Wicketkeepers that Bowl

[bigpapagman]

mate. this is junior cricket we are talking about here. (U/14s)

most of the blokes playing didnt give a shit what they did & were angry because their dad made them come anyway. and the majority ones who did care were shit, and if they werent, then they got a bowl. by the time U/16s rolled around, we had a full time keeper & i was no longer captain, but i still opened the bowling & batted @ 4, as well as being the relief keeper. go figure.


my god i carried that side.



Western Park White. We were the 2nd side @ our club in U/14s.

 

[arzach]

I remember Rod Marsh sending down an over in an innings where everyone in the side had a bowl.

Scorecard for that game here

Who kept while he was bowling?
Looking at the scores, maybe we didn't even need a keeper on that pitch...

Also, I can't believe a guy named Julien Wiener opened the batting for Australia. Dark days.

 

[goodie]

you must be ponting/gilchrist/warne/mcgrath/lillee rolled into one
i reckon your opening partner was your best mate and relieved your keeping duties and bowl his full quota of overs too

you need to take up golf mate. cricket is a team game.

i'm surprised your team mates didn't abondoned you as you would've no doubt had 4 or 5 guys who just fielded at fine leg etc for the day and batted at 7 or lower and only if needed.

yeah, we had 6 players on a good week. if i made less than 20 with the bat we would be bowled out for under 20. then if i didnt take wickets we would only finish a game with couple we lost out right nearly ever week and then after i finished bowling the only other half respectable bowler was the keeper so i then took over the keeping duties while he bowled.

one day we had a dog fielding at mid off. needless to say im the only player out of the team who still plays cricket.

 

[krisholio14]

Who kept while he was bowling?
Looking at the scores, maybe we didn't even need a keeper on that pitch...

Also, I can't believe a guy named Julien Wiener opened the batting for Australia. Dark days.

If my memory serves me correctly, Graham Yallop took over the keepers gloves.

I was thinking about this further the other day, and I remember both Alan Border and Viv Richards substituting behind the stumps when Wayne Phillips and Jeff Dujon were injured during the course of an innings.

I think Viv may have bagged a caught behind, and AB helped in a run out while they had the gloves on.

In fact, heres a youtube clip of Vivi with the gloves on, and it was AB he snagged too

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[Zeke]

When I was a young fella playing 3rd grade (one dayer) I cracked a ton opening the batting, took a couple of catches behind the stumps and finished with 2/23 off 8.

 

[Lensen]

When I was a young fella playing 3rd grade (one dayer) I cracked a ton opening the batting, took a couple of catches behind the stumps and finished with 2/23 off 8.

You could find keeping gloves to fit?

 

[XFactor1979]

 

[krisholio14]

Yes I was waiting for this bump

 

[chickens_law]

Does Ricky Ponting count? I'm sure I remember him keeping in a ODI when Gilly was injured.
He also picked up the scalp of Michael Vaughan in the 05 Ashes.



Dhoni can also bowl.
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[ashley12]

it isnt uncommon in juniors for a bloke to open the batting, open the bowling then keep once his spell is finished.

We had that kid, the one destined to be a State level at least superstar, who opened with the new pill, fielded first slip and kept when he finished his spell. Batted three.

I was the complete opposite, usually fine leg to fine leg, a couple overs if the game had been won and batted in the double digits.

 

[jabbathehut]

mike hussey bowls nice little mediums for a keeper

 

[reggie]

Huss only kept occasionally as a junior.

AB De Villiers kept in a few of his early tests and has a test best bowling of 2/49, apparently in a game where 3 of their quicks broke down and Smith was looking for someone to bowl some mediums.

 

[FunkyFreo2]

got a mention earlier but Tim Zoehrer (sp) was a very handy leggie. in fact had the selectors not hated him he would have kept either (or both) Healy and Warney out of the side for a long time.

 

[reggie]

got a mention earlier but Tim Zoehrer (sp) was a very handy leggie. in fact had the selectors not hated him he would have kept either (or both) Healy and Warney out of the side for a long time.

I agree with your comment on keeping Healy out, his wicket keeping was outstanding, but he was never up to test standard as a spinner