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[TangoWhiskey]

Coin Toss? Tossing the coin?

Definitely not banned!

Toss er without the space is banned. How else could you describe you skipper?

[uknsaunders]

As the title suggests I've become a complete and utter useless coin side chooser.

Now in my 5th year as skipper of a Sunday side and I honestly can't remember the last time I won the toss. It's become a standing joke among the rest of the lads. Now I always call tails, as everyone knows, tails for Wales never fails... Well section 3 of Sods Law suggests that if I call heads at the next toss the coin will land tails up.

Has anyone else suffered this 'phenomenon'?

Oh, and none of this 'it's random' rubbish. There are clearly other forces at work.

Here's my advice:-

Call the same everytime - law of averages says it must come down 50/50 eventually
If you are tossing - flip it up and immediately go to pick it up and say confidently "we will have a bat thanks". If they are tossing do the same.

Plan B - Give some chat on the way to the pitch. If you want to bat first, claim you have a minor county/ex first class bowling attack and you are very strong. Want to bowl first? - claim you have a terrible batting line up and you don't want it over by 3pm. If that's not working and you are playing at home, give some local pitch knowledge. If you want to bat claim the deck is damp/raging green top/new ball wicket and flattens out into a belter. Alternatively claim is breaks up after an hour due to lack of watering and you never win batting second, if you want to bowl.

[Slackie]

Heads all the time 80% record!