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NDWDave Apr 2022 5:11pm, 18 Apr 2022 16,744 posts	0 NDWDave Just saw an IPL run out of the non-striker on the first ball of the innings. That is pretty special…
rf_fozzy Apr 2022 7:08pm, 18 Apr 2022 16,891 posts	0 rf_fozzy Isn't that a Diamond Duck?
NDWDave Apr 2022 7:17pm, 18 Apr 2022 16,745 posts	0 NDWDave That would be on the first delivery faced. I think this is a titanium one (based on Google)
rf_fozzy Apr 2022 7:20pm, 18 Apr 2022 16,892 posts	0 rf_fozzy No, diamond is definitely without facing a ball. Otherwise it's a golden duck if facing. Might be a titanium duck if off the first ball of the innings.
NDWDave Apr 2022 7:25pm, 18 Apr 2022 16,746 posts	0 NDWDave Ah yes. It was a platinum for first ball of the innings / (match?) and diamonds without facing
Oscar the Grouch Apr 2022 8:52am, 21 Apr 2022 4,670 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Inspired by the Vegan foods Deathmatch thread (don't ask).... where is the loveliest ground you have played or watched? Played would probably be Bridgetown in Somerset google.co.uk Watched is probably Wellington (Basin Reserve) in New Zealand. Literally a roundabout in the capital city, but a lovely place to watch from the grassy banks. I didn't get along to Napier apart from visiting the city, but that looked good too.
Oscar the Grouch Apr 2022 8:54am, 21 Apr 2022 4,671 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch The other ground in Wellington is known locally as the cake tin - it literally does look like one.
Dibble Apr 2022 9:02am, 21 Apr 2022 904 posts	0 Dibble I thought the Hagley Oval in Christchurch was definitely the loveliest - watched the test sat on grass banks and set in a wonderful park (where I did the parkrun earlier in the morning). Like the old days they let you play on the outfield at lunch and bonus the distracting electric boundary advertising boards were not working due to an electrical fault.
Ocelot Spleens Apr 2022 9:13am, 21 Apr 2022 33,713 posts	0 Ocelot Spleens Cheltenham Ladies College
Nicholls595 Apr 2022 9:22am, 21 Apr 2022 28,323 posts	0 Nicholls595 Played at so many. Loveliest probably Lanhydrock in Cornwall and Clumber Park