U18 players, our ethos is use the 3rd's as a gateway for our emerging U13-U16's players mixed with some seniors, because we've had a few heavy defeats recently you can see the confidence slowly ebbed away from the early season good form when it was a lot more even in terms of playing standards. I can honestly say this weekend I feel we were beat before we even bowled a ball, half the team couldn't be bothered, flat in the field, kids who have bowled well struggling and their opening bat carrying his bat all the way through certainly didn't help either. I let one of the young lads open and I dropped to five, I was in to bat in the 3rd over.
you get the gist of it, their keeper attempted a stumping every other ball, bad chirping in the field, our U13 bat at 4 got a bit of a headhunter and their vice captain shouted "keep peppering him, he's gonna sh*t his pants"
I'm all for winning, I want to see our youth get tested and dig deep but some teams (Usually one with a 1st in the prem) just take it too far, Saturday actually made me question whether I was going to jack in this season.
I appreciated this makes me sound like a sore loser, to a degree I am, but I'm there to enjoy it also and if a game is even and we lose I can take that no problem.
awaiting the 'it's a league game' 'man up' 'it's a battle' 'it's just being competitive' 'it's just banter' comments incoming for you fella..
Sadly this is common and people really do seem to think amateur cricket is some form of licence to abuse people or treat it as it's a pro game. Try to just look past them in a game, smile and remember it's supposed to be fun. If they want to play like a pro them just laugh at the fact they are too crap to be a pro (like all of us) and have to pretend.
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Wasn't available for the game last weekend, turned out to be a good thing.
Went to nets on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Got the opportunity to bowl like 3 hours in total, enjoyed all the bit.
Bowling to under 14, all three hard hitters!
Just avoided all the rain!
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awaiting the 'it's a league game' 'man up' 'it's a battle' 'it's just being competitive' 'it's just banter' comments incoming for you fella..
Sadly this is common and people really do seem to think amateur cricket is some form of licence to abuse people or treat it as it's a pro game. Try to just look past them in a game, smile and remember it's supposed to be fun. If they want to play like a pro them just laugh at the fact they are too crap to be a pro (like all of us) and have to pretend.
There is nothing wrong in being competitive in my opinion. Each club team has a different focus/priority. I have seen that in big clubs, usually 3s and lower teams are just treated as feeder teams to blood youngsters and prepare them for the higher teams. There is no focus on winning. These teams are usually happy to get a few wins and stay in the same division. When one plays for such a team, situations like these are bound to happen. OF course, it does not mean that the competitive team has a license to sledge.
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awaiting the 'it's a league game' 'man up' 'it's a battle' 'it's just being competitive' 'it's just banter' comments incoming for you fella..
Sadly this is common and people really do seem to think amateur cricket is some form of licence to abuse people or treat it as it's a pro game. Try to just look past them in a game, smile and remember it's supposed to be fun. If they want to play like a pro them just laugh at the fact they are too crap to be a pro (like all of us) and have to pretend.
Oh yeah, I am fully prepared for that sort of stuff. I'm just not keen on the open season abuse of kids learning and trying to develop! like you say it's not going to stop blokes and some really do think they're playing for an IPL contract. f**king divs.
I want a competitive game, I'd love nothing more than for it to go to the wire every week, but if it isn't and you know you're probably going to win comfortably then wind it in a bit, especially if you're playing a team with 50% of the players under 15.
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There is nothing wrong in being competitive in my opinion. Each club team has a different focus/priority. I have seen that in big clubs, usually 3s and lower teams are just treated as feeder teams to blood youngsters and prepare them for the higher teams. There is no focus on winning. These teams are usually happy to get a few wins and stay in the same division. When one plays for such a team, situations like these are bound to happen. OF course, it does not mean that the competitive team has a license to sledge.
See.. who said anything about not being competitive ??? Why is sledging/abuse.. sorry 'banter' a mark of competitiveness and yet keeping your gob shut and just playing cricket is seen as 'non competitive'.. or at least less?
makes me smile that people equate gobbing off with being competitive.
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Oh yeah, I am fully prepared for that sort of stuff. I'm just not keen on the open season abuse of kids learning and trying to develop! like you say it's not going to stop blokes and some really do think they're playing for an IPL contract. f**king divs.
I want a competitive game, I'd love nothing more than for it to go to the wire every week, but if it isn't and you know you're probably going to win comfortably then wind it in a bit, especially if you're playing a team with 50% of the players under 15.
Sadly people don't seem to be able to , or should it be willing to realise when it's a mismatch and win with .. you know... grace.. They still feel the need to abuse/sledge/shout and generally be unpleasant.. But then you know, apparently that's a sign you're competitive and making it unpleasant is the name of hte game..... in a hobby
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See.. who said anything about not being competitive ??? Why is sledging/abuse.. sorry 'banter' a mark of competitiveness and yet keeping your gob shut and just playing cricket is seen as 'non competitive'.. or at least less?
makes me smile that people equate gobbing off with being competitive.
I am definitely against the abusive behavior some teams display...that is not acceptable at all. Aggression is fine but not verbally.
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Horrible game this weekend, put the Oppo into bat, we have been top of the league most of the season (3rd team). recently every team we seem to play brings in a few ringers to win, this weekends game no different, opening bowlers both county U18 players, our ethos is use the 3rd's as a gateway for our emerging U13-U16's players mixed with some seniors, because we've had a few heavy defeats recently you can see the confidence slowly ebbed away from the early season good form when it was a lot more even in terms of playing standards. I can honestly say this weekend I feel we were beat before we even bowled a ball, half the team couldn't be bothered, flat in the field, kids who have bowled well struggling and their opening bat carrying his bat all the way through certainly didn't help either. I let one of the young lads open and I dropped to five, I was in to bat in the 3rd over.
you get the gist of it, their keeper attempted a stumping every other ball, bad chirping in the field, our U13 bat at 4 got a bit of a headhunter and their vice captain shouted "keep peppering him, he's gonna sh*t his pants"
I'm all for winning, I want to see our youth get tested and dig deep but some teams (Usually one with a 1st in the prem) just take it too far, Saturday actually made me question whether I was going to jack in this season.
I appreciated this makes me sound like a sore loser, to a degree I am, but I'm there to enjoy it also and if a game is even and we lose I can take that no problem.
Having a go at kids playing is pretty much the lowest of the low in my book, can say what you like to me, water off a ducks back, have heard it all before etc.... but to have a go at a kid trying to make his/her way in adult cricket is very wrong.
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We lost a low scoring game. We got 77 ao Chasing 108. Some atrocious catching we dropped 5 catches. Keeper practically rugby tackled Square leg who caught the ball but dropped once the keeper tackled him. Then we had 4 bad decision 2 runouts both in the crease, an lbw that only gully appealed for and me given out caught behind off my shoulder. 1 of the run outs the umpire gave the batter a send off batsman was not best pleased.
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Is it just me or is the "spirit of cricket" in decline? From reading these game reviews it does seem to be.
We bowled really well Sat and bowled oppo out for 61....included a five min wait for number 11 (who had just arrived ) to come out to bat. We could have appealed of course but in spirt and as number 11 we didnt - we ran him out first ball! As weather forecast bad we asked to go straight back out but their umpire (we didnt have one) said no and had to sit through a 30 min break with clouds darkening. We got to 14 without loss before it rained.....their captain then said he was calling game off, got changed and brought in stumps....then some discussions happened with half of their team saying they wouldnt play but umpire intervened surprisingly and said it was his call. Stopped raining but their umpire said we need a 40 minute wait to dry "a little" and guess what it rained again so that was that. frustrating!
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Is it just me or is the "spirit of cricket" in decline? From reading these game reviews it does seem to be.
Honest answer.. Yes
more Win at all costs teams, teams/clubs trying to act like it's a professional set up mixed in with football mentality all adding together to make games less pleasant to play in sadly.
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My first game back in three seasons on Saturday after breaking my ankle and leg and then life taking full swing.
I was a childless 20 year old who was in half decent shape, now I'm a dadbod 23 year old. I hope the skipper isn't expecting much with the weather today menaing nets were cancelled.
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My first game back in three seasons on Saturday after breaking my ankle and leg and then life taking full swing.
I was a childless 20 year old who was in half decent shape, now I'm a dadbod 23 year old. I hope the skipper isn't expecting much with the weather today menaing nets were cancelled.
