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[Buzz]

Nice article and interview with Goochie here
http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/honours-board-legend-gooch,2671,NS.html

with his famous laminated bat!

[procricket]

i only ever been  to lords twice it sad to say i do plan at some stage to go again a magical place and fitting home of cricket.

I missed out on a box last year by being on duty hopeful one day though

[Buzz]

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"I've been angry with the world all day."

So says the Queensland Bulls batsman Chris Lynn. And with good reason. Way back in November Lynn had the misfortune to be hit in, whats the euphemism?, his balls by a ball from Doug Bollinger. So far, so fnarr fnarr. The low blow though, led to long-term complications for Lynn, who admitted this week that his head coach, Darren Lehmann, had to sit him down and suggest that it might be wise to sit out the rest of the season on the grounds that "there's a lot more to life than cricket".

Those of a sensitive disposition may like to move on to the Still Want More? section at this point: "The swelling just kept on getting worse and worse. I had it drained with a needle and it went back to normal but then the swelling started again." Lynn, reports say, is typically one of the more jovial members of the team, but he has, of late, lost all his mirth. "I haven't been getting too many hours of sleep at night. I've been waking up in pain and that has had a domino effect. It has got to the stage that I can't do anything pain-free."

This is what the dark side of the old-man-gets-hit-groin-by-ball gag looks like. So next time you start to snigger when you see somebody get clattered in the box, think twice, for Chris Lynn's sake.

[fros23]

SKIP THIS BIT IF YOU'RE EATING, YEAH?
"I've been angry with the world all day."

So says the Queensland Bulls batsman Chris Lynn. And with good reason. Way back in November Lynn had the misfortune to be hit in, whats the euphemism?, his balls by a ball from Doug Bollinger. So far, so fnarr fnarr. The low blow though, led to long-term complications for Lynn, who admitted this week that his head coach, Darren Lehmann, had to sit him down and suggest that it might be wise to sit out the rest of the season on the grounds that "there's a lot more to life than cricket".

Those of a sensitive disposition may like to move on to the Still Want More? section at this point: "The swelling just kept on getting worse and worse. I had it drained with a needle and it went back to normal but then the swelling started again." Lynn, reports say, is typically one of the more jovial members of the team, but he has, of late, lost all his mirth. "I haven't been getting too many hours of sleep at night. I've been waking up in pain and that has had a domino effect. It has got to the stage that I can't do anything pain-free."

This is what the dark side of the old-man-gets-hit-groin-by-ball gag looks like. So next time you start to snigger when you see somebody get clattered in the box, think twice, for Chris Lynn's sake.

Not a pleasant experience!

The lads at Brighton and Hove have told me how Luke Wells was bowling in the nets at sussex against Chad Keegan.  Keegan absolutely belted one back at Wellsy, it hit him in the nether region and he had to have one of them removed!  They were netting in the indoor school and apparantly the guys on the other side of the ground could hear the screams. 

[Ayrtek Cricket]

on our little meeting with George and Iain the other week we got onto this subject and one of the Warwickshire boys wears 2 boxes when he bats as a result of being hit and pinched twice before by a split box!!!

its always a laugh when its not you being hit by the consequences can be pretty serious as a result of it.

[Buzz]

http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/ycs-in-winter-adam-hose,2669,NS.html
YCs in winter: Adam Hose
Date released: 13 February 2013

In our latest YC in winter profile, Lords.org talks to Adam Hose, 2012's IRK MacLaren Young Cricketer Award winner, who is spending two weeks at the Global Cricket School in Mumbai, India
Hose, a tall batsman from the Isle of Wight, had a strong first year at Lord's in 2012, despite a summer in which it was far more rewarding to ply one's trade as a bowler than with willow in hand.

His reward for topping the one-day batting averages and weighing in regularly in the other formats for Mark Alleyne's team was the IRK MacLaren Young Cricketer Award and with it a grant which he wisely invested in a trip to Pune's Global Cricket School.

A finishing school with seven centre's around the world (three in India, one each in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Australia and South Africa) the GCS has a high reputation among coaches as benefitting the development of teams such as Afghanistan and Scotland, as well as individuals such as Hose.

And for the 20-year-old, whose improving bowling was a feature of 2012, the trip serves a very simple purpose: "I came out to India focussed on two things," Hose told Lords.org. "Batting and bowling."

Drill down however, and there is more to it than that. Despite spending time at the Darren Lehman Cricket Academy in January 2012, Hose has no experience batting or bowling in sub-continental conditions.

"Batting wise I'm working on building game plans for how to approach the turning ball," he adds.

"And with my bowling I hope to gain a better understanding and approach to bowling when the ball and pitch is offering little movement for the seamer. Gaining exposure to different coaches and they're methods is always important as a young player.

"I am still working out my own individual 'game', and the knowledge and information I've gained out here can only help a young player like myself understand what works best for me."

Hose's India trip means he's had a mixed winter of preparation ahead of the 2013 season, spending his time largely at Lord's before travelling to the sub-continent.

The disruption of a woeful summer of weather in his first season left Hose, and many of his teammates, less fatigued than they might have been - leading to an increased appetite for getting back into the swing of things last Autumn.

Hose is one of a number of this current crop of YCs, including Stuart Poynter who spent time at Lord's either side of the Christmas break. As an ECB Level II Coach, Hose was also able to combine his training and supplement his income through paid coaching jobs at the MCC Academy:

Hose said: "After Christmas we've have had a set schedule for training led by (Head Coach) Mark Alleyne and (Assistant Head Coach) Alan Duncan, which has been fantastic, the lads are working very hard and looking in great shape for the up and coming season, which we are all very excited about."

"Working in the MCC Academy makes it a great combination for me as it allows me to complete all my training in the morning and afternoon, followed by work in the evening. Lord's is certainly my second home at the moment!"