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[Sherpa75]

played with a west indian by the name of Reon King a few years during a cricket week game against my own club, was a pretty green track and i'd been at the bottom of the beer barrel for most of the week (even sleeping in the changing rooms) and a young lad from the club came out at 3 or 4 wearing a Surrey Lid to which Reon picked up the challenge.  i was at 1st slip, after the first all fired into the lads ribs an the second clattered into the keepers gloves with the sound of thunder, i placed myself a good 5 or 6 yards behind where the keeper was standing and pretty much directly behind him, there was no way anything was going to be testing my hands that day, the only person who noticed was second slip, who wanted to swap places

[jblowe]

I was batting last year, when the player fielding at Cover started arguing with the Captain, claiming he should be put on to bowl. Well the Captain who was standing at slip, was having none of it! and he firmly told (in good old rural oxfordshire) the player "he was the Captain, he picks who bowl and when".

 

The fielder at Cover then folded his arms, pushed his bottom lip out and started kicking at the ground.  Three balls later the arms were still crossed when I pushed the ball to his left.  The ball ran passed him and gently down the slope towards the club house.  The sulking player made no attempt to stop the ball, he just looked at the captain and smiled.  He then turned and slowly ran after the now stationary ball, by the time he had reached the ball which was about 10 yards from the boundary edge, we were on our third run. In stead of picking the ball up and returning it to the keeper, the unhappy player transformed himself into Ronaldo and dribbled the ball towards the club house and the boundary. Stopping the ball a yard short of the rope he stopped turned toward the Captain and stuck two fingers up.  He then toe punted the ball through the open door of the club house and he walked off the pitch and into the club house. 

 

Minutes later the player emerged from the club house dragging his kit bag, and headed towards the car park.  Stopping in his tracks, a look of horror came over the player as he realised, first he had not driven his car the 25 miles to the game and second he had given a lift by the now not so happy Captain.

[petehosk]

Brilliant!!!
Which team was that? Just wonder if I know them!! 

[Howzat]

We have a winner!

[Manormanic]

pretty sure noone is beating that.

question is, does the eight count to your average?

[jblowe]

Pete PM'ed you

By the time he had dribbled the ball to the rope we had run five, but only got the four. 

[Manormanic]

Pete PM'ed you

By the time he had dribbled the ball to the rope we had run five, but only got the four.

you should have got nine!

[langer17]

you should have got nine!

Exactly, should have been 9. Also, if they didn't give the 9, you still get the higher amount when that happens, as just say you need 5 off the last ball, and you run the 5 (would have to be a massive field), but then the fielder deliberately kicks it over for a 4, that would be unfair to the batting team.

[jblowe]

It went in the book as a four,

I was also at a game in Chalgrove, which has a small stream running around the boundary,  My team were fielding when the ball was hit into the stream.  One of our better players went in after it. He then fell over and disappeared out of sight. After calls for help the player was found on this lying on his back in 3 inches of water. He was unable to move after twisting his knee, he had to be lifted out of the stream and carried off the pitch, then driven in his wet muddy cricket kit to the JR hospital A&E.

Sadly he had to have the knee operated on and he missed the rest of the season, but it was quite difficult not to laugh at the time

[ianbuchanan]

I was batting last year, when the player fielding at Cover started arguing with the Captain, claiming he should be put on to bowl. Well the Captain who was standing at slip, was having none of it! and he firmly told (in good old rural oxfordshire) the player "he was the Captain, he picks who bowl and when".

 

The fielder at Cover then folded his arms, pushed his bottom lip out and started kicking at the ground.  Three balls later the arms were still crossed when I pushed the ball to his left.  The ball ran passed him and gently down the slope towards the club house.  The sulking player made no attempt to stop the ball, he just looked at the captain and smiled.  He then turned and slowly ran after the now stationary ball, by the time he had reached the ball which was about 10 yards from the boundary edge, we were on our third run. In stead of picking the ball up and returning it to the keeper, the unhappy player transformed himself into Ronaldo and dribbled the ball towards the club house and the boundary. Stopping the ball a yard short of the rope he stopped turned toward the Captain and stuck two fingers up.  He then toe punted the ball through the open door of the club house and he walked off the pitch and into the club house. 

 

Minutes later the player emerged from the club house dragging his kit bag, and headed towards the car park.  Stopping in his tracks, a look of horror came over the player as he realised, first he had not driven his car the 25 miles to the game and second he had given a lift by the now not so happy Captain.

Brilliant! Made me laugh out loud in an otherwise quiet office!

[legger123]

In an Under 18's game for Dorchester season just gone, their captain opened the batting for them, to which third ball of the innings he hit in the air to point, I was fielding there took 1 handed catch above my head.
To which he walked off the ground swearing and throwing his bat.

[Buzz]

To which he walked off the ground swearing and throwing his bat.

I can't imagine anyone on here doing something like that.

oh.

[alba caerulea]

During a match for my previous club a 1 on 1 fight nearly broke out after the batsmen told one of our fielders the score of the British Lions Rugby that had been on early that morning. Little did he know that the said fielder had recorded the match on Sky Plus planning to watch it later that evening and had gone out of his way to avoid knowing the score - not answering his phone or having radios or tvs on all morning etc.

There was a threat of violence and a threat of 'calling the cops' but luckily it went no further than the pair of them shouting and swearing at each other for a while. Needless to say our whole fielding side were pi**ing themselves with laughter as we all knew the lengths that our guy had gone to to avoid knowing the score! We let it go on for a couple of overs before putting him out for a boundary stint to cool off!

[Liam-SCCC]

In an Under 18's game for Dorchester season just gone, their captain opened the batting for them, to which third ball of the innings he hit in the air to point, I was fielding there took 1 handed catch above my head.
To which he walked off the ground swearing and throwing his bat.

Leggy man! Had no idea you were a member on here, there I was trying to flog you some gloves a few days ago!

[Dan W]

Joined a new team late last year, and I'm sure the 'tactic' of (genuinley) misfielding thus causing the oppo to run a second before being run out, became a legitimate and used method.