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[ianbuchanan]

Was at skittles this evening down my local pub and thought I recognised a guy from the other team.... I gave it about 20 minutes where it hit me, I looked at the scoreboard and the guys initials were CW...

Chris Wood!

Turns out his girlfriend lives in my town (Over 100 miles from southampton ) I tried talking him up to play for my team if he's down next summer, would be a good signing!

Anyone else bumped into any players randomly?

[tim2000s]

Hmmm. We bump in to Surrey players quite regularly, but then we do net at the Oval....

[Number5]

Mitchell Johnson.  I stayed in the same hotel as both the Australian and Indian teams during a business trip to Hyderabad, India about a year ago.  Got in late, went down to the bar and there was Mitchell Johnson and his lovely wife.  He was 12th man for the one-day game the following day so was on the lager!  Asked him for an autograph for my son and then sat at the bar chatting with him and his wife for 30 minutes about the Ashes Tour last summer, the British Press, cricket touring, etc.  Have to say he was a really nice fella and his wife is gorgeous!  Security around the hotel was extremely tight, lots of plain clothed security guys with weapons on display all over the place and a ring of them around the players for breakfast next morning.

[Riddy]

ive seen and spoke to chris old (ex england test bowler) he has a fish and chippy down this way nowadays

[aman]

Mitchell Johnson.  I stayed in the same hotel as both the Australian and Indian teams during a business trip to Hyderabad, India about a year ago.  Got in late, went down to the bar and there was Mitchell Johnson and his lovely wife.  He was 12th man for the one-day game the following day so was on the lager!  Asked him for an autograph for my son and then sat at the bar chatting with him and his wife for 30 minutes about the Ashes Tour last summer, the British Press, cricket touring, etc.  Have to say he was a really nice fella and his wife is gorgeous!  Security around the hotel was extremely tight, lots of plain clothed security guys with weapons on display all over the place and a ring of them around the players for breakfast next morning.

That was the game Sachin got 175

[Mr Cricket]

Great topic Ian,  I don't suppose this counts but I'll put it anyway... played against a Kiwi recently who spent the whole game on his phone to Brendan McCullum, the whole game except for the hour and a half in which he smashed 140 of course. Turns out they were school mates in Hamilton, Cricket friends in general and are inseparable!

[Tumo]

ive seen and spoke to chris old (ex england test bowler) he has a fish and chippy down this way nowadays

I've always wanted to visit that J-Ridd, where in Cornwall is it?!
Me and a friend bumped into Andy Flower on his way into TB to watch Notts v Warwickshire, the day Bell and Trott scored a ton each. We were walking past the players entrance, and we stopped to let a black 4x4 in, he wound down the window to talk to the security man and it was big andy himself! we said hi, got a hi back, and he went in.

[ProWannabe88]

Dont know if this counts but was at the last LV match at headingley and got talking to geraint jones, Andrew Gale and Anthony McGrath. Geraint talked about his england days and the 2005 ashes, when a kid asked him to sign his cap he was more than happy to and then gave him his kent cap to top It off. The day Ended with Me getting hold of an old Yorkshire jumper from one of the players I'll be wearing that next summer!!

[Talisman]

I have avoided bumping into stars, except Graham Rose who crashed his shopping trolley into mine in Sainsbury's in Taunton and I called him an "effing" idiot before I realised who he was.

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Quite a few at various dinner/events iv been too, england team when they played NZ back in 2008...Broad and Wright had the 1st helmets we ever made on to get some feedback, Ian Bell more recently, Tuffers....went AWOL when he was due to give his speach!, Charles coalville, Alec Stewart...when chelsea lost in the cup to burnley or whoever it was..he wasnt happy but we were all giving him some stick as martin correy was the main instigator!

Went to the PCA AGM at the belfry which was a great day as they were all on the booze....playin spoof for who had to down a pint was quite amusing lol

Also meet someone last night but its hush hush

[peplow]

Also meet someone last night but its hush hush

You make it sound like a sleep over tom!

[ProWannabe88]

It probaly was Pep. Either that or he's had the poor lad in his shed.

[Ayrtek Cricket]

it nearly was by the time i got home!

[ProWannabe88]

Nearly bed time or shed time? Haha

[Ayrtek Cricket]

you seem obsessed with shed's.... i havent got a shed on the 4th floor im afraid lol