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57.5 Degrees of Pain May 2021 12:44pm, 21 May 2021 7,245 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain My keeper of choice through the 80s (an inaccurate leggie who could get plenty of turn at times depended on the keeper a lot) was Derek Proudfoot, but he was excellent (though not quite as good as he thought he was, another keeper trait). Is there something in having a name befitting a hobbit? He once took a blinder of a catch off a thickly edged yorker from our very quick bowler, and was still lying at full stretch with ball in glove shouting "Fcking Brilliant, Fcking Brilliant" when it was pointed out the edge came off the off stump...
Nicholls595 May 2021 12:47pm, 21 May 2021 24,472 posts	0 Nicholls595 Gotta love a keeper called D. Proudfoot
ThorntonRunner May 2021 6:42am, 22 May 2021 4,932 posts	0 ThorntonRunner Pretty remarkable from Darren Stevens yesterday - 190 including a stand of 166 in which his partner scored just one run!
Goofee May 2021 8:46am, 22 May 2021 3,717 posts	0 Goofee Including 150 in boundaries, T20 is such a bad influence on these youngsters!
Ocelot Spleens May 2021 7:35pm, 22 May 2021 30,923 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Yes my paper says he is a 45 year old, that's almost as old as Peter Siddle.
Diogenes May 2021 7:48pm, 22 May 2021 60,052 posts	0 Diogenes I used to keep wicket whenever I could, mostly because it made sessions in the field go much more quickly. I wasn’t the best, but I was not completely inept. Even took a stumping, but just the one. Our usual keepers were a guy with a twitch named Keith Turner, which is a typical cricketer’s name, and a Jim Walkinshaw who we called Walkinshit, especially as he really hated being called that. He wasn’t half as good as he thought he was, mainly because he was too fat and slow to get to anything that wasn’t straight at him. Any ball that went past him was always the bowler’s fault and met with a glare.
Ocelot Spleens May 2021 2:38pm, 23 May 2021 30,930 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens hmm 27-6!
Nicholls595 May 2021 5:29pm, 23 May 2021 24,481 posts	0 Nicholls595 1 more wicket... It's raining here (15 miles away)
Nicholls595 May 2021 5:36pm, 23 May 2021 24,482 posts	0 Nicholls595 Get in!!!!!!
Cerrertonia May 2021 7:03pm, 23 May 2021 14,044 posts	0 Cerrertonia Amazing win for Notts, going to take some catching in that group. £1m+ cricket oval for women's cricket in Barcelona. theguardian.com