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Well Cricket started Today and it was an absolute shocker for the team and i after such a promising start we were bundled out for 98 and just outside 10 overs the other team had us beaten.


How many runs will i get for the season?
It is around 16 games we had the bye last week.

I bowl at Number 4 or 5 and Bat at 8,9,10 or 11 in the order.

The reason the Poll is a little screwy is because i figured if i did really well in my Batting my Bowling would invariably suffer and like wise for my Bowling.
If I take a Ton of Wickets i will probably be placed down the bottom of the batting order so others can contribute and so i wont have as much oppurtunity to score runs.

You sure we played our first game today and our Top 3 Bats got 75 runs between them the Number 5 got 15 runs and that left the rest of us contributing 8 runs including wides and byes, No Balls etc out of a total score of 98.

I got a 2 ball duck.

First ball was around chest high and i controled it nicely into the ground just to the left of me.

The second ball however was a lot fuller and i went forward to block it but completly missed the line of it and lost my off stump.

Their openers put on 64 for the 1st wicket inside 4 overs and one of them had a 50.
I didnt get to bowl either.

But i didnt throw dow the stumps from 12 meters out.
I as very pleased with this as i could only see 2 of the 3 stumps.

The guy was given not out but maybe he was maybe he wasnt?*
*shrugs*


*He didnt ground his bat as hw ran and so when i hit he might have been out of his crease.

Last time i played at this ground i got 34 runs not out and a couple of Wickets.

Last season i got around 70 runs and 16 or 17 wickets from 9 or 10 matches where i bowled my Medium-Fast deliveries.

My bowling figures today:

7-2-16-2



We didn't win.

My bowling figures today:

7-2-16-2



We didn't win.
Did you play last week?

On a brighter note i didnt make any errors with the book or when Umpiring.

Did you play last week?

On a brighter note i didnt make any errors with the book or when Umpiring.


Yeah we got done last week. I took a wicket with the first ball of that game and then finished with 6-0-38-1 :(

Yeah we got done last week. I took a wicket with the first ball of that game and then finished with 6-0-38-1 :(
That aint bad first baller.
And i wouldnt say 38 Runs off six Overs is Terrible.
My First 3 Matches last season i bowled maybe 12 overs for 70 Runs but after that i came right and was finishing each match with Figures of 8-1-20-2*

*Obviously not real figures for each game but they were very similiar.
In fact a lot of the time i was bowling 5 really tight balls and then trying something extra special and they got a few runs.

I probably had 6 catches dropped off me last year and another 6 that went through 2nd slip.

I got a 2 ball duck.
I know, I know... you shouldn't quote people out of context.
And even though I don't know anything about cricket, I just wanted to see if maybe I wasn't the only one. Then I see this sentence and I'm starting to get a little more curious to know more about this... cricket, of which you speak. :p

I know, I know... you shouldn't quote people out of context.
And even though I don't know anything about cricket, I just wanted to see if maybe I wasn't the only one. Then I see this sentence and I'm starting to get a little more curious to know more about this... cricket, of which you speak. :p
Oh Cricket is great many Americans dont understand the subtle hints that are given off in the game like Fine leg Surely this cannot be a position in Cricket???
Oh maybe it is maybe it isnt i know the truth so does Monkeypimp but that name and wait there is also the slips slips you say why isnt that like a Petticoat? :/

Silly Mid on- who is on what now???
Gully-Why would anyone be in a gully?
3rd man.-thats a little risky.

Duck-Getting out without scoring a run it is caled that because on the score sheet you get a big fat 0 to your name.
Golden Duck-Getting out first Ball faced
Royal Duck(I think thats it)First ball of an innings
Another Duck(First ball of match)
Hat tricks-You know what that is.

i'll stop trying to be funny and pass you on to this chap...*
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm
*See Weird names.

-snip-
Apparently it's not only Americans who don't get it ;)
Seems far too complex for me to understand before my morning shower... So I shall go take a shower and later come back to two ball ducks and such. :D

Apparently it's not only Americans who don't get it ;)
Seems far too complex for me to understand before my morning shower... So I shall go take a shower and later come back to two ball ducks and such. :D
Yeah it is mostly about the booze and Wimmens.*shifty eyes*

This explains it better.
http://www.coudal.com/writing.php

Cricket is a way for nations that Bitch and moan to settle their differences(and create new ones) all in one or five days.

Cricket for Idiots i mean Americans[/jks]
http://www.dangermouse.net/cricket/baseball.html

Harlesburg, where do you normally field? Slips, in-field, out-field?

