Topic: Discuss (Read 5712 times)

kenbriooo · « **on:** May 21, 2016, 07:52:55 PM »

Two questions....

Are bibs in a warm up ever acceptable before a game?

And which forum member (who got me caught out by another forum member) looks great in a bib when tossing up?

I would also like to say that unnamed forum members were unlucky not to get a deserved win due to rain killing the game.

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #1 on:** May 21, 2016, 07:58:33 PM »

Why aren't bibs for a warmup acceptable?
Without them nobody could do a Balotelli impression trying to put it on each week, and we wouldn't have a clue what the teams are in the hand hockey game!

kenbriooo · « **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:05:07 PM »

All joking aside it is good to see teams actually warming up and trying to get the most out of their Saturday afternoons. Think many teams along with my own could learn a lesson or two by following the example set

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:12:56 PM »

Quote from: kenbriooo on May 21, 2016, 08:05:07 PM

All joking aside it is good to see teams actually warming up and trying to get the most out of their Saturday afternoons. Think many teams along with my own could learn a lesson or two by following the example set

Yes and no as far as warming up goes.

A couple of season ago the skipper made the decision to drop the warm up routine halfway through the season, and resort to doing a jog round the pitch while throwing a ball to each other. Our warmups were so sh*t (dropped catches, throws nowhere near the keeper etc.) they were only lowering our confidence and giving the opposition a good laugh pre match! The jog round got us warm and everyone took a couple of catches to get their hands going.

I personally like to bowl a few deliveries on the practice strip before the game, and take a few catches off the cradle with a team mmate, but what works for one person doesn't work for everyone. We had a guy last season who would roll up a fag and smoke that while watching us go for our jog, he did alright opening the bowling every week...

Gurujames · « **Reply #4 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:22:30 PM »

We never warm up. Interestingly as an adult I have never stretched before physical exercise and I have never pulled a muscle. As a teenager we did and I sometimes pulled muscles. Young kids in the park do loads of running about, they never stretch and they never pull a muscle.
Additionally, the warm up is a bit pointless if you bat first.
We were in the semis of our T20 competition, it was due to start at 11.00am. The opposition got there at 9.30 they did a load of warm ups and fielding drills. We turned up at 10.45. Ok we lost but only by 4 runs and they were 2 divisions higher than us.
Warm ups, a pointless waste of energy.

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:24:02 PM »

Looks like nick as skipper, meaning you were caught by Alex, redders or Maverick...

kenbriooo · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:24:42 PM »

I think part of the problem we face in our league is that you toss up 15 mins before the start so it doesn't leave much time to warm up. The risk you face is warming up then sitting down while you bat potentially wasting the warm up.

kenbriooo · « **Reply #7 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:26:23 PM »

Quote from: ProCricketer1982 on May 21, 2016, 08:24:02 PM

Looks like nick as skipper, meaning you were caught by Alex, redders or Maverick...

Very good, it is indeed @uknsaunders who got me today and was the skipper looking good in orange.

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:29:27 PM »

Quote from: kenbriooo on May 21, 2016, 08:26:23 PM

Very good, it is indeed @uknsaunders who got me today and was the skipper looking good in orange.

Does that mean @19reading87 has been stripped of the captaincy?

smilley792 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:30:24 PM »

I thought the skipper was Cameron!! Whoops.

WalkingWicket37 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:32:40 PM »

I'm much taller than Nick!

Danny1981 · « **Reply #11 on:** May 21, 2016, 08:34:42 PM »

Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on May 21, 2016, 08:12:56 PM

Yes and no as far as warming up goes.

A couple of season ago the skipper made the decision to drop the warm up routine halfway through the season, and resort to doing a jog round the pitch while throwing a ball to each other. Our warmups were so sh*t (dropped catches, throws nowhere near the keeper etc.) they were only lowering our confidence and giving the opposition a good laugh pre match! The jog round got us warm and everyone took a couple of catches to get their hands going.

I personally like to bowl a few deliveries on the practice strip before the game, and take a few catches off the cradle with a team mmate, but what works for one person doesn't work for everyone. We had a guy last season who would roll up a fag and smoke that while watching us go for our jog, he did alright opening the bowling every week...

That last bit sounds like me and a few of our older players

uknsaunders · « **Reply #12 on:** May 21, 2016, 09:10:16 PM »

Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on May 21, 2016, 08:29:27 PM

Does that mean @19reading87 has been stripped of the captaincy?

No just away this week.

Kenny was lbw much earlier before I got him. I normally get him lbw everytime we play but the oppo umpire so Kenny gets the benefit for the last 3 years lol. Kenny just poked one on a length straight to cover. Tough conditions to bat in and it was a nasty situation to bat in. 82-5 off 26 or so overs out of 45. Going nowhere, with not much in the hutch, compounded by two bowlers not giving much away. My colleague took 5-13 off 10 and I took 1-13 off 10!

uknsaunders · « **Reply #13 on:** May 21, 2016, 09:13:34 PM »

We don't do much in the warm up, just a game of catch to loosen up. Sometimes we do a few fielding drills but end up looking more of a rabble than when we started!

kenbriooo · « **Reply #14 on:** May 21, 2016, 09:20:12 PM »

Made me chuckle when I saw you warming up with the fall of the wicket before me! You deserved more than the weather allowed, we were at least 30 runs short.
Glad I could be your only scalp, I'd much rather face the lad that got 5 with pace on the ball than your darts.

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