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