Harlesburg, where do you normally field? Slips, in-field, out-field?
I normally field Midwicket and or the Covers but today i was at Square leg which was alright i like the action of being closeish in encouraging a batsman to take a quick single when he knows he shouldnt.

I hit the stumps first time i touched the ball i am pretty sure the guy was out he wasnt even sliding his bat.
Bloody Opposition Players Umpiring.
I only saw 2 stumps.

That is a great confidence booster.

Explanation of how to play Cricket

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.

Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes
in and the next man goes in until he's out.

When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been
in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.

Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and
when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.

There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they
decide when the men who are in are out.

When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have
been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not
out, that is the end of the game!"

http://www.wemadeoutinatreeandthisoldguysatandwatchedus.com/view.php?id=119&rate_me=1

I was just thinking of this.

Round 3 Match 2

After a Bye and then a disapointing fisrt match loss to a team we really should have done better against we found ourselves p against the hard hitting if not regularily Drunk Tokealu.
Now dont get fooled kis this is not the nation of Tokelaus International Team in fact i dont know if they hava an International tam but iam sure they would have an International Kilikiti team.

Kilikiti is the Island vesion of Cricket and involves using a more Triangular shaped Bat.
it is a mix between a Cricketbat and a Baseball bat.

For our first home game all season we had the toss(not what you think sicko's) and won it Captain Rupert thought it would be best if we batted first aswe were playing on the number one pitch.

But little did we know that it was not in the best condition in fact it had no pace and absolutly no real bounce.

Once again our first 3 batsmen had a strong start with our first wicket falling for 35 rus the 1st drop(3rd listed batsman) came in and continued where he had left off.

But once agian our Middle Order and tail enders fell apart with 16 overs of our allocated 40 left to bat.

I after last years stellar performances at #10 on the list wasp romoted to 9 but seeing as one of our guys hadnt had a bat for various reasons in the last 3 matches i decided to go to 10 again and let him take 9.

Well lets just say he didnt last long.

So with 22 odd overs left me and El Capi-tan were left to see off the remaining overs an get a fair amount of runs for our troubles i always one to bloke or leave it continued to do ths for 2 overs before i got my first and to be only run of the match (though at that stage i wasnt to know this)
However we had run about 10 or so byes and or leg byes in the 3 overs we were together.

Then tradgedy struck when the Captain was given Leg Before Wicket and it was left to me and the Jack(Last man) to see off the remaining overs.
As he came to the wicket i told him of the number of overs left and how we only needed to get 2 or 3 runs per over to get a more competitive score.
My reasoning being what good is a quick 15 off 2 or 3 overs when we could get 60 off our full allotment?

well i'll leave you with the commentators.....

The Bowler comes in at a gentle pace and lets the ball out of his hand oh its turned in and he's bowled him what a wicket!

Yeah WOOT he got a first ball duck. <_<

So we had set them 91 0ff 40 overs.

Now it was time to see what they could do.

After a slow start they picked up the pace after my 3rd over which went for 10 runs after my first had gone for 3 and my second for a Maiden(0 runs scored by the batsmen or wides Noballs)

My final figres were 4 Overs-1 Maiden-0-19 so that is a bit of a pasting nearly 5 per over and when the Maiden is included it is rather poor.

Basically i had problems with the amount of swing i was getting with all the wind.
However i did hit one of their Batsmen in the groin and after the over had finished he went off to check himself out.
He later told our keeper he was afraid of the ball.
I can understand thatr you hould have heard the noise that came from the ball meeting the box.

late in the game there was a run out chance but the umpire couldnt give it cause some fool was in the way.

We eventually won 91-85 they were 7 runs away from winning.

Lucky, getting to play cricket now. We have to stick indoor nets at the moment, which isn't much fun. And off-spin tends to get royally twatted off the rubber mats, so no luck there for me.

Lucky, getting to play cricket now. We have to stick indoor nets at the moment, which isn't much fun. And off-spin tends to get royally twatted off the rubber mats, so no luck there for me.
Off spin gets shelved everywhere.:p

Off spin gets shelved everywhere.:p

True. But outdoors, I can walk around muttering about the wicket being the wrong shade of green. Indoors I'm just crap.

Oh Cricket is great many Americans dont understand the subtle hints that are given off in the game like Fine leg Surely this cannot be a position in Cricket???

Try being an American working in a room full of Indian men. Then ask me how much I hear about cricket every day.

They even have their own leagues between companies in this area.

I can't play cricket to save my life - largely because I can't hold the bat right - it's as uncomfortable and unnatural a position for me as holding a golf club.

