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[WalkingWicket37]

All this talk of getting caught off bad balls!
I took a blinder of a one handed catch in a pre-season game last year, nobody remembers that bit though!

We had a bloke (the guy in the picture I posted earlier) who was playing for the first time in his life. His first over went wide, wide, no ball that rolled, four, four, six, wicket of a double bouncer, dot, no ball that rolled, four.

Having hit a couple of boundaries the batsman couldn't resist a hoik, and got it on the 2nd bounce. He had a solid connection, and I dived back and stuck a hand above my head at square leg, it stuck! He couldn't believe his luck, he got out to a terrible ball to a worldie of a catch by the team fatty! His teammates were all laughing about it after the game still 

[felix]

I was batting in a game earlier this season when the very over-excitable slip fielder screamed "well bowled" when the ball was halfway down the pitch on its way to me.  Talk about offputting, I managed to lay a bat on it and remonstrated with him afterwards, and I actually believed the skipper's apology that the guy had no idea what he was doing 

[BigM]

About a month ago we had a friendly T20 against a touring side on a Wednesday evening. Three balls into our opening over the umpire from their team produced a huge Cuban cigar from his pocket and proceeded to light up. Despite several words to the chap, anyone bowling when he was at the stumps had to run in through a smoke screen that he was creating. He managed to make the cigar last for most of their innings.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Batsmen wearing their box (with support) outside their trousers. Have seen this a few times. Why?

[SwingAndMiss]

Short for evening league so a mate helped out, turned up in whites and flip flops. Decided flip flops weren't protecting his feet enough so he headed to the football changing rooms and came back wearing the groundsmans wellies!

[Cin88]

Played a first team game last year where one of the oppo was playing in orange and blue Addidas Football boots. He was falling over in them pretty much every time he had to run, saved me from being caught twice. He got some major stick from everyone around for the full day.

[TangoWhiskey]

To be fair some pro was wearing football boots to field in in the Big Bash, I can't remember who but he said they were lighter and provided more grip for dynamic movements.

[steyn92]

Our 3rd team captain went to the best batting track of the season, won the toss, before apparently saying to their skipper "I don't know what I want to do, do you want to bat?"


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[Manormanic]

Most village thing?  Australia's batting on the first morning of the Trent Bridge test?  Too soon?

[uknsaunders]

Most village thing?  Australia's batting on the first morning of the Trent Bridge test?  Too soon?

To be fair they did get 60, that's a winning score in some parts of northern England at village level!



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[langer17]

To be fair some pro was wearing football boots to field in in the Big Bash, I can't remember who but he said they were lighter and provided more grip for dynamic movements.

I've seen Micahel Hussey do it before on a wet outfield.

If you aren't going to bowl or go near the pitch, football boots are actually better as they provide more grip I find and if the field is wet or potentially muddy in some parts as the boots studs don't get clogged as much as spikes do.

[Alvaro]

Herschelle Gibbs and Umar Akmal wore football boots fielding. Blades rather than full on studs though, I expect.

[Seniorplayer]

When I was tidying our home changing room yesterday I picked ups pair of socks didn't have any problems identifying who they belonged to as they had his name inside the village bit is the owner is aged 32.

[WalkingWicket37]

When I was tidying our home changing room yesterday I picked ups pair of socks didn't have any problems identifying who they belonged to as they had his name inside the village bit is the owner is aged 32.

But you identified the owner and presumably returned his socks?
"If it's stupid but it works, it ain't stupid!"

[Seniorplayer]

But you identified the owner and presumably returned his socks?
"If it's stupid but it works, it ain't stupid!"

Most mothers   stop putting your name in your clothes when your  aged about 12...