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[liscon12]

I once saw a lad do a very good impression of Sir Ian Botham, by which I mean he took a big swing at the ball, missed and then fell over his stumps trying to regain his balance.

You mean Iinzamam ul haq haha

[Cin88]

You mean Iinzamam ul haq haha

Him as well.

[trypewriter]

I do remember a very attacking field being set with NO ONE behind the bowler at all. Anything pushed past him he had to turn round and chase it himself. 

[richthekeeper]

Team playing our 1sts last weekend had a genuine long stop in the field. This is South Wales Premier League cricket.

[felix]

A team I played against several seasons ago in the Surrey County League 2nd XI (who shall remain nameless so as not to embarass them) who conceded 103 extras, including 48 wides and 39 byes, who really would have been better off with a genuine long stop.  Given they lost by twice that number it hardly affected the result.

[plumb111]

A guy for our side once went out to bat at number 9 - Said he was fairly new to the game but couldnt bowl.

He started the over batting right handed face three balls and edged a two.  When he faced up for the 4th ball he was batting left handed. The keeper proceeded to say hold on mate, you were batting right handed a minute ago, whats going on. Our batsman did not understand that he was previously batting right handed he just said he was doing what felt comfortable. He proceeded to edge his way to 15 or 16 changing between batting right handed and left handed frequently.

This was previous to switch hits and reverse sweeps being hit all the time, was a genuine error on his behalf not having a clue how to stand.

[ScottParko]

At the weekend I claimed my first scalp due to the help of the opposition captain umpiring.

34th over and the opener was 28* in a 40 over game, I bowl a wide yorker. The opener flirts with it hammers the floor with his bat. Keeper goes up, I laugh at him and shake my head, turn to go back to my mark to see the oppo skippers finger raised.

Since figured he wanted him out for scoring ridiculously slow, so they could post a decent total! Took a bit of the edge off my first wicket! But I have heard of this happening at this standard!

[Lumsden]

Used to play down south where there was a full season of Sunday friendly fixtures and every summer we would play this village team with a "player" who didn't have proper whites, played in shoes or trainers, wore sunglasses whatever the weather and always had a few pints prior to the match starting. However one year he turned out to be their unlikely match winner as chasing 100, they collapsed from 89-2 to 98-9. He strolled in (perhaps staggered is a better description) and completely missed 3 deliveries then connected at the 4th attempt. I was at square leg and remember to this day thinking this is mine but it went so high up and with boundary being so short my side, the wind blew it into the field about 3 yards behind me. I was gutted as I had been thrown the ball at 89-2, taken 4 wickets and hit the wickets side on with a run out too.

   

[Abighugeappl]

I once turned up to a game only to not find any white trousers in my bag. Had to field in black joggers for about 8 overs, while my parents delivered me my white trousers... 

[KarlPennington]

I feel like I'm lying, but I'm not -  We played a team a couple of years ago Southport and District Division 4 or something, there batsman pushed the ball through cover or something and set off for a quick single, but the outfield was so long they ended up running 4 as we were looking for the ball... Later in the day one of there lower order batsmen came out to the crease in a pair of rigger boots!!!!

My mate Dan hold his helmet every time he takes a run for no reason we have yet to figure, in our annual work game a year or so ago he lost a pad running between the wickets and completed his run helmet in one hand, pad in the other, bat tucked under his arm... As you do.

[tom line]

On Saturday. 8 overs in the sun comes over the tree line. A 10 minute wait then proceeded as the batsmen was blinded by the reflection of a car over the bowlers arm as there was no sight screens (ever more village) and then the wait was whilst they searched for spare curtains to put over the car

[Akewstick]

...the outfield was so long they ended up running 4 as we were looking for the ball

I couldn't think of any examples but this reminded me.

Red hot day, 30 degrees and no wind, 30/40 overs into the innings and the batsman smashes a ball not quite to the boundary, should've gone but the grass is so long it got held up and stopped a few yards short. Lazy teenager fielder, seeing how hard it's been hit, turns around and dawdles towards it at a snails pace thinking it's gone, lazy tired batsmen don't even move from their creases thinking it's gone. All the fielders are back facing the wicket when after about 30 seconds someone shout's "It's not gone", batsmen still stare at each other and check "has it?" and still don't run, kid retrieves the ball and flings it in just as they start running and almost get run out, could've run 6 or 7 easily if they'd have been going but they only just made one.

[spoonbed]

How did I forget this one - last season our number 11 was doing the book when the 9th wicket fell, he went out to bat like this (and padded up on the square!)

Not sure what's worse- the outfit or the barnet!

[liscon12]

I thought it was a woman at first haha

[barmynik]

Some of these have literally made my ribs hurt laughing at them...fair play!

I remember once a few years ago almost losing a ball down a rabbit hole in the outfield.  Doesn't bear thinking about what would happen to a fielder's ankle if they'd run into it!