Try being an American working in a room full of Indian men. Then ask me how much I hear about cricket every day.

They even have their own leagues between companies in this area.

I can't play cricket to save my life - largely because I can't hold the bat right - it's as uncomfortable and unnatural a position for me as holding a golf club.
American Indian?:p
[Running the Byes]Hey Tonto, nice Six you hit in that last game.
[Tonto]Old man Gulley said the Wolf Spirit was with me Running the Byes.


It is simple lie the bat face down with the handle pointed towards you and you face it.

I'll assume you are R/H..
Grab the bottom of the handle with your right hand and place the left one above the right.

Bend your knees.
your top hand and arm-for you it would be your left should do most of the work and is the controlling hand.

Match 4 Round 5
Played at Fraser Park, Avalon(Lower Hutt)
Hutt Districts vs Tokelau B

Time 12:50.....

Our Cricket maches are meant to start at 1:00 yet at 1:00 we only had 8 players and no gear as the guy who stores the team Gear was painting his current House so he could put it up for sale.
We were batting first and that is kind of hard to do with no Stumps to put in the ground so eventually we started at 1:30.http://70.85.81.229/3630/189/emo/cry.gif

Thinks didnt start very well for us with a Second ball Duck and then another wicket 4 balls later but thingswere to get worse we had lost our top 3 batdsmen for only 15 runs on the board.

I was umpiring at the time and watched our downfall with dismay.
I was stuck out there umpiring for about 17 Overs and after the early hiccups watched our team recover through some beautiful hitting from our middle order.
Our next 3 batsmen each contributed 30+ with one getting over 50 one in the 30's and Rupert who finnished on 49* who carried the team through till the end of our innings.

I came in at Number 9 and quickly got off the mark with a single placed in the covers....

But it got better i stayed in there facing about 18 deliveries and got another 8 runs so i was getting a run every 2 balls which isnt too bad unfortunatly i played to hard and early at one delivery and got caught out at mid wicket.

But the Team fininshed on 201 off of 40 overs one of the 4 highest scores we have got since ive been playing for them.http://70.85.81.229/3630/189/emo/worship.gif

We had two of our 'slower' bowlers open up i say' slower' cause they are actually reasonably fast Offspinners but not 'offcutters' as in Mediumpace bowlers who flick their wrist as they bowl.

I came on and bowled 5 overs for 20 runs and taking 3 wickets.
The first wicket for me came from a well pitched delivery bouncing above the waist and cutting slightly to the slips the batsmen got an edge and i had my first wicket from a catch in the slips.

The second was purely and simply bowled.
Beautiful Yorker that ripped out Leg stump and had middle stump pointing towards the slips 45 degrees with the ground.


The third wicket was similar to the way i got out in which it got got played forward except they got out at mid-on where as i was caught out a lot closer both were effectivly mistimes though.
They were around 70-7

Priesty came on and quickly showed his class.
One delivery with me fielding at a puedo-Fly-slip/Third man position was skyed high into the air and almost straight to me i moved in with my hands cupped upwards above my head planning on catching it unfortunatly the ball started dropping steeply and moving away from me back towards the wicket due to the wind in the position my hands were it was hard to get under it so i tried to crouch instead of reversing my catching style to the option of waist highplams up but alas no the ball hit the thumb joint to the hand and bobbled out i had another go but it was no good drop catch.

The next ball a right hander was facing so i told Rich to come up to fly slip and i dropped down What luck!!
The ball came off the edge and to exactly where i had suggested Rich go....
and he caught it(this piece of Commanding genius almost makes up for my own fielding err!:)
But it gets better the next ball was skyed to Mid on and caught making it an almost hat-trick.

We won easily i the end.

However today wont be as much fun as 5 players from our regular squad of 13 are out with Family commitments or House parties.http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/sad.gif
I however have gotten my Dad to play so we will have 9 on the field which is better than 8 but less than the much desired 11.

Last time he played he got 16* and bowled some very tidy overs.
Judging by my performance in this last game i am confident i can achieve at least 100 runs and 16 wickets for the season.

I was supposed to play for the 2Bs (!) today, but all we did was stand around for an hour, decide the conditions weren't good enough and then went home.

I was supposed to play for the 2Bs (!) today, but all we did was stand around for an hour, decide the conditions weren't good enough and then went home.
Yeah we have a couple of players who live or work in Welly on a Saturday and they said it was Rat shit.

How are these for figures.

8-4-8-2:eek:

Harlesburg Cricket Season
Match 5 Round 6
Harlesburg vs Suspicious Cheaters…….

