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[TangoWhiskey]

Yeah one of our quickies is an Arsenal fan. Lucky he's dropped a couple of yards so I can pick him up a bit easier but a couple of years back he was near enough unplayable. Used to wear his shirt on purpose too despite many a batsman's plea...

[jamielsn15]

Unspoken rules - ensure the 2nd team skipper knows the difference between the heat lamp switches and the light switches, especially when the first team opening bowler is haring in at full pelt...

[Bowlers Name Please]

Pretty obvious but everyone needs to keep their eyes on what's going on.  I've seen so many near misses this winter which could have easily gone pretty badly for those involved if they had been hit 

Also I think everyone shares the gripe of the first few batsmen not bowling or messing around after they've had a hit.  I will always bowl till the end of the session even if it is subjecting guys to some pies in the process!.  Maybe I could get a job with the ECB as 'specialist pie chucker'..

[golden duck]

We are quite lucky at our nets as we have 7-9 people turn up which is generally a mix of first and second teamers.  We normally split the time between however many people want to bat (sometimes one or two of the bowlers arn't fussed).

No one leaves early though (the club pays for 1 hr a week @ loughborough).  Both the bowlers and non bowlers put the effort in to serve up something playable and no one takes the piss (not deliberately or only for the odd ball when there is a lull).

As for making sure everyone pays attention - sometimes its a loosing battle....

[KarlPennington]

Netiquette. If you get bowled out by a lesser player have a an excuse to hand "That stayed low, I couldn't see it out of those trees, I had sweat in my eye" If you get bowled out by a better player bow down and tell them how unplayable the delivery was. Same when bowling if you get smashed of a lesser player claim it was aerial bound and would have been caught or claim you are getting tired, if it's by a better player tell them it was a great shot and you just can't bowl to them