Great to hear, welcome back!! If it does rain enjoy the chance to chat to your teammates. If it doesn’t, enjoy the game 😃😃
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Absolutely pointless game today due to a first teamer for them stepping down for dubious reasons and winning the game by himself.
He opened the bowling, as he does several leagues higher, and took about 4-10. I saw off his opening spell but didn’t score many off him, he then ran through our lower middle order when he came back on.
We were all out for 120-ish which was never enough. Not content with his 4-for he then came out to open the batting and hit 90 odd not out as they chased it in 15 overs. We didn’t bowl particularly well but the fact that he didn’t give a single chance away tells you he’s way too good for this level. After scoring nearly 1000 runs and taking 50 wickets for their club this year I would have thought he’d have batted a bit lower down but apparently not.
Ruined what could have been a decent village game. Though the icing on the cake was when the lad who scores for us overheard their skipper saying “I don’t play to give people a game, I play to win” which was pretty ironic given that he opened the bowling with himself, despite not being one of their better bowlers.
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Grim that. We've been on the end of a few of those this year and it does make you wonder what the (No Swearing Please) am I giving up my Saturday for?
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I just don’t get what you get out of it. It’s very rare that I’ve played in a game where I find it too easy but it has happened occasionally.
I played a friendly against a team a couple of months ago where I honestly think I would have scored a double ton had I batted through the overs. I knocked it around sensibly and got to my 50 and retired and then didn’t bowl. I would have felt no sense of achievement had I scored 200.
Think the worst part though was some of their team getting cocky and giving it the big one as if they hadn’t just been carried to victory by a fella who knew he was far too good.
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Played my first game in 6 weeks today for our Sunday side which is basically development side and some now older ex sat players and a couple of really just social players. Played top of the league and I haven’t lost a game all season and are a very young and decent team.
Opened up and scored 97* gutted to miss out on a ton. The consensus was there howling attack in the lowest league available in the Hunts Sunday league was stronger than we face most Saturdays and we are mid leagues in two counties so not a bad level of cricket. We posted 181 from our 40 with our 12 yr old county player getting permission to play his first senior league game batting at the end with me and getting his first senior runs so that was cool.
The same 4 players for the oppo who all bowled 10 overs each where them 1,2,3 & 4 in there order and the opener scored 120 not out and they knocked it off for the loss of 2 wickets in 21 overs and proceeded to tell everyone I would listen to check out there stats on play cricket which we found amusing especially when upon reaching his 100 he went as aloft was the a big jump and bat wave much like a test players scoring his first 100 to the 8 spectators and two dogs and then kiss the badge. And I thought I was serious at times.
Good to finally to get a game in and felt great scoring some runs again as not been given much of a chance when iv played league cricket this season on a sat. Overall was good to watch decent players score but just for me cemented the fact that Sunday cricket is now just seen as the same as Sat league cricket and it’s just to win and that’s it. God knows that the 6 players that did nothing at all for them all game make of it if it happens every week. Why they are in the lowest Sunday league I’ll never know.
I was asked to open by our skipper as at the toss oppo skipper did warn us this was the strongest side they have had all season and then upon winning the toss chose to bowl so given the attack was like facing a sat league team would have been to much for the 4 under 15 batters we have who play Sunday’s
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Absolutely pointless game today due to a first teamer for them stepping down for dubious reasons and winning the game by himself.
He opened the bowling, as he does several leagues higher, and took about 4-10. I saw off his opening spell but didn’t score many off him, he then ran through our lower middle order when he came back on.
We were all out for 120-ish which was never enough. Not content with his 4-for he then came out to open the batting and hit 90 odd not out as they chased it in 15 overs. We didn’t bowl particularly well but the fact that he didn’t give a single chance away tells you he’s way too good for this level. After scoring nearly 1000 runs and taking 50 wickets for their club this year I would have thought he’d have batted a bit lower down but apparently not.
Ruined what could have been a decent village game. Though the icing on the cake was when the lad who scores for us overheard their skipper saying “I don’t play to give people a game, I play to win” which was pretty ironic given that he opened the bowling with himself, despite not being one of their better bowlers.
and you're surprised why?? People love beating on people and 'winning' is all that matters to them. He's had a great day, can look at his stats, boast a bit in the bar.. He's loved it and his team won't care either because you know... 'we' won. The captain is again, just an a'hole.. again, just someone who cares only for winning. lots of them around cause you know.. amateur cricket is do or die stuff.. careers on the line... oh wait
just laugh at players like that.. they aren't pro's.. just sad people who like to beat on lesser players. laugh, just treat the game as fun and move on to next week.
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I played a friendly against a team a couple of months ago where I honestly think I would have scored a double ton had I batted through the overs. I knocked it around sensibly and got to my 50 and retired and then didn’t bowl. I would have felt no sense of achievement had I scored 200.
Think the worst part though was some of their team getting cocky and giving it the big one as if they hadn’t just been carried to victory by a fella who knew he was far too good.
This is exactly what players should be like!! if it's easy, just KNOCK it around for 1's and 2's, the odd 4 and let the lesser guys bat. TeThe opps will have an enjoyable day, your team will have an enjoyable day, the game will be more fun overall...
it's like any player like that, overseas or paid players... the team around them and even the players in the other lower teams of a club genuinely then think 'they' won or are the same level etc.. They don't even realise (or care) that they are basically being carried
game yesterday... IF I was an a'hole I could have got a ton off not many balls but what's the point? it's not learning, training or going to help me in any way other than inflate an ego. The opposition (especially the one young kid) would have gone away hating life etc.. the team would have got nothing out of it, the game would have been dead... instead, knock it about and let others do the batting. sure, we 'only' scored 168 but meh.... you don't need to blast 200+ on Sunday's and just piss people off
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An ongoing theme on this thread is the Spirit Of Cricket declining. I batted down the order so was asked to umpire the first part of our reply on Saturday. After a few overs I got into a heated argument with the opposition bowler and skipper. The subject of their ire? I had the temerity to ask the square leg umpire for confirmation that it WASN'T a waist height No Ball. This continued with the snide remarks whenever I signalled a wide etc.
The skipper talked to me after the game apologising for his behaviour saying that he is just competitive. So he recognises his behaviour is unacceptable but doesn't change it...
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he is just competitive
ah, that old chestnut... Still don't get why being gobby and aggressive means you're being competitive.. it's like you can't be competitive without being a $%^%. (which is utterly wrong anyway tbf)
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When you open the batting in a charity game and the oppo has a 6ft 7 Aussie opener charging down the hill bowling nasty in ducker.
Oh and the one on the edge was given "Lbw" 😭
(https://i.postimg.cc/htn292qN/IMG-20210809-113741.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/crD7WMCc)
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Oh and the one on the edge was given "Lbw" 😭
come on Buzz... You know to a league umpire that a minor fact like hitting it first doesn't mean you're not out... and they won't listen to you even if you were the most honest person ever.. They think they are always right.
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Ha this was a charity game and the umpire bought be a beer at lunch and said he wanted someone else to get a go... Nothing about cheeting league umpires.
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When you open the batting in a charity game and the oppo has a 6ft 7 Aussie opener charging down the hill bowling nasty in ducker.
Oh and the one on the edge was given "Lbw" 😭
(https://i.postimg.cc/htn292qN/IMG-20210809-113741.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/crD7WMCc)
Blimey. Did you knock that bat in?
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Blimey. Did you knock that bat in?
I haven't knocked a bat in properly in years! 😂
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Do we knock around the splice?
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Do we knock around the splice?
I'm rubbish so hit the ball everywhere so I would knock (around) the splice? Just don't knock the actually splice and don't bash the heck out of it at first. Gently knock around the splice area.
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Good start to the weekend - we've conceded our 3rd match in a row and the team I was going to play for (different league) have now also conceded. Bit annoying because I was actually contacted by the other club asking if I would play for them and could have got match at a couple of former clubs.
I've also had planning application turned down for a cricket shed with the head of planning suggesting I look at installing an outdoor net. Bit ridiculous/pointless given most clubs have those anyhow and whole purpose of the "shed" was to have somewhere to practice in winter. Perhaps I should have just built the thing then dealt with any fall out afterwards.
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We are off today because the oppo have 12 Covid cases (and more test results to come!) after they went on a club do to Norwich for one of the players 40th birthdays.
