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[mohawks94]

Hi all,
I am not a wicket keeper, but I am doing the job for my club's academy team on Sunday. I have pads and gloves from one of our keepers, but no inners. At the moment, I will be using both my pairs of batting inners and my gym gloves on top as inners, any thoughts on this?
Cheers

[Neon Cricket]

Hi all,
I am not a wicket keeper, but I am doing the job for my club's academy team on Sunday. I have pads and gloves from one of our keepers, but no inners. At the moment, I will be using both my pairs of batting inners and my gym gloves on top as inners, any thoughts on this?
Cheers

Should be fine that, I only use basic inners when I keep and they wouldn't be as thick as what you're planning on

[mohawks94]

Great, cheers mate. Its bowlers aged between 14 and 16, but two bowl pace for Bucks and are pretty nippy, and I was thinking of standing up most of the time I keep so would need a bit of padding for them!

[WalkingWicket37]

Great, cheers mate. Its bowlers aged between 14 and 16, but two bowl pace for Bucks and are pretty nippy, and I was thinking of standing up most of the time I keep so would need a bit of padding for them!

You're brave standing up to 14-16 year old "pace" bowlers. Byes galore as it's likely to be wayward (speaking from experience)

[mohawks94]

I can trust them to keep it outside off, had a go in the nets last night but only two balls came through to me, stopped them both but didn't take them cleanly. Skidding off a wet astro strip though, so should be simpler on Sunday!

[EaglesCC]

Ah yes, I remember that youthful exuberance...

Much wiser now-a-days though (after broken fingers standing up to seam bowling)