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[sarg]

Name : Marc
Nickname Will-y. Wrote it that way to get past the filter
Age : 45
Top score : 104
Best figures 5/25
Games 269

Team played for Played B grade in my younger days and debuted in A grade, but cronyism stopped that with a new captain.

Play low grade one day cricket now.

Favourite bat you've ever had: my next one i hope (B3 Bowcaster coming) or mid 90s GN Ultimate 1000 Hollow Core

Best food at tea: curried egg sandwich

Batting Style: Opener, touch and punish pull shot.

Bowling style: Right Arm erratic in my younger days but leave it to youth now. Took  3/12 opening last season. Net bowling only now.

Interesting fact about your cricket: terrible arc backswing has destroyed my once mid 25 average in recent years. Could not drive the ball this season. Eyesight going prescription glasses now. Winter net practice  and a fitness regime planned

Hobby: i knockin and do minor repairs to bats as a hobby to pay for my kit, club fees and drinking money.  Its on facebook. Keep a photo album of each repair so others can DIY.

https://www.facebook.com/mkwbatservices/

[petehosk]

Name : Pete

Age : 50

Top score : 108 (Friendly) 97* (league - batted at 3 and wish I had of opened)

Best figures: 2 for 37 (Friendly) Don't bowl league!

Team played for: Two friendly teams and Watlington (League)

Favourite bat you've ever had: Seriously? Many could qualify including Scat Pro, Laver Sig, Fred Keeley 30 grainer, Salix, etc! Match bats in 2016 will be out of AJK, Scat Pro, and a couple of insane H4L. Will try to avoid tapping up too many bats in the meantime as I would rather not be tempted away from these!

Best food to have at teas: Easy to please! Ham & Mustard, Cheese & Pickle sarnies. Melon or bananas. Large cup of tea 

Batting style: Learnt from Youtube so like to try and play as straight as possible - love to drive the ball!

Bowling style: Right Arm looping legspin

Interesting fact about your cricket: The first time I played cricket was in 2004 and 2005 (aged 39) - played a couple of games but didn't have a clue about technique (was natural fielder but didn't have a Scooby about bowling and definitely a no11 bat!) Only started playing at aged 41 in 2006 and averaged 1 with the bat - quality! Taught myself to bat and bowl via youtube and now open the batting for 1st XI, although at my age I would rather play 2nd or 3rd XI, but we currently only have a 1st XI! Oh, and also wicket keep occasionally which I do ok at, although a little tall and heavy to be that agile!!! 

[thecord]

Name : Phil

Age : 34

Top score : 106. Best 1s score a hugely frustrating 99 

Best figures: 4-11

Team played for: 1s mainly but probably on borrowed time!

Favourite bat you've ever had: GM Purist Original from when Michael Vaughan was in his pomp

Best food to have at teas: Lidl chicken nuggets

Batting style: stodgy! Happy to tough it out when needed

Bowling style: Medium pace dobble or loopy offies (I'm a keeper!)

Interesting fact about your cricket: played 2 county matches at U12s batting once making 34* never picked again
Played once at the County Ground in Bristol making an embarrassing 2 ball duck 

[shamelessshaun]

Name : Shaun
Age : 26
Top score : 96* in 1st XI cricket (114 in juniors)
Best figures: 7/13 in 1st XI cricket (8/4 in juniors)
Team played for: Egremont CC 1st XI captain
Favourite bat you've ever had: Newbery Kudos 'Players'
Best food to have at teas: Pasta Bake or Cream Slices!
Batting style: Steady, can not hit out for the life of me!
Bowling style: Right Arm Medium Quick
Interesting fact about your cricket: Ive had numerous altercations with Ben Stokes during our Junior cricket days, which included me dispatching him over his clubhouse twice in an over, he the proceeded to hit me over it three times in his innings.

[Northern monkey]

 :)Fair play mr hoskings, 'taught from YouTube '
You've got a blooming good eye, and proof it's never to late to take up the game.
And that 30 grainer deserves its own thread, 

[Thesmiff]

Name: Alex

Age: 38

Top Score: 114

Best Figures: 8-2-17-4. Although I'm actually a keeper I've got 7 victims n an innings once (6 ct, 1 st)

Teams played for: first 18 months in the 2's last 17 years 1's

Favourite Bat:  can't choose between my 1998 Warsop 5* perfection, 2003 Slazenger V800 pro or Newbery Samurai SPS.

Batting Style: Not really sure, depends on the game situation and form and confidence. Used to be quite a slow scorer, but I've become more expansive with age.

Bowling Style: used to bowl some filthy leggies but had a decent wrong un, until my back and shoulder gave up. Can't even trundle in in a net now.

Interesting Fact: I' hit the first ball a West Indies one cap wonder bowled competitively in England for 4. I  also claimed all three victims of a hat trick my brother took

[Jlscarroll17]

Name: Joe

Age: 23

Top Score: 186*

Best Figures: 6-16. Although I'm actually a keeper
Teams played for: Felling CC (the mighty tree!)

