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[Gurujames]

People who are desperate for Bats once owned by 'Pros'
FKW's - Pro wannabes. I know this will upset some people.
People who don't look after their kit.
People who know very little who talk a load of (No Swearing Please). 

[Seniorplayer]

The decent player and give him some clean kit from the club kit cupboard.

[InternalTraining]

That would be the plank on the end of the bat then    People buying bats need to understand buying blind online will always be a gamble and nothing beats getting them in the hands. No numbers can compensate for that and an average "ping" bat that feels perfect will do better than a "pingy" bat that the user can't find the middle of IMO

Not necessarily which is why certain factor will remove "subjective" aspect of ping determination all together. It is like shoe size and width measurement; I am sure once upon a time people frowned on it. Now, they don't eve think about.

@DorsetDan , you are on the wrong side of history on this argument. Do you want history to remember you as the person who opposed progress?

[InternalTraining]

Oh please, tell us what these are!

That is another discussion. We are discussing pet peeves here not the future of cricket.

@edge you don't want to be caught on the wrong side of history on this one; don't oppose progress, embrace it. 

[Northern monkey]

Rain,dark nights,cold, no clay in Oxfordshire soil,red kites (been attacked twice now),cheap balls

People using up loads of overs, bowling and batting, instead of letting me use them up.(joking honestly)

[Seniorplayer]

Players who say they can't afford there match fee then sink six pints in the the bar.

[Seniorplayer]

Players who claim they can't  afford there match fee and then sink six pints in the bar.
When the clocks go back.

[jblowe]

PLEASE READ THIS AS A RANT!!!!!

With my groundsman's hat on, I hate batsmen who come out to bat and scratch a 3 foot long mark when taking guard.  As I spend the following Monday filling 8 Bl**dy holes, which take hours, and for what. They see some superstar do it on TV and think "Ow that will make me a better player, just like him", No it will not.  Why does any of them need a 3 foot scratch mark to know where there guard is, most of them are not out there long enough to use the damn mark?  What will make them a better player is to watch the BALL

[jblowe]

no clay in Oxfordshire soil

There is Clay but it is under 8ft of gravel

[InternalTraining]

PLEASE READ THIS AS A RANT!!!!!

With my groundsman's hat on, I hate batsmen who come out to bat and scratch a 3 foot long mark when taking guard.  As I spend the following Monday filling 8 Bl**dy holes, which take hours, and for what. They see some superstar do it on TV and think "Ow that will make me a better player, just like him", No it will not.  Why does any of them need a 3 foot scratch mark to know where there guard is, most of them are not out there long enough to use the damn mark?  What will make them a better player is to watch the BALL

Would it help to permanently paint the guard lines on the pitch so that batsmen don't scratch? On astroturf pitches, we use chalk to mark our guard and it works. Only problem with chalk is that there is always some dung-heap who wants to write over your guard mark.

[WalkingWicket37]

Would it help to permanently paint the guard lines on the pitch so that batsmen don't scratch? On astroturf pitches, we use chalk to mark our guard and it works. Only problem with chalk is that there is always some dung-heap who wants to write over your guard mark.

As long as you do it 3ft long and at a slight angle to replicate the mark that would have been scratched...

[jblowe]

whats wrong with tapping a mark with the bottom of the bat?  Why do you need a plough furrow?  They are a bi*ch to fill, I hate them!!!

[Six Sixes Cricket]

I also find that people who do that generally bat no where near there mark either

[WalkingWicket37]

whats wrong with tapping a mark with the bottom of the bat?  Why do you need a plough furrow?  They are a bi*ch to fill, I hate them!!!

What about doing a Shiv and using one of the bails?

[GoodLeave]

PLEASE READ THIS AS A RANT!!!!!

With my groundsman's hat on, I hate batsmen who come out to bat and scratch a 3 foot long mark when taking guard.  As I spend the following Monday filling 8 Bl**dy holes, which take hours, and for what. They see some superstar do it on TV and think "Ow that will make me a better player, just like him", No it will not.  Why does any of them need a 3 foot scratch mark to know where there guard is, most of them are not out there long enough to use the damn mark?  What will make them a better player is to watch the BALL

I don't mind, but when I come in to bat 11, 10 guys have had their say on what is leg stump. Some of them aren't even on the square. It's like trying to understand the early universe looking down at that mess.

This is why I'm rubbish. Because I bat on 1.712468 legs.