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Yet another physical incident in the league today AND more sledging and verbals all through the innings which ultimately lead up to the physical incident.
Verbals through the game (Not really needed/warranted or adding anything to the game)
Player trapped LBW (Stone dead)
Player begins to walk off
Player told to ''F Off you Mug' (Level 2 ban for a send off)
Player seen to then turn around in reaction
BATSMEN then pushes a player (lvl 4 ban for physicals)
Fielder charges in (no business charging in) aggressively shouting 'F OFF' and pushing and shoving (lvl 2 ban and potentially more for the physicals)
Batting capt runs on straight at the batsmen
Fielding capt does nothing
1) Send off's really do need to be eliminated
2) Verbals on the field caused in the end things to boil over and someone to 'crack'.. It really is an amateur game , not some pro level stuff so just needs cutting out
3) Physical violence (and yes, just a simple push is that) is and should be massively banned (sadly, the other incident in teh same league the lad got away with 3 games for an 'attempted' head butt.. only getting away with it as he faile dot be any use and didn't connect.
4) the reaction both physically and verbally of the fielder is totally uncalled for. Stay out of it. that's violence and abusive language yet again
5) Fielding capt was missing but failed to control his team (sledging), fialed to control the bowler (send offs) and then failed to control his team when crap broke out (said player running in, pushing, aggressive and shouting)
6) batting capt running on couldn't do much but even so.. sadly, your player did something so should also get a small ban
question is.. this is not an isolated incident.. it's literally the second high profile incident in the same year, in the same league.. question is, how many others are there going un-reported ?? How much verbals and sledging is being let slide by capts and umpires..
Luckily this is all on camera so no one will get away with it
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Not had anything quite like this at my level for a few years which is obviously a good thing as it’s massively off putting.
What time in the stream does the incident occur @ProCricketer1982 ?
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Not had anything quite like this at my level for a few years which is obviously a good thing as it’s massively off putting.
What time in the stream does the incident occur @ProCricketer1982 ?
7 hours bang on
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7 hours bang on
ben hughes i take it - once a prat always a prat.....
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Where is this stream? Would be interested to see it
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvL5cb77RYw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvL5cb77RYw)
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https://youtu.be/fvL5cb77RYw?t=25151
i think at the correct time
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Crickey few handbags there.
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https://youtu.be/fvL5cb77RYw?t=25151
i think at the correct time
I think the square leg umpire does very well coming in to diffuse the situation. What the fielder's doing charging in like that I will never know!
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Used to play Cheltenham civil service on tour years ago.
You can't raise your hands but I've seen it myself in out league happen so let's not throw stones in glass houses.
I do think this 'send off' business needs to be eliminated and treated just as a physical contact offence.
There's no need for it and most incidents start from here that I have seen.if there's a flashpoint it's usually this.
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Played a great game of cricket today. Oppo won the toss and batted and sent out Div 2 on Sat opening bat and they were 100-0 off 13. Young lad nicked him off to me and then the rest played around the other opening bat most of whom where younger players with a few county U15 and U16 players and they made 212-6 off 40
We made an ok start getting 25-1 off 6 when I came in at 3 and had a good partnership with other opener until on 31 my partner smashed and I mean smashed a straight drive back that the bowler turned away and jumped out the way off for the ball to smash of his boot and run me out at non strikers end, hows your luck. Lost a few more wickets and need 70 off last 10 and new lad that joined our club this year hit winning runs off the last ball of the game with us 9 down so last ball was either 1 run to win or a wicket and they won. Both teams throughly enjoyed the game. Our 12yr old county player who was given ok to play senior league cricket this week by his county coach picked up hid first senior wickets and also ended up 2*.
Starting to wonder why I play on Saturdays at the moment.
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Starting to wonder why I play on Saturdays at the moment.
because that sounds like a really good game.. 9 down, last ball win/loss (kinda doesn't matter) chasing somewhere between 180-220 ( less than 180 is a bit crap and more than 220 and it's a bit sloggy).. sounds pretty darn perfect Chris (excluding your bad luck on how you got out naturally)
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Finally converted 20s and 30s to score 105 off 111 on Saturday. We posted 364/7 off 50 and bowled the opposition out for 105.
First ever 100 and i think only the second game ive played were we posted over 300 so a good day all round.
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Been a weird season but this week was one of the oddest games I've played in a while - opposition just didn't seem interested in trying to win the game. We stuck them in (I thought generously) on a slow but very much flat deck, one opener got yorked first ball but then they pretty much blocked it out and didn't even attempt to accelerate until the last 5 overs or so despite having plenty of wickets in hand. 148/7 off 40, way under par. Their bowling was mostly unambitious at best, opener was decent but first change bowled seam off two paces, we set off at 5 an over and were cruising. Sweepers out and pretty much no catching fielders from the first over. 30 runs to win they appear to suddenly wake up and spring a pacey youngster out of nowhere, he immediately nicked our set batsman off but all far too late and we won with nearly 12 overs to spare. Pretty much a repeat of the reverse fixture early in the season where they blocked to an under par total and we chased it one down. Guessing they didn't have their strongest side out, but what's the point? This is a team who are in a nip/tuck relegation battle and only one place below us in the league, just don't understand why they were so negative.
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Guessing they didn't have their strongest side out, but what's the point? This is a team who are in a nip/tuck relegation battle and only one place below us in the league, just don't understand why they were so negative.
If they didn't feel they could win or if they only had say 2-3 actual batsmen then why throw your wicket away? Crap day if you go out there trying to score 250+, get out for 10 after all.. costly in time, money and energy. Have to assume there was a reason for it though as I doubt many players/teams go out there to lose intentionally.
random one.. It amuses me every innings both when fielding and batting that we have 'power plays'.. I'm yet to see any amateur team actually have the ability to genuinely use a power play (and no, sending out a hitter in a hit and hope style isn't really using it properly). I don't really get why they bother trying it as teams just don't have the batting power of professional team, the ability or the inclination of players to willingly throw their wicket away more than the odd time.
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If they didn't feel they could win or if they only had say 2-3 actual batsmen then why throw your wicket away? Crap day if you go out there trying to score 250+, get out for 10 after all.. costly in time, money and energy. Have to assume there was a reason for it though as I doubt many players/teams go out there to lose intentionally.
No need to throw your wicket away, but you'd think at least aim for enough to give your bowlers a chance. They didn't appear to run out of batsmen at any point, number 8 was a young lad but still looked like he could hold a bat.
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1) Send off's really do need to be eliminated
2) Verbals on the field caused in the end things to boil over and someone to 'crack'.. It really is an amateur game , not some pro level stuff so just needs cutting out
Village or pro cricket, I think there is no place in cricket for such behaviour and this needs to be enforced right at the top in international cricket. What else can we expect when we see international cricketers do the same on Television. Ppl perceive such behaviour as 'cool' and emulate the same at their level. There need to be stricter laws against such things to make people understand that it is just not acceptable.
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No need to throw your wicket away, but you'd think at least aim for enough to give your bowlers a chance. They didn't appear to run out of batsmen at any point, number 8 was a young lad but still looked like he could hold a bat.
anything less than 180 and you're not really giving your bowlers a chance as you say. 180-225 makes it a good game
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We had an interesting incident on Saturday, and one which I'm not sure what the correct outcome should have been.
We are comfortably mid-table, opposition probably need 1 or 2 wins to steer clear of relegation. So the match means a little more to them. We batted first and our opener was given out LBW by their umpire when he clearly got some bat on it. Their skipper immediately said it should be not out, decision is reversed. Everyone is happy. The opposition then bat and they are in trouble when their skipper comes to the crease (90-5 chasing 180 fwiw). First ball he gets hit on the pads, we go up and their umpire gives him out LBW. He says that he hit it. Our bowler thought it hit both pads or his bat hit his pad (two noises), our keeper thought he hit it, our skipper was at point so had no idea. We said that we'll stick with the umpire's decision as we aren't sure. Their skipper blows a gasket, accuses the bowler of cheating but walks off after a couple of minutes of debate and indecision. It left a bad taste in the mouth and although we won it felt very hollow not because of our efforts but because of this and our bowler reacting negatively to being called a cheat.
So what would you guys have done? Should the fact that they reversed a decision in our innings have any bearing on this incident? Does the fact that it's their umpire have any bearing?
