Cricket things that annoy you

[Gethelred]

I am annoyed by helicopters for the same reason.

I get why they are able to fly but it annoys me they can stay up there. And so unsafe...

This might be just about my favourite post on BF.

 

[Plugger35]

Didn't have helmets when I played in U16s. Most kids didn't own pads or gloves, and many didn't own a bat good enough to play with. We used the 'club kit'.
I'm amazed today at what little protection we had in those days. I played seniors as a 15yo 4ft 8inch kid on matting, basically just as a fielder. Then come in at 10 or 11 to face some wild quickie intent on knocking your head off. My only defence was stepping to leg and hoiking them over 3rd man.

Not many kids back then had helmets, only one kid I played with wore a helmet and he copped a lot of stick for wearing it.

I had my own bat but I used the club kit for most other gear like pads and gloves, I borrowed a thigh pad off someone else.

 

[jannissary]

Not many kids back then had helmets, only one kid I played with wore a helmet and he copped a lot of stick for wearing it.

I had my own bat but I used the club kit for most other gear like pads and gloves, I borrowed a thigh pad off someone else.

who'd you nick the box from?

 

[Plugger35]

who'd you nick the box from?

They were in the club kit with the pads and gloves, that was one piece of protective gear that you couldn't do without.

 

[caveman72]

They were in the club kit with the pads and gloves, that was one piece of protective gear that you couldn't do without.

When my son first started playing baseball he used to stand in the outfield hitting it

 

[Black Diamond]

South Africa, England, New Zealand Australia. The SENA nations. No.

In honour of these countries' Celtic traditions (less so England), this collective should instead be known as SEAN.

 

[sabso]

South Africa, England, New Zealand Australia. The SENA nations. No.

In honour of these countries' Celtic traditions (less so England), this collective should instead be known as SEAN.

Just because half of Australians are called Lachlan doesn’t mean there’s a strong Celtic tradition there.

 

[1989]

Another thing that annoys me is the elitist attitude towards grass roots, park and community cricket. The vast majority of cricket lovers and cricket players never play at a level which warrants or can afford professional umpires, yet they are the ones who provide the income for professional players and umpires, pay their subscriptions, support club sponsors, attend fundraising events, pay the council rates to maintain grounds and facilities, attend working bees, coach and umpire the kids and drive them to games, etc. etc. Then we get pissed on by elitist snobs who tells us we aren't playing 'real cricket'.

Well said.

 

[Black Diamond]

Must we call Hobart Hurricanes "Canes"?

Or Melbourne Renegades "Gades"?

This is so ****en stupid. Neither has anything to do with the teams' actual names.

Call them their proper names or come up with some proper rhyming slang.

 

[cats_09]

Must we call Hobart Hurricanes "Canes"?

Or Melbourne Renegades "Gades"?

This is so ****en stupid. Neither has anything to do with the teams' actual names.

Call them their proper names or come up with some proper rhyming slang.

The Renegades literally use the term 'Gades' themselves - so if it's good enough for them to call themselves that, then why can't others?

 

[sabso]

Must we call Hobart Hurricanes "Canes"?

Or Melbourne Renegades "Gades"?

This is so ****en stupid. Neither has anything to do with the teams' actual names.

Call them their proper names or come up with some proper rhyming slang.

I don’t mind this. It’s like calling North Melbourne the Roos. Or the Boners.

 

[nobbyiscool]

I don’t mind this. It’s like calling North Melbourne the Roos. Or the Boners.

I need to reconsider everything I thought I knew about footy.

 

[PhatBoy]

I don’t mind this. It’s like calling North Melbourne the Roos. Or the Boners.

Kangaroos are literally referred to as Roos generally though. I’ve never heard of someone say of a rebel ‘he was such a ‘gade with the way he flouted convention’

 

[Purple Suit]

Must we call Hobart Hurricanes "Canes"?

Or Melbourne Renegades "Gades"?

This is so ****en stupid. Neither has anything to do with the teams' actual names.

Call them their proper names or come up with some proper rhyming slang.

We’re Australian, we shorten everything. It’s part of our culture.

 

[sabso]

Kangaroos are literally referred to as Roos generally though. I’ve never heard of someone say of a rebel ‘he was such a ‘gade with the way he flouted convention’

Ok ‘boy

 

[31550]

We’re Australian, we shorten everything. It’s part of our culture.

Except short names. Those we make longer.

 

[peternorth]

I am annoyed by helicopters for the same reason.

I get why they are able to fly but it annoys me they can stay up there. And so unsafe...

I like it!

 

[peternorth]

Pffft. I never wore a helmet and one time didn’t wear a box.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

Pffft. I never wore a helmet and one time didn’t wear a box.

I know that feeling all too well.

I was a bowler who as a batsman could defend ok - but later in my career somehow made the move from #9-11 to became an opening bat for the 2nds (bunch of kids in the team does that).

Played a game where the opposition had an State 2nd XI bowler 'coming back' from injury. He tore through us in the first hour, we were 6 or 7 down for not many at drinks. I'd somehow survived, but badly needed a toilet break (I rarely managed to bat for a whole hour!) so ran off the field.

Dropped the bat, helmet and gloves at the gate, then ran up the stands to the clubrooms while taking the thighpad off. In the toilet I went to remove the box. It WASN'T THERE. I nearly fainted.

Went back to my kit, grabbed my frog and then was late coming back on the field. Apologised to the ump and their skipper, telling them what happened. We all had a good laugh about it and I faced up to the first ball after drinks. Good line and just short of a length, seaming in a little. I played back, got an inside edge and it cannoned straight into the (now securely located) box.

Oh how we laughed. (well they did, anyway, I just kinda curled up in a ball and tried not to cry).

 

[Black Diamond]

The Renegades literally use the term 'Gades' themselves - so if it's good enough for them to call themselves that, then why can't others?

Well they're stupid for doing it.

 

[peternorth]

I know that feeling all too well.

I was a bowler who as a batsman could defend ok - but later in my career somehow made the move from #9-11 to became an opening bat for the 2nds (bunch of kids in the team does that).

Played a game where the opposition had an State 2nd XI bowler 'coming back' from injury. He tore through us in the first hour, we were 6 or 7 down for not many at drinks. I'd somehow survived, but badly needed a toilet break (I rarely managed to bat for a whole hour!) so ran off the field.

Dropped the bat, helmet and gloves at the gate, then ran up the stands to the clubrooms while taking the thighpad off. In the toilet I went to remove the box. It WASN'T THERE. I nearly fainted.

Went back to my kit, grabbed my frog and then was late coming back on the field. Apologised to the ump and their skipper, telling them what happened. We all had a good laugh about it and I faced up to the first ball after drinks. Good line and just short of a length, seaming in a little. I played back, got an inside edge and it cannoned straight into the (now securely located) box.

Oh how we laughed. (well they did, anyway, I just kinda curled up in a ball and tried not to cry).

hahahaha classic!!

Who did you play for?

 

[Gethelred]

The commentary calling switch hits reverse sweeps.

 

[sabso]

The commentary calling switch hits reverse sweeps.

Marais Erasmus calling a stumping a run out.

 

[troybe]

I love cricket stats but this is beyond ridiculous. Not one person ever would have ever said gee I wonder what the best averages facing 140+ bowlers are

 

[cats_09]

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I love cricket stats but this is beyond ridiculous. Not one person ever would have ever said gee I wonder what the best averages facing 140+ bowlers are

That's a random stat - what's the cut off for fast versus, fast/medium, medium/fast and medium bowling?

To me that type of stat would make more sense to look at it in terms of those categories