12:50:…..
Only 9 players out of our wanted 11,2 are in Australia 1 at a “Family Thing” one (don’t you just love it how I a change between numbers and letters : P ) can’t be found and is a friend of the one with a “Family Thing”
Cest La Vi……….

We win the toss and elect to bat and things start off none to bad with a 4 off the first ball and then another but eventually we lose our first wicket. I cannot remember how many runs we had on the board at the time but soon we were loosing them quite regularly though me Dard did come in at 3 and got 12 runs before he popped one up to a man in the inner circle (not that we actually have one of those at lower grades :shifty eyes:) when he said himself with a bit of force he could easily have chipped it over his head.

Anyways I came in at 6 where as my normal spot is 9 the reason for this was to play like I played last week or so I understand now, not that it shouldn’t have been obvious but I figured with the guys behind me capable of getting a few quick runs but little more I would try and bat a lot of time and see off the final 25 overs.
I didn’t need much help with this when after not facing any balls and watching Priesty send two to the boundary (one didn’t even make it as it was cut off by a fielder) and turning another single down then to watch him get bowled we were pretty much screwed and for me to drag as many overs out as possible became my aim.

However I was trying to get some runs but I wasn’t trying to get my self out and so I avoided trying to cut or guide anything for fear of getting a nick on it.
Well all this did was get two silly-mids in there right up close and the rest of the field moved in too.
Flash Gordon came in and did some hitting and came with a message to try and get more runs me still thinking preservation of an innings was more important but meh so Flash opened up and got some quick runs but was soon out (funny that) and then we were down to our last pair but then 2 of their (opposition) former team mates strolled down and we bagged them for service after asking the opposing Captain if it was ok.

So while they got themselves sorted out Brucey and I tried to stick around something we are both very good at but Brucey has tried to take a different stance to his batting and to be more aggressive something that hasn’t paid off because he has got the Grand ‘Ol sum of 0 runs to his name and he has batted every game.
Brucey got out and it was a scramble to get one of the other guys in in time.
This guy plays College Cricket and is in the XI’s at the age of 16!!!
He missed the first one and then we got some things sorted out and it looked promising until he was run out.
Basically it went like this…….
He hit it and ran abit down the track,
I run an equal distance,
He halts runs,
I halt run……..
He gets run out going to my end I could have made it back but there is a little something we neglected to do…..
Guess what it is yet?
CALLING!!!!
YES WAIT NO !
It wasn’t my fault honest (seriously) Meh…..

Well last partnership and I think right that’s it everything is going into the outfield and so I start swinging aggressively at everything and after hitting those arsewipes in close a could of times they get the idea and back off but on the third ball I get caught by the diving Bowler only thing was I am sure he didn’t grasp it with his hands below the ball protecting it from the ground in other words…
I WASN’T OUT M****R F****R!!!
But The Umps said he couldn’t see and assumed I was out.
I walked last week when I thought I was out and bloody oath wasn’t going to walk when I didn’t think I was out dammit.
So we were all out for 63 with me collecting 7 runs.

Bowling
With only 63 to defend it would seem impossible to defend but with Priesty and Captain Fantastic opening the bowling things were pretty tidy.
After 8 overs of the game I took over from Priesty and immediately gave them the hurry up seriously I had them hopping and not knowing whether to play forward or backwards to me the first over was a maiden and the second would have been too but I bowled a wide when my foot skidded after placing it as I was delivering.
Then in the 3rd over I sent a short one in and connected with the body Ye Haw!
Next ball was full and on target and Bud dink! Skittles!-Gimp 1 Bowled Harlesburg for Bugger all.

I continued like this for the rest of my spell of 8 overs collecting another wicket on my 3rd to last ball and finishing with figures of
8 Overs, 4 Maidens, 8 Runs, 2 Wickets. Not bad : P

I was reasonably happy with this and the umpire at my end let me get away with just about four wides that he could have called but chose not to.
I think he let them pass because for every ball I bowled there was a good chance the batsman would get out. (well that’s what I thought was the only logical explanation unless he was blind)

There isn’t reall much more I can say about my bowling nothing dramatic happened it was around 85% dot balls they probably only had 5 scoring shots and 1 wide.
I did however hit the body 5 times and got the ‘one bouncer’ rule applied in one over when I apparently got one around his neck but that was utter crap it was around nipple high.http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/unsure.gif

This same Umpire at Square leg also said my last wicket wasn’t far from being a no-ball his reasoning being it was just under waist high when it bowled the Batsman- well it was a full toss but it was not anywhere near Waist high he was bowled at knee high.

