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[SD]

My experience of pink balls in cup competitions is that they behave like cheap red balls - they swing from the start but lose that swing very early. 

I am sure that with time and if demand increases that a pink ball will be developed that is suitable for league cricket

[blindowl]

A couple of different clubs in Cambridge. I don't think Udal lives round here here, for some reason he made a guest appearance for one of our regular mid-week opponents.

which clubs? which leagues?

I play in the cambridge area and ive never seen teams in non-whites even t20 and my leagues are relatively low standard.

[SLA]

which clubs? which leagues?

I play in the cambridge area and ive never seen teams in non-whites even t20 and my leagues are relatively low standard.

Awesome, Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions to figure out what kind of cricket you're involved in?

1) What is the AP list and how long is it?
2) Why might you text Martyn?
3) Who plays at Fitz on Tuesdays and Wednesdays?
4) What is new about the BHL this year?
5) What pub would you go to if you wanted to find a cricketer at 10pm on a Monday night?
6) Who are the Crocodiles?

[blindowl]

Awesome, Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions to figure out what kind of cricket you're involved in?

1) What is the AP list and how long is it?
2) Why might you text Martyn?
3) Who plays at Fitz on Tuesdays and Wednesdays?
4) What is new about the BHL this year?
5) What pub would you go to if you wanted to find a cricketer at 10pm on a Monday night?
6) Who are the Crocodiles?

Rather than answering all these dumb questions let me make it easy. I play village cricket  (CCA junior leagues).

If I had to make a wild guess based on your bizarre approach to answering a simple question I would put money on you playing for a Cambridge college team. However, I would still be genuinely interested to know which leagues/teams have players that never wear whites.

[prim0pyr0]

-spinners

[SLA]

Rather than answering all these dumb questions let me make it easy. I play village cricket  (CCA junior leagues).

If I had to make a wild guess based on your bizarre approach to answering a simple question I would put money on you playing for a Cambridge college team. However, I would still be genuinely interested to know which leagues/teams have players that never wear whites.

So how much mid-week cricket do you actually play in Cambridge? Not much, by the sounds of it.

and no, I don't play for a college team. I'm trying to ascertain the extent to which you are trolling. Anyone who has played cricket in Cambridge would know the answer to all of those questions, so given your refusal to answer them, I'm yet to be convinced you're not just winding us up.

and to be clear, the phenomenon of good cricketers turning out for a game of mid-week cricket whilst wearing trainers/shorts/club training shirts/etc is not Cambridge-specific. It was also very common in the midlands when I played there, and I would imagine its pretty common everywhere in the country.

[WalkingWicket37]

So how much mid-week cricket do you actually play in Cambridge? Not much, by the sounds of it.

and no, I don't play for a college team. I'm trying to ascertain the extent to which you are trolling. Anyone who has played cricket in Cambridge would know the answer to all of those questions, so given your refusal to answer them, I'm yet to be convinced you're not just winding us up.

and to be clear, the phenomenon of good cricketers turning out for a game of mid-week cricket whilst wearing trainers/shorts/club training shirts/etc is not Cambridge-specific. It was also very common in the midlands when I played there, and I would imagine its pretty common everywhere in the country.

[ppccopener]

this is an unbelievable thread 

[SLA]

I'm not trolling. People really do play cricket in t-shirts, polo shirts, shorts, tracksuits, all the time. Literally every mid-week game I have played in the past 20 years has featured at least 2-3 people wearing non-standard kit, usually the best players on each side. What on earth would I have to gain from making this up?

[six and out]

this is an unbelievable thread 

couldn't agree more mate 

[blindowl]

So how much mid-week cricket do you actually play in Cambridge? Not much, by the sounds of it.
...
 I'm trying to ascertain the extent to which you are trolling.
...
Anyone who has played cricket in Cambridge would know the answer to all of those questions,

not as much cricket as you clearly, but I have played every weds for the past 3 years and perhaps seen one player in shorts in that time. (except perhaps for juniors just getting into the game.

not trolling at all - whats to troll? I just wanted to know what club/league you had experienced this lack of whites as it is such a different experience to my own. Seem a bit defensive!

As to the questions -
The reason I have not tried to answer them is that they are either so specific as to make no sense to most people (including me) or so unclear that they could mean anything. You are aware I assume that there is cricket going on other than your specific league in the cambridge area? Perhaps you play in a microenvironment of the city itself where people might know who plays at fitzwilliam on a monday night but none of the teams I play against do. We do have games at robinson, clare, and (I think) jesus on saturdays but that does not help me answer your question does it?
I could very easily ask you a bunch of odd questions about my league that you would not be able to answer - I would not assume this meant you are not local, just that you are unfamiliar with some extremely specific facts regarding a league you do not play in.

anyhow - if you dont want to share thats fine - no skin off my nose. Good luck for the rest of your season.

[SLA]

not as much cricket as you clearly, but I have played every weds for the past 3 years and perhaps seen one player in shorts in that time. (except perhaps for juniors just getting into the game.

not trolling at all - whats to troll? I just wanted to know what club/league you had experienced this lack of whites as it is such a different experience to my own. Seem a bit defensive!

As to the questions -
The reason I have not tried to answer them is that they are either so specific as to make no sense to most people (including me) or so unclear that they could mean anything. You are aware I assume that there is cricket going on other than your specific league in the cambridge area? Perhaps you play in a microenvironment of the city itself where people might know who plays at fitzwilliam on a monday night but none of the teams I play against do. We do have games at robinson, clare, and (I think) jesus on saturdays but that does not help me answer your question does it?
I could very easily ask you a bunch of odd questions about my league that you would not be able to answer - I would not assume this meant you are not local, just that you are unfamiliar with some extremely specific facts regarding a league you do not play in.

anyhow - if you dont want to share thats fine - no skin off my nose. Good luck for the rest of your season.

I was trying to figure out what league you were talking about. As such, the first two questions were about the CCA. You say you play in the that league, but you don't know what the AP list is and you don't know who Martyn is?

Are you sure you play in the CCA? In Cambridge, England? The CCA I am talking about is a Saturday league, not a Wednesday league.

[Six Sixes Cricket]

@SLA , would it not just be easier to name what team you play for?

[SLA]

@SLA , would it not just be easier to name what team you play for?

I've played for nine different teams in four different regions of the UK over the course of ~15 years since leaving school at everything from County Prem/ University 1sts down to the lowest levels of filthy amateur cricket, but I'm not really sure why the names of any of them are particularly relevant to this discussion.

[blindowl]

Not sure why I am persisting with this but here goes... - perhaps AP stands for available players? the loan of players system? - If this is correct I am not a captain so does not concern me. Ive never looked at it and probably never will.

Martin is not martin livermore then? - thought Id already answered that one. again as non-captain I dont need to deal with admin issues such as sending in the scorecards/results.

Ive already explained that I play in the CCA junior leagues - Junior 1. 

So, at the risk of repeating myself - are you willing to share which midweek league regularly has large numbers of players turning up in casual kit? ......  In fact - never mind. I don't actually care that much. life is too short.