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Chrisity Mar 2020 10:21pm, 24 Mar 2020 17,231 posts	0 Chrisity Lovely story Bazoaxe, two for the price of one. In my first year in sixth form i played for the second XI. We trained (ie one net a week) separately from the first team, and seldom played the same opposition school. As a consequence they didn't really know much about us as cricketers. We batted first, Tony Kimber took his left-handed guard, and the fearsome quick came in to bowl. As he reached the delivery stride Tony switched to his normal right-handed stance and glanced the ball through what would have been second slip for four. We got hammered, but i'll never forget the look on their faces as to what had just happened.
Oscar the Grouch Mar 2020 7:14am, 25 Mar 2020 1,522 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Enjoying your stories all TRO think we need to hear it. It seems West Indians are characters everywhere and Bristol West Indies didn't disappoint... one such game amongst many... Our skipper liked to field at cover and was a good fielder with decent hands. Relatively early in their innings, post tea, the ball is hammered towards him at a presentable height. He spills the 'chance'. Somewhat ruefully he wrings his hands. From the West Indies team comes a lone shout of, 'if you is playin with fire, you gonna get burnt'
Pothunter Mar 2020 1:11pm, 26 Mar 2020 2,189 posts	0 Pothunter ICC making archive footage available bbc.co.uk Says via social media channels but not exactly clear what or when
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Mar 2020 1:24pm, 26 Mar 2020 31,549 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ @OtG and lone shouts. Taunton in the seventies. JPL game: can't remember who it was against, but Somerset batsmen at the crease. Bowler appeals extravagantly for something ridiculous. Lone and very loud cry from the crowd in a strong Somerset accent: "If your arse was as big as your mouth, your brains would have dropped out long ago!".
Oscar the Grouch Mar 2020 3:18pm, 26 Mar 2020 1,524 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch That's a very west country comment, Synge!! Love it There's a fella there called Tractor (I kid you not, folks) who is regularly that lone voice these days Especially as he gets more cidered up - are you local?
Nicholls595 Mar 2020 3:38pm, 26 Mar 2020 19,910 posts	0 Nicholls595 I can remember sitting on old wooded benches at the back of a long refurbished stand at Trent Bridge, very early 70's, with my Dad and two brothers, watching Notts play, can't remember who against. I can remember the Notts opening bowler starting with an offside wide. An old fella in front of us shook his head and tutted. Next ball, another wide, another tut. Same again for ball three. Fourth ball, he overcompensated and bowled a leg stump half volley which was clipped to the square leg boundary for four. The old fella stood up, shouted "Stick to tha bloody wides" and walked to the bar.
Oscar the Grouch Mar 2020 3:54pm, 26 Mar 2020 1,525 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Succinct
Chrisity Mar 2020 5:43pm, 26 Mar 2020 17,237 posts	0 Chrisity To show the quality of my cricket, here is my entry in the 1972 Wisden - i am C Robson. Note that i played as a batsman, or more reasonably, a fielder. The criteria for appearing was to have scored over 100 runs in the season. I did however hold a record for all of the public schools for that year, can you guess what it is?
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Mar 2020 6:17pm, 26 Mar 2020 31,558 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Entry in Wisden - wow! That's something to cherish - as I suspect you do! All I can claim is that I was listed among the prizewinners one year in the Playfair annual - you probably remember they used to set a cricket quiz in the pre-internet days and I won a copy of the Wisden book of cricketing obituaries!
flanker Mar 2020 6:54pm, 26 Mar 2020 19,069 posts	0 flanker Fastest post-match pint?