Fielding
My dad took two catches one at close in at feet hight and the other at regulation height.
The low down catch really shut up their smart arsed batter.

I made a great effort to dive for a catch had the ball collect in my palm but it was too low and my finger hit the ground and when my elbow made contact with the ground also it was lost.-BLAST
I grazed my elbow for my troubles.

They were 6 down when they made out score in the 25th Over.
We need more runs.
We are also 2 guys down again so if anyone wants a game……… http://67.18.37.14/html/emoticons/unsure.gif

to the two people that care about this thread I say
2 Runs:D :D

to the two people that care about this thread I say
2 Runs:D :D
Most people don't know what cricket is.......
*shifty*

I was going to update this on Tuesday but meh..

5.4 Overs 0 maidens 18 runs 3 wickets.

Most people don't know what cricket is.......
*shifty*

I was going to update this on Tuesday but meh..

5.4 Overs 0 maidens 18 runs 3 wickets.
Maybe you should play for the national team with those figures

Maybe you should play for the national team with those figures


You have to be able to bat to play for NZ these days. You can bowl shit all you like, but as long as we bat to #11 everyone's happy. I still don't like Kyle Mills.


bat or be a 'batsman' (explaining McMillan and Marshalls constant inclusion)

to the two people that care about this thread I say
2 Runs:D :D


I was there, too.

Did you hear those 'Bret Lee's a wanker' chant loud and clear over the TV?


You'd have to be with Lee's figures of 10-0-85-1. What a legend.

You have to be able to bat to play for NZ these days.
......... :p

You have to be able to bat to play for NZ these days. You can bowl shit all you like, but as long as we bat to #11 everyone's happy. I still don't like Kyle Mills.


bat or be a 'batsman' (explaining McMillan and Marshalls constant inclusion)
Of all the places to hit it to he chose to hit it pretty much straight to the bowler!

Its pronounced Marshalls'ssssss

I can't bat.

I was there, too.

Did you hear those 'Bret Lee's a wanker' chant loud and clear over the TV?


You'd have to be with Lee's figures of 10-0-85-1. What a legend.
wasnt even televised, watched updates on cricinfo.
Yet I agree he is a bit of a tosser

I was there, too.

Did you hear those 'Bret Lee's a wanker' chant loud and clear over the TV?


You'd have to be with Lee's figures of 10-0-85-1. What a legend.
Was'nt it 84?
Nope 85...
Anyway's i went to the last game against OZ where we choked and it was going around.

BRET LEE"S A WANKER!

I wonder if he cries himself to sleep at night?

wasnt even televised, watched updates on cricinfo.
Yet I agree he is a bit of a tosser
Him and Hogg with all their fist pumping!

I was at the game tonight. The atmosphere was amazing. It was the best game I've ever been to or watched. "Brett Lee's a wanker!" shouted by around 15,000 people is quite fantastic. My throat hurts from shouting so much. And I nearly cried when stupid retard "look at me I think I'm fast" Kyle Mills got himself run out.. ARGH. Anyway. Ahem. Symonds' was amazing. Such a fantastic hitter.

I play cricket.. For the St Pats Town first 11. I open the batting, but I'm going through a shit phase. Our season ended last week, with the second day of our 2 dayer being played out. I wasn't there though, my Grandma was sick so visited her. Apparently we drew. My scores for the firsts year are like 7,4,8,6. Damn. Sure hope I do better next year. I've scored two centuries at school, one in the 10A grade, and one earlier this year for the 2nd's against St Bernands firsts. Ahh dear. Cricket is great. So fun.

Was'nt it 84?
Nope 85...
Anyway's i went to the last game against OZ where we choked and it was going around.

BRET LEE"S A WANKER!

I wonder if he cries himself to sleep at night?
I went to that game too. Was so similar. And no. Brett Lee loves the spotlight. Tonight when he was doing his stretches, people were copying him in the crowd, and he did a rolypoly. It was awesome. Still a wanker though.

I was at the game tonight. The atmosphere was amazing. It was the best game I've ever been to or watched. "Brett Lee's a wanker!" shouted by around 15,000 people is quite fantastic. My throat hurts from shouting so much. And I nearly cried when stupid retard "look at me I think I'm fast" Kyle Mills got himself run out.. ARGH. Anyway. Ahem. Symonds' was amazing. Such a fantastic hitter.