Genuinely interested to see any thoughts on this because we, as a team after the match, couldn't agree.
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We had an interesting incident on Saturday, and one which I'm not sure what the correct outcome should have been.
We are comfortably mid-table, opposition probably need 1 or 2 wins to steer clear of relegation. So the match means a little more to them. We batted first and our opener was given out LBW by their umpire when he clearly got some bat on it. Their skipper immediately said it should be not out, decision is reversed. Everyone is happy. The opposition then bat and they are in trouble when their skipper comes to the crease (90-5 chasing 180 fwiw). First ball he gets hit on the pads, we go up and their umpire gives him out LBW. He says that he hit it. Our bowler thought it hit both pads or his bat hit his pad (two noises), our keeper thought he hit it, our skipper was at point so had no idea. We said that we'll stick with the umpire's decision as we aren't sure. Their skipper blows a gasket, accuses the bowler of cheating but walks off after a couple of minutes of debate and indecision. It left a bad taste in the mouth and although we won it felt very hollow not because of our efforts but because of this and our bowler reacting negatively to being called a cheat.
So what would you guys have done? Should the fact that they reversed a decision in our innings have any bearing on this incident? Does the fact that it's their umpire have any bearing?
Genuinely interested to see any thoughts on this because we, as a team after the match, couldn't agree.
You will get two answers
Those who simply care about winning will say 'he's out'
Those who want to win but want to win fairly will say ' call him back'...
you can't rely on umpires, especially club/league ones.. they are terrible
sadly, this happens way to often.. a bowler from one end saturday appealed three times on me.. I hit every single one and at one point he not only double appealed but was on the floor then spent the next x balls clapping me and generally being rude.. If that's the type of cricket people want then so be it. Problem is, with league umpires it's so worth a shout as they are so poor that players no longer play fairly.. always trying to steal a decision even though they know it's not out. THen call it 'part of the game'
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I don't think there's any obligation to call someone back unless you're certain they were given wrongly, particularly when it's their own player umpiring. We've called guys back this year and had one of our guys called back.
Equally, Saturday I had a catch turned down by the oppo umpire because he couldn't see me take it cleanly. I was 100% it was a clean catch, batsman thought it bounced before it was taken. If the umpire isn't sure then it's not going to be given, that's part of the sport. Have to accept when it goes your way and when it doesn't I think.
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The weekend just gone epitomises my season so far. I can't seem to score when I need to and can, when it doesn't really matter.
Saturday league match - 2 ball duck.
Sunday friendly - 51* retired, to give others a knock.
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first win in two months (thankfully) on saturday - after losing 6 on the bounce and getting smashed in 3 of those we finally managed to win this weekend - a huge relief for all and with 2 games to go we have a chance of staying up - which will be a good achievement if we do - we are a medium sized club's 3rd team playing in a league with mostly smaller 1st teams - whose teams are normally much stronger/more experienced than we are
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We had an interesting incident on Saturday, and one which I'm not sure what the correct outcome should have been.
We are comfortably mid-table, opposition probably need 1 or 2 wins to steer clear of relegation. So the match means a little more to them. We batted first and our opener was given out LBW by their umpire when he clearly got some bat on it. Their skipper immediately said it should be not out, decision is reversed. Everyone is happy. The opposition then bat and they are in trouble when their skipper comes to the crease (90-5 chasing 180 fwiw). First ball he gets hit on the pads, we go up and their umpire gives him out LBW. He says that he hit it. Our bowler thought it hit both pads or his bat hit his pad (two noises), our keeper thought he hit it, our skipper was at point so had no idea. We said that we'll stick with the umpire's decision as we aren't sure. Their skipper blows a gasket, accuses the bowler of cheating but walks off after a couple of minutes of debate and indecision. It left a bad taste in the mouth and although we won it felt very hollow not because of our efforts but because of this and our bowler reacting negatively to being called a cheat.
So what would you guys have done? Should the fact that they reversed a decision in our innings have any bearing on this incident? Does the fact that it's their umpire have any bearing?
Genuinely interested to see any thoughts on this because we, as a team after the match, couldn't agree.
The only time I have ever called someone back in all my previous years as captain was when a bowler of ours mankad'd someone.
Calling someone back for whatever reason is a dangerous game, as your experience shows it can often do more harm than good, as suddenly you expect the same treatment which might not get reciprocated. Then it all kicks off.
And that doesn't make me someone who just cares about winning. Just someone who realises umpires are there for a reason and you get good and bad decisions, that's part of our wonderful game.
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In truth, this is why the skipper should be at slip or mid off where possible. Point is not a good place to try and lead a side from.
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Ideally keeper is a skipper. If not then yeah Slips, Covers or Midwicket.
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We talked about it at practice yesterday. We think the correct way of doing things, given that we can't do anything about them calling our opener back, was to tell their skipper that we didn't know if he hit it, therefore stick with the umpire's decision and he's out. The mistake we made was debating the decision for too long and letting the previous incident cloud our judgement. If it was a match that had nothing riding on it then maybe we should have called him back. But as they are battling relegation then it isn't fair on the other teams at the bottom.
Then have a beer at the end of the match (which a few of us did tbf).
I'm glad it was their umpire giving the decisions because otherwise it might have got uglier. Looking at the league newsletter I've noticed there are a few instances of teams being docked points. They don't say the reasons other than player infraction. It's an amateur league ffs.
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It's an amateur league ffs.
just look at some of the comments on here.. People treat it like it's serious !
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Wacked the camera's on again but come back to work. Not wasting the day sat watching it rain. Looks like this area is a washout judging off play cricket
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Only our second win of the season today. We had the oppo 3-3 but they recovered to 210-ish.
Got another run out from the deep.
Then batted 30-something overs for 54 as we chased it down with an over to spare 4 down.
Their seconds didn’t have a game so dropped a couple of players down which makes it even sweeter. They locked their changing room at drinks and had a very heated team talk, then spent the last 20 overs arguing amongst themselves in the field as they had 6 men on the boundary when we needed 5 an over.
Typically, they had one bloke complain all day that it doesn’t turn on an Astro (it does, you have to actually put revs on it)
We get spinners like this every year as we play on Astro. They bowl all year on very dodgy tracks and rely on one going underground or jagging off the pitch, then complain as they have to actually put revs on the ball to make it do something.
Their skipper also did that pathetic “pretend to throw it at you” when you pat it back to them despite not leaving the crease. He then spent the rest of the innings telling his guys to “send us upstairs”. The prospect of a 60mph ‘bouncer’ left me shaking in my boots as I’m sure you can understand.
Also had a bloke tell me how slowly I was batting and how awful my wagon wheel was going to look for about an hour. Love games where they just slag you off all game, certainly makes me bat better and makes those handshakes at the end hilarious.
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My season was cut short thursday night, freakish injury whilst doing keeping/fielding drills, yoof throws a wild one in, I throw my hand up for the international sign of "rubbish throw" and it just flicked the tip of glove on the little finger which ended up with my finger looking like a Z, luckily worcester warriors club doctors was there and he reset it, X-ray confirmed no fracture but that's me done now.
My lad got 37 off 15 balls today in a mad dash to try to win a T20 game which was entertaining, just got him a @jonny77 Scott bat and it's an absolute gun! ridiculous for a "grade 3" it's like a trampoline.
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Sadly I had one of those games which left a sour taste in the mouth. It was meant to be a happy reunion which went wrong. I have changed clubs this year and on Saturday we played against my old team. We batted first, had a mini collapse leaving us at 13-3 when I walked in. I was greeted with general banter. It was very nice and friendly and I was absolutely loving it. After some rebuilding I threw my wicket away leaving our best batsman stranded and the middle/lower order exposed. Too often we have had the last 5 wickets fall like a pack of cards so our best batsman decided to shield the other guy and what followed was a typical test match style approach; the gun bat facing the first 4 balls, taking a single of the 5th ball. Another wicket fell and one of our younger players walked in. There was a lot of banter on field (as expected) and lots of babysitting comments. Our gun bat got to 50 and then lost his wicket trying to accelerate exposing the lower order. Then it happened. Opposition's 15 yr old wicket keeper took the banter too far and commented on our young player's mother and the chap lost it. We had some heated arguments in the middle. I was leg umpiring and I tried to ask both of them to just carry on. Our innings folded quickly. In the break, the young guy was still quite upset and the others decided to give it back to the opposition on the field. I tried to reason but it wasnt to much avail. What followed on the field was pretty poor. Their wicket keeper and my very good friend opened the batting for the oppo. There was a lot of chatter aimed at both of them. The kid got out early and I thought the foul chatter would stop there but it didnt. I almost lost it myself seeing personal age related comments being made against my friend. In hindsight, I should have spoken up. We eventually lost the match. There really should be rules about all this sledging business. Its really upsetting to see teenagers and kids in their 20s cross all limits in the name of sledging!
