Topic: Getting to know you all properly! (Read 17045 times)

Eliotroberts · « **on:** March 04, 2016, 09:08:19 PM »

Hi guys been on the forum a lot recently but it seems to have gone a little quiet over recent days so thought I'd post a few questions for you all. Cheers lads look forward to hearing from you all

Name : Eliot
Age : 24
Top score : 49 [emoji33][emoji33]
Best figures 5-5
Team played for(1s,2s,3s etc): 1s
Favourite bat you've ever had: GM catalyst
Best food to have at teas: chicken curry
Batting style: heave hoooooo
Bowling style: swing bowler
Interesting fact about your cricket: coached over 100 kids for 8 years now and have seen 10-15 players go on to represent our county(youth teams) and 2 lads are now playing for the senior teams

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SteffanLangholz · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2016, 09:46:38 PM »

Name : guess one time
Age : 27
Top score : 165* (2nds) 138* (3rds) 108*(1sts)
Best figures: 5/15
Team played for: vc for the first, but subs in on the other teams.
Clubs I've played for: Tuart Hill, (Perth, WA) The Corinthians and Ventura (Los Angeles) and my current and longtime club in Denmark, Kolding Cc
Favourite bat you've ever had: solitaire custom. Britannia.
Best food to have at teas: brunch... No really..
Batting style: block or leave anything that's not meant to be played hard in the Vee
Bowling style: Medium pace out swing (do also swing back in)
Interesting fact about your cricket: Our national teams coach took me out of the draft, cause I can't block a ball. Said he'd never seen anyone drive a ball so cleanly, and block so bad. Oh, and I'm a qualified umpire!

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2016, 12:04:57 AM »

Name : Cameron

Age : changes every birthday. Born in June 1994

Top score : 66* in a friendly. 42* (off 12 balls) in a svmchool T20 (that seems like a previous life now). A lowly 23 hiding down the order in league cricket (but I did average 27 in the 3rds a couple of years ago!)

Best figures 5-33 in friendlies. 4-20 in the league. 4-13 in T20

Team played for(1s,2s,3s etc): I used to captain the evening league and Sunday Friendly side.
I've played for every league side from 1sts to 5ths (need to play a 6th team game so I have the full set!) Reside mostly in the 2nd XI

Favourite bat you've ever had: GM Purist, circa 2005

Best food to have at teas: coronation chicken sandwiches & mini scotch eggs.

Batting style: Depends on the game situation. Can go either brick wall or get a move on mode.

Bowling style: Right arm (non-turning) off spin

Interesting fact about your cricket: @FattusCattus described my bowling action as being like a less co-ordinated Paul Adams. If he was a frog in a blender, I'm apparently like a turtle taking a sh�t!

edge · « **Reply #3 on:** March 05, 2016, 12:24:31 AM »

Name : Ed
Age : 26
Top score : 97. Yep.
Best figures: 7-20
Team played for: 1s mostly over the past few seasons, played a lot of 2s last season after a spot of handbags with the 1st XI captain...
Favourite bat you've ever had: Kookaburra Big Kahuna whatever year it was they first got launched (2004/5ish)
Best food to have at teas: Cheese sandwich and a cuppa
Batting style: RH block it or put it away. Never been known to score many between cover and third man.
Bowling style: RH fastish, swing away/cut back in and love a slower ball
Interesting fact about your cricket: My first ever proper game of cricket was a county trial game, went quite badly for me but very well for James Taylor - our careers have diverged ever since!

Calzehbhoy · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2016, 08:28:23 AM »

Name: Callum
Age:27
Top Score:114*
Best figures: 8-43
Team played for: Blunham 1s/2a
Favourite Bat: Teammates Purist Original LE
Food:Battenburg
Batting Style: Dasher
Bowling Style: Leggies
Fact: lvl 2.A umpire. Never been out when scored over 75.

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jamielsn15 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 05, 2016, 08:32:21 AM »

Name: Jamie
Age: 40yrs 7months, feeling old reading previous replies!
Top score: 76
Best figures: 4-10
Team played for: mostly 2nds, 1sts when required
Favourite bat ever used: current bat, B3 Mull. So much so I've ordered a twin with 50% offer
Best food to have at teas: any at our club. Best teas in the region, nay Midlands!
Batting style: RH opener. Try to be solid, consistent, productive through covers, getting better off my legs, can go big if others don't do their jobs
Bowling style: right arm slow filth. Think Collingwood, only much worse and without any variations. Once bowled a maiden in a T20.semi final. Next over bat dropped at long off then went for 24 runs off 5. Safe to say I was found out!
Interesting fact about your cricket: those who've seen my bowling, or weren't there, will never believe I took a hat trick in a fairly decent standard T20. Asked to bowl final over without warning, my figures went - . 6 6 W (bowled) W (stumped) W (caught and bowled) 1-0-12-3. Thanks for coming!

smilley792 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 05, 2016, 08:34:25 AM »

Name : Christopher
Age : 33
Top score : 111 for Sunday side, 102 for the midweek, and 85 3 times for the 1sts.
Best figures 7-33 including a hat trick
Team played for(1s,2s,3s etc): 1st
Favourite bat you've ever had: Fav I've used is a biggest kahuna, Fav I own but haven't used yet. Warner palyers edition kaboom
Best food to have at teas: hot bbq pulled pork sandwiches
Batting style: opening batsmen that gets on with it. I.e I've Based myself in david Warner but right handed.
Bowling style: medium pace, aim to bowl 5 Yorkers and a slower ball.
Interesting fact about your cricket: give you three.
Batting, I once scored 50 before my fella opener got off the mark.
Bowling, I've had guys dropped 3 times on hat trick balls. So should have 4 not 1 hat trick.
Captaining, won 3 leagues in a row. Losing 1 game only in 3 seasons and got a write up in local paper.