I play cricket.. For the St Pats Town first 11. I open the batting, but I'm going through a shit phase. Our season ended last week, with the second day of our 2 dayer being played out. I wasn't there though, my Grandma was sick so visited her. Apparently we drew. My scores for the firsts year are like 7,4,8,6. Damn. Sure hope I do better next year. I've scored two centuries at school, one in the 10A grade, and one earlier this year for the 2nd's against St Bernands firsts. Ahh dear. Cricket is great. So fun.
2 Century's that ain't bad.
My highest is 47 and i also had a 42 then a ton of numbers in the 30's.

My Bowling however is packed with 3 fah's with 3 5 fah's.

Him and Hogg with all their fist pumping!
open season on Brett but leave hoggy alone. :mad:

2 Century's that ain't bad.
My highest is 47 and i also had a 42 then a ton of numbers in the 30's.

My Bowling however is packed with 3 fah's with 3 5 fah's.
I used to bowl. In the earlier grades I used to get a few wickets here and there and once I got 4. In the first 6 games this year in March or whenver it was, batting for the seconds I averaged around 40. I got the "most promising player outside first 11" award and "most valuble in the 2nd 11". Then I went up to firsts.

open season on Brett but leave hoggy alone. :mad:
Never Hogg gets too many unworthy piss ant wickets and then pumps his fist into the ground!

Maybe you should play for the national team with those figures
Bowling Economy
22.4 Overs
65 Runs
8 Wickets
Under 3 runs per over
1 Wicket every 8 runs.
:D

I was there, too.

Did you hear those 'Bret Lee's a wanker' chant loud and clear over the TV?


You'd have to be with Lee's figures of 10-0-85-1. What a legend.
What aisle were you in? Brett Lee's last over was fantastic. Pure class.

In my game on the weekend, I did my bit opening the bowling and taking a couple of wickets as we nailed them all out for 95. As I had bowled almost all the overs from one end I was chucked down at #10. I had to come in and make a nerveless 9* as we won by 2 wickets. Batsmen suck.




What aisle were you in? Brett Lee's last over was fantastic. Pure class.


27.

What aisle were you in? Brett Lee's last over was fantastic. Pure class.
From our point of view sure.

Wide 4 Noball single .:D

Daniel was very polite in asking the Umpires about the inner circle.
He learnt better from when Flemming did it in the VB series.

Never Hogg gets too many unworthy piss ant wickets

Could say the same about vettori but it wouldnt be true

27.
I was in 29. The "Bring Back The Biff" guy tried to steal my hooter thingy, then I sold it to some old Aussie guy for $20. Wait, it wasn't mine. Oh well. With about 2-3 overs to go in our innings, you hear the whistle? The.. *whistle whistle* *clap clap* etc etc? That was my mate. We had a great time.

From our point of view sure.

Wide 4 Noball single .:D

Daniel was very polite in asking the Umpires about the inner circle.
He learnt better from when Flemming did it in the VB series.
I had no idea what was going on. Then a no-ball was signalled and we went nuts. Ahh, good times.

Could say the same about vettori but it wouldnt be true


Hogg has been one of the top wicket takers in ODI's in 2005. You aussies fucking waste McGill though. He rarely gets played, and when he does it takes ages to bowl him. When he finally bowls, his record is better than warne in games where they've both played.

Could say the same about vettori but it wouldnt be true
No it wouldn't be true cause Vettori is awesome!
Hogg only gets Kiwi Batsmen out.

So is he from the same state as you?

Peisnadros for shame ye of little faith.:(
10 Wickets 39 Runs Peisandros

Peisnadros for shame ye of little faith.:(
10 Wickets 39 Runs Peisandros
I didn't really read. And you sounded crap at first :D. Didn't know you had like 16 games lol. Sorry :P

I didn't really read. And you sounded crap at first :D. Didn't know you had like 16 games lol. Sorry :P
Souded Crap Sounded Crap Incredulous!

I bowled out Chatfield last season!

Pretty much Noone ever got him out!

Bounced him too.:D

Souded Crap Sounded Crap Incredulous!

I bowled out Chatfield last season!

Pretty much Noone ever got him out!

Bounced him too.:D
Hmm. I need to find my form again :(. It sucks being an opening batter then hardly doing anything. Although I do go under the helmet in 2-dayers. That's always good fun. We have a strong bowling team. One guy in Wellington U16, one in U18's too.

Souded Crap Sounded Crap Incredulous!

I bowled out Chatfield last season!

Pretty much Noone ever got him out!

Bounced him too.:D


I've bowled 2 short balls this season that have actually bounced, and both have been gloved in the air and caught. I still don't regularly use the bouncer.