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Sadly I had one of those games which left a sour taste in the mouth. It was meant to be a happy reunion which went wrong. I have changed clubs this year and on Saturday we played against my old team. We batted first, had a mini collapse leaving us at 13-3 when I walked in. I was greeted with general banter. It was very nice and friendly and I was absolutely loving it. After some rebuilding I threw my wicket away leaving our best batsman stranded and the middle/lower order exposed. Too often we have had the last 5 wickets fall like a pack of cards so our best batsman decided to shield the other guy and what followed was a typical test match style approach; the gun bat facing the first 4 balls, taking a single of the 5th ball. Another wicket fell and one of our younger players walked in. There was a lot of banter on field (as expected) and lots of babysitting comments. Our gun bat got to 50 and then lost his wicket trying to accelerate exposing the lower order. Then it happened. Opposition's 15 yr old wicket keeper took the banter too far and commented on our young player's mother and the chap lost it. We had some heated arguments in the middle. I was leg umpiring and I tried to ask both of them to just carry on. Our innings folded quickly. In the break, the young guy was still quite upset and the others decided to give it back to the opposition on the field. I tried to reason but it wasnt to much avail. What followed on the field was pretty poor. Their wicket keeper and my very good friend opened the batting for the oppo. There was a lot of chatter aimed at both of them. The kid got out early and I thought the foul chatter would stop there but it didnt. I almost lost it myself seeing personal age related comments being made against my friend. In hindsight, I should have spoken up. We eventually lost the match. There really should be rules about all this sledging business. Its really upsetting to see teenagers and kids in their 20s cross all limits in the name of sledging!
There are rules but when there are no neutral umpires it's fairly difficult to uphold those rules. My experience is that if an incident is reported to the league then it becomes an Our Word Against Theirs scenario. Points deductions only get handed out if there is a pattern of poor behaviour by a side or somebody sticks their hand up and takes the blame.
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i thought that there was a zero tolerance policy with sledging? it simply isnt enforced though as umpires dont get involved.
fortunately, in our league it rarely gets beyond jovial banter as most of us know we arent very good so whats the point. on the odd occasion it has captains have stepped in and shut it down. i can only remember a handful of ocaasions when its gone too far - ironically against my former club where one moron couldnt control his mouth and got a bit personal.
As a batsmen i have never minded it too much as it gets me going and i play better, a wise man once told me if they have resorted to verbals they have given up on using the ball.
i find the constant appealing more annoying at the moment, and the absolute certainty from all 11 that its absolutely 100% plumb every time. add in the reactions and cheating accusations when they arent given out it becomes a very frustrating day.
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The sledging is really getting me down or maybe I am now too much of an over protective Dad. I had a shock call up to the 1s - only been 15 years and have to say really enjoyed it. Apart from the bruise thats now appearing to cover the whole of my right leg. The game was very one sided as we only had 9 players so all comments etc. were on the jovial side although they went very quiet when we got off to a great start to our reply.
disappointing to hear that my 13 and 14 year old sons both had verbals and "banter" in their game playing in our 2s from players older enough to know better. I am concerned it may out them and some of our other U14 players off from playing.
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i thought that there was a zero tolerance policy with sledging?
hahahahahahahahaha
Just look at comments on here. You'll get people who love abusing others in the name of being competitive .. 'mans game' etc..
utter tosh really and is just an excuse for people to be rude and abusive
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It’s rampant, and getting worse. Yesterday I opened the batting and got sledged because I didn’t walk due to not actually being anywhere near the ball I supposedly hit. He got in my face, called me a ****ing cheat, and I bit back, which wasn’t my proudest moment.
After I was out I went out to umpire. The opening bowler came back on, and first ball he bowled a wide, to which he exploded, saying it was right on the return crease. I replied by saying it may have been on the line, but it was down the leg side. Next over he bowled a no-ball, and again exploded, calling me a cheat, saying he never bowls no balls. Next he went up for an LBW shout, which pitched about 2 feet outside leg stump and hit the batter on the thigh. Again I got accused of being a cheat, so I laughed at him and suggested that he brush up on the rules. It was only then that his captain told him to stop being an imbecile.
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Last week 2nd XI captain saw me for the first time bowling, and that in the league match, therefore he set up the field he thought will work, but this Saturday he'd sorted it out!
As I bowl on the stumps or outside the off, field was set up accordingly, perfectly.
Someone said something about the field setting, I replied by saying, captain is setting it up.
I only concentrated on my run up mark and bowling line and length.
No talking to anyone, except once ball was hit in the air and fell very short off the fielder, to his comment, I said, you can't be everywhere on the field.
Game was tense as one can expect but in very well spirit.
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It happened that our veteran batsman, Joshi, West Indian, Antigua, is in very good terms with their veteran batsman.
When it rained Sharma introduced us.
This meant that there was pressure for best behaviour in the match, in and off the field, I felt.
Sharma is former pro, played with many internationals.
Best part of him if that he's very friendly and humble.
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Playing for the 3rd vs Merstham away, who are going for promotion as well! , and it's very tight lower on the table, hopefully we'll win coming Saturday
I'll have to set up the field myself
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Oppo conceded last night and that’s the 3rd we have had in the last 6 weeks, the most annoying season iv ever been involved in with avg pts and concessions
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Played in a close one today, losing by 1 wicket.
Batted first and made 180. Personally got 60 which brings me above 600 runs so far this season. Got bowled trying to kick on as I got a bit bogged down after drinks. It’s certainly the first time I’ve ever been 40 odd at drinks, usually much slower!
We then made a good start with the ball and had them 3 down for cheap. After the fourth fell they put on a big partnership which left them in control. They have one batsmen who gets 70 odd against us every single time despite the fact he plays 90% cut shots and occasionally a nudge to leg. At one point we had: Backward point, point, forward point and deep backward point yet he still managed to get it through which was so frustrating. We then took some quick wickets and with 2 left to go they still needed 40 odd. They then slapped about our second change bowler until I came back on with only a few needed. Bowled a very tight over where the set batsmen was nearly caught off an under edge, had a dolly droped at cover then one which missed off stump by about an inch. We then took the 9th wicket with scores level but their number 11 sliced one over cover for the win.
Annoyingly they had another angry bloke who was constantly questioning our umpire. They all went mental at him for an edge despite the fact our number 4 clearly hit the ground. Then a guy bowled one to me which was about 3 inches away from not pitching on the track. He threw his arms up, asked if we were playing T20 rules then said “at least we know what the rules are when we umpire boys!.” I just don’t get this mentality that every time they don’t agree with a decision they basically announce that they’ll cheat in the second innings. Wouldn’t mind if it was a bad call but I couldn’t have physically reached the ball, perhaps they should try bowling straight.
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Oppo conceded last night and that’s the 3rd we have had in the last 6 weeks, the most annoying season iv ever been involved in with avg pts and concessions
Yep definitely a frustrating season this year mate, I think they have to go back to normal next season.
We let the oppo get to many yesterday after dropping their pro on about 30 odd (althoughwas a difficultchance TBF), he then made a quality 88. They really do make a big difference sometimes, just be being at the crease, running between the wickets, putting less pressure on the bloke at the other end etc.... their pro now has over 800 runs in 12 knocks @ over 80, really really class batter indeed.
We were 40 short of their 268 in the end. I got 15 and was out LBW to Peter Such's son, who bowled left arm swing, is young and very raw but looks like a good prospect for them. Peter Such ended up coming on as 12th man for them (he was there watching his son) when a player got injured and fielded brilliantly considering he is 57. Apparently he got 5 for nothing last week against our 2's!
