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[MD2812]

Playing against a fast bowler, had pulled my back earlier when batting but it wasnt bad. got bouncered, went to pull him but was slow due to the weak back, gloved it behind the keeper. That as a dismissal is fair enough, the annoying part is the keep dropped the ball upwards he went to catch it, it hit his finger tips and went straight up about 2 feet slow as can be then he took it 2nd time round. cheeky sod didnt even apologise for the crap take!

[peplow]

i'm liking the phrase bouncered..

[Buzz]

given out caught behind when I missed the ball by about a foot.

to be fair I did have a few close lbw's in my favour this summer...

[Mr Cricket]

run out backing up

[Colesy]

Trying to guts out an innings being 33* at drinks having opened, got nowhere near one bowler so tried a new tactic of getting my body inline with the ball, nice backfoot defence with soft hands. Unfortunately so soft that it rolls back and just tips the bails off. After all the hard work before that, I play on...

[pacman75cricket]

Lacking batting opened 2nd ball inside edge ball into thigh (maybe both) ball rolled back onto stumps wouldn't have knocked bails if if stumps weren't so loose.

[uknsaunders]

given out lbw hitting high on the back pad to a Yorks U15 opening bowler, bowling left arm over and pitching it halfway down the deck. Followed up 2 weeks later by the classic "Hows that Dad", "That's out Son" routine.

Got my own back by just brushing a lifter with my glove and not walking when our guys didn't hear it umpiring. I decided I had enough bad luck and it was time to even the score a little. Funny thing was the oppo were pretty obnoxious, full of chatty rubbish and busy cheating themselves(not giving plumb lbws etc) and that day they went berserk lol - just as well chat doesn't work on me. Even funnier in the return game we spanked them for 345-6 in 45 overs including their skipper going for 27 (4 sixes) in an over and them crawling to 150 odd for 5. Offered the skipper a drink after the game, "no we are heading back to watch our ones" - it was pitch black 

[darthlewis1]

Chipping a legstump fulltoss to mid-wicket, I went to smack the ball and in the last minute tried to flick it behind square. Last innings of the season aswell.

[thecord]

Either being caught at 2nd slip off 1st slip's boot or being bowled round my legs in both of my first two matches of the season. Not a great season all-round to be honest!

[rp27]

Losing my balance trying to clip a legside wide, ricocheted off the keepers pads onto the stumps and out stumped 

[Cover_Drive]

It was a full toss on off side there was no long on fielder, I tried to smack over covers it hit the toe and freaking substitute kid caught it who dropped two sitters earlier!

[ianbuchanan]

Turning out for a Sunday village team the day after I scored 150 in the league, received a head high beamer(Literally), hooked it straight to the guy on the boundary and the umpire didn't call it a No-ball....

[Liam-SCCC]

12th ball of the day, against bottom of the league, a very poor fielding and bowling side. I had already dispatched a long hop to the boundary for 4 with the Joker. Then got one that stopped on me as I punched my hands through it, mid on dives down, (oldest on the team) parries it into the air from an inch of the ground, then roll onto his back and kicks the ball further into the air before catchy it whilst laying on his back.

To make thing worse, I then had to watch batsmen 4,5,6,7 and 8 pile on the runs to post 313. I was so bored that I even took order and drove to morrisons!

[Bruce]

Ah Bridport Morrisons, Good Doughnuts!

[Manormanic]

Personally, I reckon the most frustrating has to be stumped whilst clutching my nuts - full bunger that I never saw hit me square on and I never thought to make my ground.  Did have 70 at the time mind.

But I can think of two guys with greater cause to grumble - its been that sort of a season.  The unluckiest has to be the lad who walked out to bat three; at the non strikers end, before facing a ball, their opener mullered one back at the bowler who dropped the catch - the ball hit hands and shoulder and then carried on on to his stumps whilst he was still backing up!  Worse, the opener was his brother and went on to take us for 130!

The other, probably the best for sheer freak value, came in a 20/20 - lad skies one to short midwicket who, realising that we wanted the other batsman out, is sharp enough to put the ball down deliberately and run him out.  I lost sympathy when he stood there arguing that the catch had been made because the ball must have been "under control" for him to bounce it on the floor and retake it mind you!