What was daily life like in the 80s/90s/00s?

[Gough]

Yeah I feel that - off side meant risking the wrath of mum for broken flowers and windows, so everything was played off the pads into the street

I think most of my cricket team had similar problems for similar reasons, we had the down-the-ground sloggers who played in driveways, wannabe Mark Waughs like me, and the odd cut shot king. Nobody could play all around the ground.

I was always playing across my body Ponting early in the innings style, the similarity ended there.

 

[HairyO]

One bounce off the wall, one hand catch?

Over the fence = six and out

Auto wicky keeper

No LBW

We played One Day cricket so it was 10 overs, max of 4, min of 3 overs of fast/medium/spin. So usually 4 fast, 3 medium, 3 spin.

10 wickets was out. A pure slog fest.

 

[GROTTO]

We played One Day cricket so it was 10 overs, max of 4, min of 3 overs of fast/medium/spin. So usually 4 fast, 3 medium, 3 spin.

10 wickets was out. A pure slog fest.

Sounds like a T20 origin story.

Looking back, Im surprised T20 took so long to actually start.

 

[Gough]

Sounds like a T20 origin story.

Looking back, Im surprised T20 took so long to actually start.

I've always thought it was Dav Whatmore with the Sri Lankan side of the mid 90s that planted the seeds of T20, their top order was cutting lose during the first 15 overs in a way never seen before in ODIs and only a few years down the track T20 comes along. I'd argue the two aren't unrelated.

 

[Shell]

I forgot another rule- calling "safe" to walk back to the crease.

 

[GROTTO]

I forgot another rule- calling "safe" to walk back to the crease.

Tippy go. Totally forgot about this rule, you hit it, you must run.

 

[Smoooothy]

we just yelled out crease

also, i swear every day of the summer holidays me and my brother were out playing cricket, no matter if it was 20 and raining or 45 and boiling

 

[RookiePick]

"Crease leave" if you wanted to leave your ground for any reason at all or you were fair game to be run out. Bathroom break, Mum calling you in the house, Dad telling you to get off the driveway so he can park/leave, didn't matter. Many a well set batsmen sent on their way for failing to utter the magic words!

 

[Shell]

Wtaf crease leave.. never heard of that before.

Was always a simple "safe"

 

[Shell]

Tippy go. Totally forgot about this rule, you hit it, you must run.

Continuous? That could be fun.

 

[HairyO]

Sounds like a T20 origin story.

Looking back, Im surprised T20 took so long to actually start.

We were doing this in the early 1980s. I dont think we invented the rules either, so they probably date back to when One Day cricket actually began.

 

[brucetiki]

Geez I totally forgot about those games where it was delayed, it made no sense as a football supporter but it was all to do with TV ratings. Some lame TV show at 730pm would rate higher than the footy.

The Great Outdoors was the staple at 7:30pm Friday nights on 7
Burke's Backyard during the 9 years
Better Homes and Gardens when 7 got the footy back, before that got demoted to 7TWO

 

[Caesar]

We were doing this in the early 1980s. I dont think we invented the rules either, so they probably date back to when One Day cricket actually began.

back in the day, before even one-day cricket, when red-ball matches were rained out but the pitch was relatively OK the sides would often get together and organise an informal 'twenty over slog' to entertain whatever was left of the crowd

Gough probably knows more about the history

 

[GROTTO]

I forgot another rule- calling "safe" to walk back to the crease.

we just yelled out crease

also, i swear every day of the summer holidays me and my brother were out playing cricket, no matter if it was 20 and raining or 45 and boiling

"Crease leave" if you wanted to leave your ground for any reason at all or you were fair game to be run out. Bathroom break, Mum calling you in the house, Dad telling you to get off the driveway so he can park/leave, didn't matter. Many a well set batsmen sent on their way for failing to utter the magic words!

This could be a situation where there was different names for the same action in different states?

Vic, SA, WA ?

I do recall vaguely "crease."

Mind you, I didnt bat for long to be in a position to use the term.

 

[swingdog]

"Crease leave" if you wanted to leave your ground for any reason at all or you were fair game to be run out. Bathroom break, Mum calling you in the house, Dad telling you to get off the driveway so he can park/leave, didn't matter. Many a well set batsmen sent on their way for failing to utter the magic words!

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[swingdog]

back in the day, before even one-day cricket, when red-ball matches were rained out but the pitch was relatively OK the sides would often get together and organise an informal 'twenty over slog' to entertain whatever was left of the crowd

Gough probably knows more about the history

Think that was the first one day international caused by test match washout in Melbourne in 1970-71 series.

 

[Shell]

This could be a situation where there was different names for the same action in different states?

Vic, SA, WA ?

Sounds very much so.

 

[Macca19]

Gosh I totally forgot about handball. Yes back in primary school.

Do kids even play this today in 2023?

Yep, still play it

 

[Macca19]

This could be a situation where there was different names for the same action in different states?

Vic, SA, WA ?

I do recall vaguely "crease."

Mind you, I didnt bat for long to be in a position to use the term.

For us it was always either ‘crease’ or ‘wickey leave’

 

[GROTTO]

For us it was always either ‘crease’ or ‘wickey leave’

Yes I do definitely remember "wickey leave", now that you mention that. 100%

 

[GROTTO]

Think that was the first one day international caused by test match washout in Melbourne in 1970-71 series.

The birth of the one-day international

 

[Caesar]

Think that was the first one day international caused by test match washout in Melbourne in 1970-71 series.

no I am thinking of something different - this is a super-informal thing that the players on both teams occasionally organised amongst themselves, nothing to do with national boards or whatever

I recall reading about it in some old cricketer's biography but who or when I couldn't tell you

 

[Billy ray]

yeh other than the last session, tests not shown in home city, and for one dayers only a little bit at the start from memory??

hence i hardly ever saw any WACA games or coverage and have no memories of allthe waca moments and fast tracks and stories of the games back then

 

[Smoooothy]

‘wickey leave’

memory unlocked

 

[Smoooothy]

yeh other than the last session, tests not shown in home city, and for one dayers only a little bit at the start from memory??

hence i hardly ever saw any WACA games or coverage and have no memories of allthe waca moments and fast tracks and stories of the games back then

yeah we only got the first 2 hours on a ODI, and the afternoon session of the cricket

it was a very big deal when the ODI's got shown in full. started happening regularly after adelaide oval got the lights up

also, who remembers the awful adelaide oval retractable lights?