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[alexhilly1492]

playing stocksbridge cc once, i got asked if i wanted to step outside so i not very politely from first slip indicated that were were already outside, this was after a bit of "banter" from myself that the batsman had been beaten all ends up by a 15 year old, he wasn't impressed.

then last season, i got called gay due to my choice of socks, when i bat i like to tuck my whites into my socks, which are normally white football socks and that particular morning i couldnt find my white ones so i chose my uni socks (they're pink) and so the keeper decides to give me a few overs of abuse at which i turn round tell him his mother didnt mind the pink socks last night to which the lad at slip turned to the keeper and said and i quote "(no swearing please) your mum gets round abit, not only did she have him but shes (no swearing please) half of us as well!" at which point the keeper walks off and goes home, i dont think ive ever seen anyone quit due to a bit of banter.

[Kieron_BT]

Alex, who do you play for?

Presumably you mean Stockbridge CC of the YDCL league?

[alexhilly1492]

yeah i do and chesterfield barbarians, but im tempted to move to a side in nottingham while im at uni as i work in the summer and its easier to play in notts as i dont have to travel home to play

[Kieron_BT]

Can't offer you anything in Notts unfortunatly mate but let me know if you do fancy a change of venue!

[alexhilly1492]

ill be sticking at barbs mate, i just hardly get a chance ot play any more, had a dire season last year, love the banter we get in that league though, not really imaginative but always a good laugh, some sides take it too far but hey!

[the little ripper]

a batsmen was giving us jip for unknown reasons and after each ball he would walk away from the wickets and one ball hit him well above the knee roll on his pads as he walked away and had his moment one of our slips cheered and said well bowled son you deserved that wicket the batter's face when he turned around was a sight effing and jeffing to the umpire he wasn't out everyone on the field was crying laughing and he shut up after that!

[ajmw89]

My usual "banter" is a case of let the batsman leave a couple, "More leaves than a tree on this one" Let him block a couple, then hit them with "More blocks than legoland"  Few more dots go by, then he gets "More dots than a dalmatian".  This then usually brings about a big heave that goes to the rope, the guy gets out or he misses, which earns him a "More misses than Henry VIII" chirp...  I've claimed several wickets for the team that way, and it's usually the youngsters or the flat track bully that falls victim to it.

[ProCricketer1982]

with the team i captain ive made sure that we're all chatty all the way through the innings, not at the batsman just taking the mick out of each other. i think it keeps the junior players awake and keeps the senior lads enjoying their cricket. I do say a few things to batsmen aswell but it tends to be things that will make both of us smile, i dont bother getting nasty- we're amateurs why not play the game with a smile on our faces!
seems to be working well as we got promoted last season 

I wish more did that. Too many get personal in the belief it's 'sledging' or 'banter'.

[ad2606]

I wish more did that. Too many get personal in the belief it's 'sledging' or 'banter'.

It's been a conscious decision to go that way aswell when I took over the team a couple of years ago I've phased out the spit the dummy out types and brought in the idea that your a long time in the field so enjoy it, we take the mick out of each other, the umpires and the batsmen but its all done with a smile, as a result we've got more people enjoying their cricket so we have a much stronger squad overall. Don't get me wrong we play hard but in between balls it's all about making each other smile

[trypewriter]

I did have the joy of having the last word with a work colleague who was a serious cricket 'bore'. - Man of a certain age, described himself as 'military medium, nagging length' (I'd always thought the latter was from his wife mentioning his 'shortcomings' so to speak.)
He was talking about how he thought he'd heard a noise downstairs in the middle of the night:
'I crept down the stairs with my cricket bat at the ready...' he said.
I asked: 'if it was a burglar, what were you going to do with the bat - play and miss at him?'