Hogg has been one of the top wicket takers in ODI's in 2005. You aussies fucking waste McGill though. He rarely gets played, and when he does it takes ages to bowl him. When he finally bowls, his record is better than warne in games where they've both played.
fucking warne, poor Mcgill.

Hmm. I'm going to go continue my English County season on Cricket 2005 before bed. I just bat in the 4 dayers and then autoplay the bowling, mwahaha.

No it wouldn't be true cause Vettori is awesome!
Hogg only gets Kiwi Batsmen out.

So is he from the same state as you?

Peisnadros for shame ye of little faith.:(
10 Wickets 39 Runs Peisandros
Since Boof and Dizzy got dropped my state hasnt had a player at national level

Since Boof and Dizzy got dropped my state hasnt had a player at national level

Wellington currently has Fleming and Franklin in the national side. We had a few players right on the fringes a little while back, but they all changed to other teams for some reason.

Flem and Franklin are the only 2 out of the 20 contracted international players from Wellington, and there are only 6 domestic teams so we're not exactly providing our share. Flem only recently moved to Wellington too, so really Franklin is the only one we've produced..

Wellington currently has Fleming and Franklin in the national side. We had a few players right on the fringes a little while back, but they all changed to other teams for some reason.

Flem and Franklin are the only 2 out of the 20 contracted international players from Wellington, and there are only 6 domestic teams so we're not exactly providing our share. Flem only recently moved to Wellington too, so really Franklin is the only one we've produced..
my state has even tried importing players, remember Andy Flower

Since Boof and Dizzy got dropped my state hasnt had a player at national level
Its not all bad, with Lehmann back as captain we are starting to win domestic games

my state has even tried importing players, remember Andy Flower


Andy Flower is a fucking quality player. His form in 2000 and 2001 was amazing, he averaged over 80 for both those years in test cricket. His test average is still the highest by a keeper-batsmen (just).

Andy Flower is a fucking quality player. His form in 2000 and 2001 was amazing, he averaged over 80 for both those years in test cricket. His test average is still the highest by a keeper-batsmen (just).
To bad he struggled against the Australian pitches and bowlers. I was expecting so much of him.

To bad he struggled against the Australian pitches and bowlers. I was expecting so much of him.

Yeah, I'm going to go check out his record by country on cricinfo stats guru. It'll be interesting to see who he carved up against, not being able to play Zimbabwe and all...



From the looks of it, he only played Australia once and made 28 and 0 :eek:


He averages almost 95 vs India and 2 of his 3 highest scores ever were against them...

Yeah, I'm going to go check out his record by country on cricinfo stats guru. It'll be interesting to see who he carved up against, not being able to play Zimbabwe and all...
could be interesting. showed so much promise. Since he never played against Zimbabwe his stats wouldnt be as inflated as others

could be interesting. showed so much promise


He seems to have done very well against India, Bangladesh, South Africa and the West Indies. They're the teams which his average against is higher than his overall average.

I've bowled 2 short balls this season that have actually bounced, and both have been gloved in the air and caught. I still don't regularly use the bouncer.
2 weeks ago when i ha my figures of 8-4-8-2 i was giving them hell they could'nt play my short stuff and i hit the body 4 times.

Harlesburg Cricket Season
Match 6 Round 7 3rd of December
Harlesburg vs Wandering Catholics

Bowling

Priesty was not playing as he had his House Warming to host (He has just moved into a new place with his Girlfriend/Partner)
So I opened the bowling and after the first one was played at and missed just off of off stump the second delivery he connected with it trying to crash me through the covers but all he did was find Matt who caught this Howitzer of a shot at about shin height.!!!
Wandering Catholics 0-1.

The 3rd ball was left by the batsman but it cut in something chronic and he was lucky not to be bowled.
Then in the second or third of my overs I bowled a Yorker which took middle and leg( mostly leg) which was sticking out on a decent angle.
2 Wickets for not much.

I bowled 6 overs on the trot for 16/17 runs before I was given a break and the others took over keeping the run rate close to what Singe and I had had it at.

Then I came back with The Wandering Catholics 9 down and I think with 4 overs left to bat.
From here they managed 1 or 2 runs off the first 3 balls before I got one through the defences to take off stump!
6.4 Overs, 0 Maidens, 18 Runs, 3 Wickets. Not bad : P

I was told later on it was a better bowling performance than the week before even though I bled 10 more runs than the last game this time they got lucky having a slash.


Batting
Once again we started off ok getting some runs but then one again we lose one and then another my Dad did come in at 3 and got 26 runs but it was a hard slog for the first few overs.