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Anyone else feeling the blues after playing their last match of the season on Saturday? Not having played at all in 2020, it was wonderful to get some cricket atlast this year, although this might have been one of the worst seasons in terms of rain affected abandonments. For my team, we only played 10 of the scheduled 17 matches. Hey ho, lets hope 2022 is atleast better weather wise; and hopefully we will get to shine the ball again the traditional way :D
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After narrowly avoiding relegation with a last day win, I'm ready for a break 😅 give it a few weeks and I'll be missing it! Suspect an eye test and a new prescription may be in order before winter nets though...
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still got one more to go, got battered on saturday meaning we need to win and hope other results go our way to stay up. will be glad when this seasons over
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2021 T20 Season comes to an end.
Match stats:
2 overs bowled, 0 wickets. I think 14 runs given?
4 balls faced, 1 run scored, 1 duck.
1 catch came to me, taken. No runouts. But had the best fielding season since I've started playing about 5 years ago.
The T20 league campaign ended with 5 matches won, 5 lost. 1 rained off.
All in all I have to see the humor in these stats with having 8/11 matches played and only done what I've done. There's always a next season.
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2 weeks left in our Sat league Season and 3 weeks left on Sunday’s. our first sat league game was 6th april from memory, seems the Two Counties league Essex & Suffolk is a lot longer than many others.
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2 weeks left in our Sat league Season and 3 weeks left on Sunday’s. our first sat league game was 6th april from memory, seems the Two Counties league Essex & Suffolk is a lot longer than many others.
The fact the divisions for the top end are 12 teams (assuming no one drops out…) means it’s a nice long league season!
And not like things will change, seems very difficult to get rule changes approved by the league.
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The fact the divisions for the top end are 12 teams (assuming no one drops out…) means it’s a nice long league season!
And not like things will change, seems very difficult to get rule changes approved by the league.
why would you want to play less?
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Quite a manic season at my club, 5 out of our 6 league teams got promoted (our 5th and 6th are in same Div).
1/2/3/4 teams won the league whilst 5XI missed out by a point after failing to bag the minimum 7 points needed on the last day of the season.
We turned out 7 teams every week and even had an 8th team on 6 occasions. The 1XI are now upto WEPL Prem 2 which is the highest level our club has ever played at after 3 promotions on the bounce and only losing 1 game all season.
As u can imagine it was quite a heavy night celebrating at the club last Saturday!
Personally my cricket has been terrible but glad to have played some part in helping teams win games this season.
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@Ayrtek Cricket - that fantastic effort by all your teams - well done - how in the hell do you run 6 teams in Bristol though??? - where do you find the space to play?
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@Ayrtek Cricket - that fantastic effort by all your teams - well done - how in the hell do you run 6 teams in Bristol though??? - where do you find the space to play?
That’s the challenge, we’ve got our own ground in Henleaze which has 2 pitches next to each other and rented another just over the road where our 5th’s played.
Our 6th’s played just down the at the University ground but it’s a struggle as you can imagine with lack of pitches around week in week out.
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That’s the challenge, we’ve got our own ground in Henleaze which has 2 pitches next to each other and rented another just over the road where our 5th’s played.
Our 6th’s played just down the at the University ground but it’s a struggle as you can imagine with lack of pitches around week in week out.
i can't imagine the organisation that is needed to do that - very impressive!!! there are some clubs near me that have 3/4 teams and only 1 ground - (luckily - or unluckily depending on how you look at it) there are also clubs in the area who are struggling and only have 1 team - so they often hire out the ground the weekends they are away from home
only weird bit i find is that some of those grounds are 15+ miles from the home ground where the 1s/2s play - would make me think i'm playing away/or for a different club every week :) whereas you guys being quite close must make it still feel like '1 club'
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Quite a manic season at my club, 5 out of our 6 league teams got promoted (our 5th and 6th are in same Div).
1/2/3/4 teams won the league whilst 5XI missed out by a point after failing to bag the minimum 7 points needed on the last day of the season.
We turned out 7 teams every week and even had an 8th team on 6 occasions. The 1XI are now upto WEPL Prem 2 which is the highest level our club has ever played at after 3 promotions on the bounce and only losing 1 game all season.
As u can imagine it was quite a heavy night celebrating at the club last Saturday!
Personally my cricket has been terrible but glad to have played some part in helping teams win games this season.
Well done mate, although did you have to beat Old Down rather than take them up with you? 😂
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One of those days today when nothing went right. Won the toss on what is usually a decent track but a ropey outfield and ground to find a wicket that looked good but played terribly in our innings. Back to opening as skipper is now away playing rugby and the first ball pitched just back of a length shot along the floor totally and just missed the stumps. Managed to then get a few away waiting for the ones really over pitched and trying to keep out anything else. Got to 18 before one from the spinner just went straight on and LBW and we were 52-3 at that point. Middle order went with the throw the bat approach and it paid off for a while with a nice stand of 60 odd from number 6 &7 until they to got undone with a grubber and one that popped from no where. Tailenders biffed a few more and we ended with 142 all out off 36 which we thought wasn’t to bad.
There innings started off terribly for us, the extra pace of our seamers seemed to make the pitch play better and we bowled far to many half volleys and even full tosses which was the biggest crime, just trying to hard i personally feel and they were 60 for 0 off 10. Both sides missing players due to Harvest for us and mainly football for them meant a few wickets and we had an outside chance. This gave me a chance to turn my arm over and after 2 maidens I finally got the opener who is a good bat to play a rash shot to see cover drop a dolly. That just about summed it up for us. I beat the bat about 25 times in my 9 over spell with a mix of decent bowling and the pitch just doing all sorts. In the end we grabbed a couple of wickets from real part time bowling but they got the runs in the 29th over.
Shame as it pretty much ends our slime chance of promotion although we play team in 2nd next week and if we win big we have a tiny chance of pipping them but it’s basically another season of coming so close. Despite winning more games than those above us the avg pts has counted against us as we have not conceded any games but team currently top has conceded 8 but due to covid being the reason for them supposedly no loss of avg pts for them and the team in 2nd have gained more pts from
Losing then we have.
Final nail in the coffin was that I managed to get 3 grabbers in a row from there medium pacer on my toe and cracked my bat, certainly repairable and as it was the first bat I made myself under Willow & Wand and I haven’t toned up yet it will be getting the TLC treatment to try and put that right next week in our final game of the season.
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League season ended today with another lost game! Luckily WPCC 3rd XI survived relegation by 1 point!
Bowled 9 overs 17 runs 1 wicket.
Defending 79 runs!
As it happens to be that I bowled like 6/7 overs to that left handed batsman, who luckily I bowled with a delivery that narrowly went through his bat and pad.
While last week when I opened the bowling, was facing batsman who was prominently leg side batsman who tried to dominate the bowling, whom I bowled like 7 of 9 overs and kept him quite except for a couple of shots.
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One of those days today when nothing went right. Won the toss on what is usually a decent track but a ropey outfield and ground to find a wicket that looked good but played terribly in our innings. Back to opening as skipper is now away playing rugby and the first ball pitched just back of a length shot along the floor totally and just missed the stumps. Managed to then get a few away waiting for the ones really over pitched and trying to keep out anything else. Got to 18 before one from the spinner just went straight on and LBW and we were 52-3 at that point. Middle order went with the throw the bat approach and it paid off for a while with a nice stand of 60 odd from number 6 &7 until they to got undone with a grubber and one that popped from no where. Tailenders biffed a few more and we ended with 142 all out off 36 which we thought wasn’t to bad.
There innings started off terribly for us, the extra pace of our seamers seemed to make the pitch play better and we bowled far to many half volleys and even full tosses which was the biggest crime, just trying to hard i personally feel and they were 60 for 0 off 10. Both sides missing players due to Harvest for us and mainly football for them meant a few wickets and we had an outside chance. This gave me a chance to turn my arm over and after 2 maidens I finally got the opener who is a good bat to play a rash shot to see cover drop a dolly. That just about summed it up for us. I beat the bat about 25 times in my 9 over spell with a mix of decent bowling and the pitch just doing all sorts. In the end we grabbed a couple of wickets from real part time bowling but they got the runs in the 29th over.
Shame as it pretty much ends our slime chance of promotion although we play team in 2nd next week and if we win big we have a tiny chance of pipping them but it’s basically another season of coming so close. Despite winning more games than those above us the avg pts has counted against us as we have not conceded any games but team currently top has conceded 8 but due to covid being the reason for them supposedly no loss of avg pts for them and the team in 2nd have gained more pts from
Losing then we have.