Favourite Bat: Puma iridium that I got given by Ian Blackwell and then it has to be my old GM Hero original LE

Batting Style: All depends on the context of the game, but I normally look to go after the bowling and apply the pressure back onto the bowler

Bowling Style: colly-wobblers

Interesting Fact: my first senior dismissal was Kyle Coetzer, standing up and kindly snicking off regulation thin edge however I must of fumbled it 3 or 4 times before claiming the catch 

[Sivlar13]

Name: Josh

Age: 22

Top score: 100*

Best figures: 4-26 - baring in mind this was the only season that I wasn't a keeper.

Teams played for: Chester County Officers (during uni) and Fordham CC when back home.

Favourite bat: Woodstock Curve - probably more glue in that bat than anything else now, but still goes like the clappers and picks up like a feather.

Batting style: Bat either 3 or 4, love a straight drive. Mainly focus on rotating the strike.

Bowling style: The offies seem to be coming out well this season in the nets. Would rather be behind the sticks like.

Interesting fact: Whilst keeping, the ball was knocked just past our gully. He picked it up and threw a wild throw in my direction. I had to move a fair way to my right, caught it one handed and through it behind me in the hope that it would hit the stumps. It did and the square leg umpires finger went up; the batsman trudged off in disbelief. Turns out the square leg umpire was actually telling the other umpire how many balls there were left in the over. Batsman was livid, class dismissal mind.

[19reading87]

Name: Mark

Age: 28

Top score: 147*

Best figures: 5-21

Teams played for: Currently club captain and Saturday captain of Ashorne and Moreton Morrell where a few of the forum boys now play. @uknsaunders is my vice captain

Favourite bat: Rob Pack custom made. First time I used it in a game I was batting 3 and we lost a wicket first ball of the innings, I clipped the next ball through square for 4. It's only ever got better.

Batting style: 3 or 4, bat according to conditions.

Bowling style: Right arm off spin or some seam up stuff. Being captain I normally get myself a few overs However I've spent the last 2 seasons most the time opening the bowling with my spin, which works well and I love bowling with the new ball.

Interesting fact: I have ruptured my ankle ligaments, broken my big toe and dislocated my shoulder all playing cricket. Not to mention breaking my toe again Last season from kicking the door having got out to a poor shot

[petehosk]

Interesting fact: I have ruptured my ankle ligaments, broken my big toe and dislocated my shoulder all playing cricket. Not to mention breaking my toe again Last season from kicking the door having got out to a poor shot

You just reminded me - I did Judo from aged 5 up to very high level, then did Karate and kickboxing up until aged 35, and yet only ever had a couple of injuries. Also did gymnastics for 6 years and played rugby and district football as goalkeeper growing up and only ever had just a couple of minor injuries! And yet in the 10 years I have being playing cricket I've already had 2 broken bones (toes) So it's official that cricket is more dangerous than most other sports! 

[petehosk]

:)Fair play mr hoskings, 'taught from YouTube '
You've got a blooming good eye, and proof it's never to late to take up the game.
And that 30 grainer deserves its own thread, 

You can seriously learn a lot from youtube! I would recommend it for tips and techniques!!
30 grainer will get a review at some point 

[Cublingtoncc]

Name - Shane Membury

Age - 20

Best Batting - 101* against a touring side ( batting at 4 )

Best figures - 2/12 of 6 overs

Teams Played for - Eastcote, cublington and just recently moved to Long Marston

Also A Goalkeeper outside of cricket and play football 3 times a week

Favourite Bat - Kookaburra Ghost Or Gray Nicolls Oblivion LE

Bowling - Right Arm Meduim - Swing king

BAtting - Slow but can go for it if needed

Intreseting fact - Down at Cublington I've had a net session with Darren Gough and survived 2 overs from his bowling - also meet jimmy Anderson and Graeme swann at the oval 2011 vs India

[19reading87]

You just reminded me - I did Judo from aged 5 up to very high level, then did Karate and kickboxing up until aged 35, and yet only ever had a couple of injuries. Also did gymnastics for 6 years and played rugby and district football as goalkeeper growing up and only ever had just a couple of minor injuries! And yet in the 10 years I have being playing cricket I've already had 2 broken bones (toes) So it's official that cricket is more dangerous than most other sports! 

I've played rugby and football competitively and although I did my shoulder playing rugby nothing on the scale of cricket!! Pffffft

[Eliotroberts]

Nice one guys. Enjoyed reading through all of these. Think I may give this technique on YouTube thingy a go can only improve on my batting. Also have a question for you all whilst you're here. Net bats?? Have to be very similar to match bats ideally ??


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[Cublingtoncc]

Nice one guys. Enjoyed reading through all of these. Think I may give this technique on YouTube thingy a go can only improve on my batting. Also have a question for you all whilst you're here. Net bats?? Have to be very similar to match bats ideally ??


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that's the mistake I made last season pal - I had a kaboom Test for match bat and I had a GN Oblivion LE as a net bat and they were totally different weights and pick ups so I ditched the idea of a net bat and just used my kaboom and that's when I started feeling more comfortable batting