Singe who hasn’t played any games this year was playing and kept the batting going but wickets at the other end were falling quite regularly.
Brent came in and got some quick runs and then got out followed by Rupert who didn’t stay for long and then it was me…

Singe got out at the other end tooafter we had been at the crease for a few overs.
I had a few problems for the first few balls with the swinging ball but then got that all sorted out got a single off of a drive and then tried that a few more times before I played too hard as a result and this is very weird I hit the pitch which sent the bat out of line with the Trajectory of the incoming ball and I was bowled.
I made a fairly large divot in the pitch and if I hadn’t have I would have made a good connection with the ball.

We needed 4 to 5 runs per over at this stage and with only 1 wicket left it didn’t look too good, in fact it was over pretty quickly.

After a Holiday break it is back.:)
IGNORE THE PREVIOUS POST THIS IS MORE ACCURATE
Harlesburg Cricket Season
Match 6 Round 7
Harlesburg vs Hutt B FeaturingWandering Catholics

Bowling

Priesty was not playing as he had his House Warming to host (He has just moved into a new place with his Girlfriend/Partner)
So I opened the bowling and after the first one was played at and missed just off of off stump the second delivery he connected with it trying to crash me through the covers but all he did was find Matt who caught this Howitzer of a shot at about shin height.!!!
Wandering Catholics 0-1.

The 3rd ball was left by the batsman but it cut in something chronic and he was lucky not to be bowled.
Then in the second or third of my overs I bowled a Yorker which took middle and leg( mostly leg) which was sticking out on a decent angle.
2 Wickets for not much.

I bowled 5 overs on the trot for 18 runs before I was given a break and the others took over keeping the run rate close to what Singe and I had had it at.

Then I came back with The Wandering Catholics 9 down and I think with 6 overs left to bat.
From here it was 3 dot balls before I got one through the defences to take off stump!
5.4 Overs, 0 Maidens, 18 Runs, 3 Wickets. Not bad : P

I was told later on it was a better bowling performance than the week before even though I bled 10 more runs than the last game this time they got lucky having a slash.


Batting
Once again we started off poorly getting only 12 runs for the first wicket Woz was out for 8 but Mooney had 20 something when Matt was out for 11 and my dad came in for a helpful 20 before he was caught at Mid-wicket being caught between chipping and keeping the ball along the ground. (He had 4 4’s in his 20)
Windles made 3 2’s before he was bowled and singe came in to be joined by Rupert who was bowled for 2.
With Rupert out I was batting with Singe who hasn’t played any games this year kept the batting going but wickets at the other end had fallen quite rapidly.

Singe got out at the other end after we had been at the crease for a few overs and left on 17.
I had a few problems for the first few balls with the swinging ball but then got that all sorted out got a single off of a drive and then tried that a few more times before I played too hard as a result and this is very weird I hit the pitch which sent the bat out of line with the Trajectory of the incoming ball and I was bowled.
I made a fairly large divot in the pitch and if I hadn’t have I would have made a good connection with the ball.

Howell and Brucey where in and we still needed around 35-40 Howell hit a 4 then a 2 then a 1 putting himself on strike for the next over where he got out.
In came Wilson and we needed 28 runs off the last 4 overs and at this stage with only 1 wicket left it didn’t look too good, in fact it was over pretty quickly, i don’t think he even got to face a ball and if he did he was left on nought when Brucey was out for a duck soon after.

Result a Loss to our Other Club Team

Harlesburg Cricket Season
Match 8 Round 9 22nd of December or something....
US vs Upper Hutt

With the last game of the year up against one of the Gumby teams it was put on us to pick our Batting and Bowling order out of the top of a hat, I got 6 meaning I would bowl at 6 and bat at.
We started of with a non recognised Bowler and after 2 of his overs he had gone for 15 and Priesty at the other end bowled 4 overs for only 13but he couldn’t take any wickets.
Wilson got hit for 18 of 2 overs, Mikes 4 went for 33 with one Maiden. :eek: , Rupert bowled 5 overs for 40 taking one wicket and myself 1 over for 3 runs and I also got a wiket on my third ball.
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The batsman had just come in on the previous Rupert over after he was caught on 45.
The new Batsman missed the first 2 only just hitting the second ball between his legs like some retarded French cut, he stepped forward waited for the ball to pass through between his legs before bringing the bat down to block it.
The Wicket was LBW and plum.
The 2 came off a straight drive which I tried to stop with my foot but it bobbled off of it.
The No Ball just slipped out of my hand as the ball was completely soaked from all the rain.

The rain which had been lightly hitting us all day finally opened up and put an end to the match.

Result of the last game before Christmas.
Draw.
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