Final nail in the coffin was that I managed to get 3 grabbers in a row from there medium pacer on my toe and cracked my bat, certainly repairable and as it was the first bat I made myself under Willow & Wand and I haven’t toned up yet it will be getting the TLC treatment to try and put that right next week in our final game of the season.
I really don't understand the average points system being applied by a number of leagues. If you are under strength, it incentives concededing as you are likely to end up with more points than playing the game.
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I really don't understand the average points system being applied by a number of leagues. If you are under strength, it incentives concededing as you are likely to end up with more points than playing the game.
A concession now means O pts but that only happens if your honest and for example state not enough players, if you state covid as the reason for not enough players you don’t get penalised. The avg pts system is crap and no idea why it’s in place when the league knew we would have a full season this year
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A concession now means O pts but that only happens if your honest and for example state not enough players, if you state covid as the reason for not enough players you don’t get penalised. The avg pts system is crap and no idea why it’s in place when the league knew we would have a full season this year
I think if they don't go back to the normal points system next season there will be alot of very very unhappy people around the league.
I didn't play yesterday as have been quite ill since Thursday so wasn't fit to play. We went to top of the league missing quite a few players, they have been the best side by quite a distance and we duely lost by 123 runs, even though we scored 300!!!! Yes they scored 423-7 off their 50 overs including an 162 off 85 balls by their captain. We scored 300 in reply which was a great effort by the lads and secured enough points for Div 1 cricket next season. Which, with the availability we have had this season and no overseas player and a great achievement.
One game left to hopefully enjoy in a more relaxed atmosphere knowing we are safe.
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Frustrating end to the season yesterday after a brilliant week on tour with the Frogs. Took 4fer and scored 33* but ran out of partners with 41 needed off the last three overs, meaning we finished 4th in the league. Given our aim in the 2s was promotion it was frustrating, but personally a very good season all round.
Ended up as Beaconsfield leading wicket taker in league cricket with 32 - 3 in div 1 and 29 in div 4. Four games, against the bottom four sides, were rained off which could have boosted my stats more. First time ever (I think) that I’ve taken over 50 wickets in a season and one game to go for Frogs next week. Also privileged to be named 2s player of the year! I was due to captain the side yesterday as the captain had stepped aside for the game due to high availability, but a drop out meant he was back in.
On tour played 3 games, two for Frogs and one for the North Devon League representative xi, who were short. Overall 7 wickets in the week, a run out and a 21 ball 50 at Valley of the Rocks (Lynton and Lynmouth CC). Plenty of Frogs eying up the @Neon Cricket green edition with envy as balls disappeared at various games.
Best game for me this season was for Frogs vs Devon Dumplings, a very strong touring side full of Devon Premier players, where I took 5/30 and scored 59 in an innings nobody else got over 29 in. If only I could do that every week!
Looking forward to next season already, and the new challenges it will bring.
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Final game of the season today and we have missed promotion by 0.5pts despite having the most points and in fact 60 more than the next best and not conceded a single game but that’s not good enough this season.
On the bright side we had a fantastic game of cricket.
Skipper for the day decided to pick the batting line up out the hat, names in one and batting position in another, turned out our normal No8 opened with the normal opening bat, No11 at 3 and no 10 at 4 with myself at 5. Normal opener managed 15 from 61 before getting caught, que bat thrown across changing room lol, No8 was 50odd and 85-1 off 17. Next up was a 100 run partnership that saw our No8 normally score his first ton (great as he uses one of my bats) and No10 normally make 41 and 200-3 with 3 overs left. I managed 21 from 11 with the biggest 6 iv hit in years so pretty happy.
We then bowled those that were No11, 10, 9 etc in that order and despite them getting off to a good start we picked up regular wickets everyone had 5 overs if they wanted it and I managed 5/2/11/2 and they needed 40 off the last 6. Last over 11 needed, last ball, 1 to tie and 2 for them to win and the batter played and missed so we won by 1 run. Oppo today was our local rivals but it’s a very friendly rivalry and they achieved the 3 pts that saw them promoted in 2nd place.
So overall this is this seasons stats:
13 games in total including T20’s & Sunday League - 10 league , 3 x T20
9 innings 348 runs at 43.5 HS 97*
8 catches, (1 stumping as only kept once, my keeping days are done)
53/12/113/14 bowling figures for the season
That puts me on 14367 league runs in my career so one more season next year to try and get to 15k runs and then I think I’ll stop as just not enjoying Sat league cricket this year at all.
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We then bowled those that were No11, 10, 9 etc in that order and despite them getting off to a good start we picked up regular wickets everyone had 5 overs if they wanted it
Fantastic that there are still teams that play the game this way. For ages I've been banging on that 'participation > results' in our junior comps, but it seems to fall on deaf ears with a lot of people. More power to you and your team :)
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Our last game of the season yesterday, it was a dead rubber, but turned into a great game as we won in the last over. I also finished the season well getting 116.
We won the toss after our skipper won a game of Rock, paper, scissors!! We batted and me and my opening partner put on 209 for the 1st wicket, the crazy part of that came when on 35ish I was given out LBW when I hit it on to my pad and I was half way to the pavilion and the oppo skipper called me back!! We finished 294-4 off our 50.
They started well as well and were 88-1 and 148-2 always close to the rate, then we picked up some wickets but there best batter (and one of the best in the league) was still in and we were a long way behind the overs clock. So we ended 2 overs short, so had a 12 run penalty which meant it left them needing 14 off 2 instead off 26 off 2 with 4 wickets in hand. Great 49th over from our opener meant we were defending 9 off the last and we won by 2 runs.
In the end we finished a clear 9th, but considering we only won 1 game in the 1st half of the season, it's been an amazing comeback from the lads to then win 5 in the 2nd half. Add in to be one of the only sides without a Pro in Div 1 and hold our own is a great achievement.
Great game to end the season, played in a brilliant spirit.
By body and hands are very very ready for a break!!!
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Fantastic that there are still teams that play the game this way. For ages I've been banging on that 'participation > results' in our junior comps, but it seems to fall on deaf ears with a lot of people. More power to you and your team :)
careful.. you'll be called 'Non Competitive' and not 'Win at all Costs'...
People seem to forget that you can be competitive without being a (No Swearing Please) or giving everyone a decent game
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Fantastic that there are still teams that play the game this way. For ages I've been banging on that 'participation > results' in our junior comps, but it seems to fall on deaf ears with a lot of people. More power to you and your team :)
This was only because it was the final game of the year and our normal skipper misses end of the season each year as he is a semi pro Rugby player. Unfortunately it’s become that the skipper and his nearest and dearest will bat top 4 and all bowl every week and the others get a game as and when so I wish this was more how it normally is but afraid not.
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This was only because it was the final game of the year and our normal skipper misses end of the season each year as he is a semi pro Rugby player. Unfortunately it’s become that the skipper and his nearest and dearest will bat top 4 and all bowl every week and the others get a game as and when so I wish this was more how it normally is but afraid not.
Vote out the skipper?
Surely if 4 blokes are doing it all the other 7 must be pretty fed up. Even higher up the leagues the number of tea eating fielders baffles me! If you don’t bowl and bat lower than 7 most weeks… what’s the point.
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Vote out the skipper?
Surely if 4 blokes are doing it all the other 7 must be pretty fed up. Even higher up the leagues the number of tea eating fielders baffles me! If you don’t bowl and bat lower than 7 most weeks… what’s the point.
He is young and a very talented sportsman used to winning and playing high level. Has played county level cricket at age groups and as I said semi pro rugby. Iv spoke to him and shared my frustration as a “senior player” as it where and a few others have said they will but who knows. 6/7 of our team are very close mates so may not bother them as much but myself and a few others will not do it if next season starts the same way as this season and will either move to Sunday league cricket or move clubs. I certainly won’t with only a season or two left in me.
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Vote out the skipper?
Surely if 4 blokes are doing it all the other 7 must be pretty fed up. Even higher up the leagues the number of tea eating fielders baffles me! If you don’t bowl and bat lower than 7 most weeks… what’s the point.
I've never understood players who allow clubs/teams to take the Micky out of them barely bowling them (if at all) and then not batting them either.. All in the name of 'league cricket'..