Gurujames · « **Reply #7 on:** March 05, 2016, 08:43:02 AM »

Name: James
Age: 40
Top score : 140*
Best figures: 8-9
Team played for: 1sts
Favourite bat: SS Turbo 1990's
Best food: just a cuppa thanks
Batting style: compact
Bowling style: rt arm dibbly dobblies (curse my knees)
Interesting fact: played junior county cricket with M. Trescothick.

Northern monkey · « **Reply #8 on:** March 05, 2016, 08:51:47 AM »

Name. Mark
Age.49! Today
Top score.147
Best figures.got 4 wickets a coupla years back,(I never get to bowl usually)
Team played for. Two,s nowadays, as I'm a lazy old git in the field
Clubs played for. James nelsons,earby,colne,rolls Royce ,barrowford,Pendle forest,clutton,exford,challow and childrey,wootton and boars hill,and various mid week and friendly teams over the years
Fav bat. Hmm tough one, df magnum,affinity Toro,laver reserve all hold as much affection in my heart
Best food at teas. Pie peas an gravy oop at howarth west end. Nowadays tend not to eat until after game
Batting style. Hmm, not one to hang around,and I do like to hit the ball hard
Bowling style. Very medium in duckers and a lovely googly
Interesting fact. Won batting award and duck award in the same season

Woodyspin · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2016, 09:16:31 AM »

Name: Matt
Age: 24
Top Score: 67
Best Figures: 8-14 and 7-34
Team played for: I played for the 3rds when they first started and worked my way up to the 1sts
Favourite bat: current Oblivion e41
Best food at teas: freshly grilled sausages or a watermelon
Batting style: capable tailender
Bowling style: medium quick, used to swing it but the league balls we use dont swing as much!
Interesting fact: played cricket against former test player Ed Giddings http://forestrow.play-cricket.com/website/results/1979653

SteffanLangholz · « **Reply #10 on:** March 05, 2016, 09:16:44 AM »

Quote from: Northern monkey on March 05, 2016, 08:51:47 AM

Age.49! Today
Interesting fact. Won batting award and duck award in the same season

Happy birthday! And thats very well done!

Maverick79 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 05, 2016, 09:30:24 AM »

Name : Chris
Age : 37 tomorrow!
Top score : 133*
Best figures 3-9
Team played for(1s,2s,3s etc): Ashorne & Moreton Morrell
Favourite bat you've ever had: probably the ones I have now - a Chris King made GN Maverick from Asad and my Focus Cricket Black Labels from Jake at Vitas
Best food to have at teas: cheese and red onion sandwiches
Batting style: semi-aggressive opener!
Bowling style: medium pace away-swing
Interesting fact about your cricket: Been out in the 90's three times including for the dreaded 99

felix · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:14:16 AM »

Name: Malcolm
Age: ancient (51)
Top score : 93*
Best figures: 5-11
Team played for: several down the past 30-odd years, now at Kempton alternating between their 2s and 3s and very happy there
Favourite bat: Possibly my Aldred Gold Sovereign tho had a lovely 2nd hand Aussie GN Matrix 10 years ago that rivalled it.
Best food: can't usually eat much, just about to go out to bat or field
Batting style: stodgy opener, likes nurdling square of the wicket
Bowling style: deceptively slow left arm medium with an action that nobody could coach, swings like a banana on a good day
Interesting fact: bowled at a 15 year old Nasser Hussain in Loughborough University nets - reckon I had got him out a couple of times

Oh and caught out the ex drummer from hawkwind back in the 90s

alexhilly1492 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:40:52 AM »

Name: Alex

Age: 23

Top score: 60 odd not out

Best figures: 5-9

Teams played for: Chesterfield barbarians until about 4 years ago in the South Yorkshire and Derbyshire league, then moved to Ashorne and moreton morrell for this season

Favourite bat: would have to be slaz sxi I had back in 2005/6 ish, but that will probably be my new h4l dvl when it's knocked in and in use!

Best food for tea: good sandwiches!!

Batting style: boycottesque but trying to be more expansive!

Bowling style: used to be Shane Watson style dodgy seam but this year moved to offspring die to a dodgy shoulder

Interesting fact: once played against the mcc and used to play with Ben slater (Derbyshire opener)

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FattusCattus · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2016, 10:52:21 AM »

Oh, go on then!!

Name: Bruce

Age: 44 (waist size 36)

Top score: 58

Best figures: 8-16

Teams played for: Old Hamptonians, Chertsey CC, Mr Kipling Invitational XI

Favourite bat: A super-light Hits Hard Mojo which I foolishly sold on, and Wally the Warbird

Best food for tea: sausage sandwiches, angel cake, melon

Batting style: A furious collection of wholly innapropriate strokes to the wrong delivery, essayed from somewhere near square leg

Bowling style: used to be decent SLA, now huge dribbly in-duckers propelled at such a slow speed it confuses batsmen and they get out.

Interesting fact: On my highest score, I got to 36 before taking a single, I have dismissed an international player (to his disgust!)

There has been no mention in this passage of testicles.

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Eliotroberts

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SteffanLangholz

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WalkingWicket37

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edge

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