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[tim2000s]

The inability of the batsmen, bowlers and fielders to remain upright and instead sliding all over the place. And with the ball not travelling across the outfield, having to stop and turn when running more than one is a nightmare...

[wilkie113]

The last game I played two weeks ago, we ran a three, which meant I had to throw the anchor twice to turn around.
NOT IDEAL

[Alvaro]

I'm thinking of buying soccer boots with the blade things on the bottom for fielding

[PedalsMcgrew]

The worst thing about playing cricket in these conditions is............

Bowling left arm spin and barely getting a ball to turn off the straight for the entire season up to now due to sodden pitches and groundsmen doing their utmost to get two games out of one pitch so leaving far too much grass on the tracks..

Oh, and spending your entire time in the field cold, wet and miserable and wishing you were somewhere else...like indoors....warm....with beer.

[wilkie113]

The worst thing about playing cricket in these conditions is............

Bowling left arm spin and barely getting a ball to turn off the straight for the entire season up to now due to sodden pitches and groundsmen doing their utmost to get two games out of one pitch so leaving far too much grass on the tracks..

Oh, and spending your entire time in the field cold, wet and miserable and wishing you were somewhere else...like indoors....warm....with beer.

Try bowling leg spin with a ball that resembles a bar of soap

[uknsaunders]

absolute bunch of pussies.

When I started playing we played on this stuff nearly every week. No covers, no global warming, just hard work. So what if you can't play on a billiard table of an outfield and a straw coloured bone dry deck. It's about time the bowlers had something in their favour.  Just wear some proper studs and stick some sawdust down. If you still can't stand up try bowling slower and using the old english virtue of line and length. It's underrated you know, especially on greentops. Batsman whine whenever a ball moves a mm in any direction because all use big bats they can't lift. No point having a 3lb bat when you can't lay it on the ball.

You don't know your born 

[Manormanic]

Trying batting on the bloody pitches!

[ajmw89]

I was chasing after a ball yesterday, stopped it, turned threw it and in the same motion slipped on the wet outfield and twisted my knee... Opening the batting was difficult, although I didn't last long and got bowled by a ball that pitched on a length a grubbed along the ground

[Red Ink Cricket]

Keeping. cold wet, shocking 2 paced carry. bowlers throwing down a bar of soap which can go anywhere and having to dive around trying to stop it!

[Manormanic]

and forget playing altogether- the worst thing about these conditions is umpiring under 13s matches in the rain!

[uknsaunders]

Try bowling leg spin with a ball that resembles a bar of soap

what a girl 

I bowl left arm spin - 58.3-16-83-15 this season in the league and cup. I'm praying for more rain. Rained midway through our game saturday and the thing was bouncing and turning a treat.

[wilkie113]

what a girl 

I bowl left arm spin - 58.3-16-83-15 this season in the league and cup. I'm praying for more rain. Rained midway through our game saturday and the thing was bouncing and turning a treat.

Haha, I've had some tap this year!
Pitches not turning/being soaking wet/outfield soaking wet/ball being soaking wet.

All my excuses for bowling like a (No Swearing Please)

[Alvaro]

Spot the Yorkshireman!

[uknsaunders]

I'm from Bucks ha!

[Alvaro]

You've been in Headingley too long then!