Realistically, if you don't bowl 6 overs at least then you should be batting top 6 week in week out (always the ODD week it makes sense to rotate if quick runs are needed or saving a game)
Anything else and you're being laughed at by the players who are rocking up and being a superstar at YOUR expense.. Unless of course, you just enjoy watching others win/play games for you (you not being you, the royal you)
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Our season finished Sunday just gone. This was my first year of dropping into our Sunday 3rds as at 41 I’m now deemed too old to be playing 2nds in a Saturday.
Finished top scorer in the team with 308 runs with a top score of 79. Not bad but I know I can do better as I had an indifferent start but got more consistent as the season went on.
Now the season has finished I’m concentrating on building my bat refurb business a d looking to start shaping my own bats over the winter.
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41 too old for Saturday cricket? Our top scorer in league cricket last year was 61!
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I played against my old club on Sunday, where a stalwart of that club was playing his final game of the season and 998th for the club. He's 79.
He plays pretty much every Saturday and Sunday, and sometimes midweek too.
Side note, he got 6* on Sunday and was last dismissed on Aug 31st 2019!
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I played against my old club on Sunday, where a stalwart of that club was playing his final game of the season and 998th for the club. He's 79.
He plays pretty much every Saturday and Sunday, and sometimes midweek too.
Side note, he got 6* on Sunday and was last dismissed on Aug 31st 2019!
Love that. We're starting up a 4th team for next year to allow our juniors and less experienced players a route into league cricket so hopefully we'll be coaxing a few of the 'semi-retired' back into weekend games!
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I played against my old club on Sunday, where a stalwart of that club was playing his final game of the season and 998th for the club. He's 79.
He plays pretty much every Saturday and Sunday, and sometimes midweek too.
Side note, he got 6* on Sunday and was last dismissed on Aug 31st 2019!
The best moon ball bowler in the Hunts league!
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Our season finished Sunday just gone. This was my first year of dropping into our Sunday 3rds as at 41 I’m now deemed too old to be playing 2nds in a Saturday.
Finished top scorer in the team with 308 runs with a top score of 79. Not bad but I know I can do better as I had an indifferent start but got more consistent as the season went on.
Now the season has finished I’m concentrating on building my bat refurb business a d looking to start shaping my own bats over the winter.
Where do you play? I've just gone 44 and still playing in our 2's, who are 2 divs below ECB Prem Yorks South, (so not an awful standard). So, I certainly wouldn't class anyone as too old for any form of cricket. Imo if you're good enough and fit enough, age is irrelevant.
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Where do you play? I've just gone 44 and still playing in our 2's, who are 2 divs below ECB Prem Yorks South, (so not an awful standard). So, I certainly wouldn't class anyone as too old for any form of cricket. Imo if you're good enough and fit enough, age is irrelevant.
some clubs see it as short termism to play the older players - my club does this - i am 43 and deemed too old for the higher teams - which i have no issues with - esp. as i now don't have to do 1 hrs fielding drills pre match and can have lunch at home and turn up at 1 for a 1.30 start!!!! :D :D
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some clubs see it as short termism to play the older players - my club does this - i am 43 and deemed too old for the higher teams - which i have no issues with - esp. as i now don't have to do 1 hrs fielding drills pre match and can have lunch at home and turn up at 1 for a 1.30 start!!!! :D :D
That sounds very short-sighted. Who better for the young lads to learn from than the guys who have been there and done it? Plus, nobody enjoys facing the wily, middle-aged dibbly-dobbler.
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That sounds very short-sighted. Who better for the young lads to learn from than the guys who have been there and done it? Plus, nobody enjoys facing the wily, middle-aged dibbly-dobbler.
that is what was said by many at my club - unfortunately the club captain at my club wants the youngsters to learn off of him and no one else :D :D if you don't drink the coolaid you are in trouble!!!
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Regarding the age debate, its a very relative thing, isnt it? It all depends on how big the club is and what kind of availability they have each year. One year they have lots of young promising talents and middle aged guys are deemed too old to play at the highest possible levels in the club; and the next year kids are off to Uni/move to other clubs and all of a sudden you are good enough again. It can be a very fickle thing. Of course the only thing that can help you keep your spot regardless is if you are good friends with the team captain. That always works! :D
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Where do you play? I've just gone 44 and still playing in our 2's, who are 2 divs below ECB Prem Yorks South, (so not an awful standard). So, I certainly wouldn't class anyone as too old for any form of cricket. Imo if you're good enough and fit enough, age is irrelevant.
I played my first 1st XI game in about 25 years this season. May not have been first choice but i did a job, and I'm 50.
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I played against my old club on Sunday, where a stalwart of that club was playing his final game of the season and 998th for the club. He's 79.
He plays pretty much every Saturday and Sunday, and sometimes midweek too.
Side note, he got 6* on Sunday and was last dismissed on Aug 31st 2019!
Bet he's got a decent average
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I played against my old club on Sunday, where a stalwart of that club was playing his final game of the season and 998th for the club. He's 79.
He plays pretty much every Saturday and Sunday, and sometimes midweek too.
Side note, he got 6* on Sunday and was last dismissed on Aug 31st 2019!
Is this the same match? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j9lcBc4zE0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j9lcBc4zE0)
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Is this the same match? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j9lcBc4zE0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j9lcBc4zE0)
certainly Jake as WK :)
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Last game of the season yesterday in a "friendly" with another local club.
Very proud Dad moment to open the batting with my 13 year old lad and out on 99 for the first wicket, I fell first and gutting for Jacob as he was out caught for 89.
Sadly some strange behavior from their skipper; shouting to question ridiculous LBW appeals and then calling a 14 year old for multiple no balls when I was informed by our mid-off that over half of them were not - including the one when I took a catch off him in the slips. Oh well.
Lovely weather yesterday and always a little sad when the last game.
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Finished off my season with a friendly win today.
We bowled first and held them to 160. I let through 18 byes despite keeping as well as I have all year on a deck with a lot of variable bounce. 12 of them were thanks to no balls which I wouldn’t have got anywhere near as they were also wide. Everyone got a bowl, and I even managed a run out after one was hit down behind square on the leg side and I picked up and launched to the bowlers end. We have a club umpire who does it for us on a Sunday and after their opener was given out (bang infront) their skipper walked on the pitch to enquire about why it was given 🤦🏻♂️
Then batted 3 and was in after 2 overs. Me and our 14 year old opener then put on 125, with him getting 60 and me falling just short of my 50. We chased it with a few overs to go
Bit of a weird atmosphere when I was batting, as their grown man skipper decided to start giving chat to our 14yo because he kept sweeping his son over the leg side. The same son who could only have been 13 then gave me a send off when I got out and refused to shake hands with any of us at the end. His dad also came and shook my hand when I got out and told me my knock was much better than our 14yo’s as he “had no idea where he was hitting it”
Seemed very unnecessary for a friendly! The season ended with 700 runs in 30 games for myself which I’m happy about. Just a shame our first team couldn’t win in the EAPL play-off final yesterday, we had a very good day out with about 14 hours of drinking!
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Finished off my season with a friendly win today.
We bowled first and held them to 160. I let through 18 byes despite keeping as well as I have all year on a deck with a lot of variable bounce. 12 of them were thanks to no balls which I wouldn’t have got anywhere near as they were also wide. Everyone got a bowl, and I even managed a run out after one was hit down behind square on the leg side and I picked up and launched to the bowlers end. We have a club umpire who does it for us on a Sunday and after their opener was given out (bang infront) their skipper walked on the pitch to enquire about why it was given 🤦🏻♂️
Then batted 3 and was in after 2 overs. Me and our 14 year old opener then put on 125, with him getting 60 and me falling just short of my 50. We chased it with a few overs to go
Bit of a weird atmosphere when I was batting, as their grown man skipper decided to start giving chat to our 14yo because he kept sweeping his son over the leg side. The same son who could only have been 13 then gave me a send off when I got out and refused to shake hands with any of us at the end. His dad also came and shook my hand when I got out and told me my knock was much better than our 14yo’s as he “had no idea where he was hitting it”
Seemed very unnecessary for a friendly! The season ended with 700 runs in 30 games for myself which I’m happy about. Just a shame our first team couldn’t win in the EAPL play-off final yesterday, we had a very good day out with about 14 hours of drinking!
Such a shame that the bad behavior is spreading so much into friendly cricket