Cricket

[OneRound]

I remember David Hookes being given out attempting a square cut that the replay showed had missed by 6". I believe that a series of "clangers" such as this prompted the review system. Never the less, I think that it is now being used as routine rather than to combat obvious umpiring errors.

Hi GBinOz and all - agreed although something else being done as routine and particularly frustrating are the continual requests for a ball change. I would limit the number of unsuccessful requests to 2 or 3 per innings.

Best regards,
OneRound

[OneRound]

Totally agree George. Lillee would have told him where to go. As would Thommo if he was playing.

Hi Herlock and all - I actually met Thommo in the members' bar (no surprise there) when watching an international game at Auckland's Eden Park ground with a Kiwi pal a few years ago. He was friendly and surprisingly polite as he commented on my Surrey top and his time with rivals Middlesex on the other side of the river.

A schoolboy error from yours truly followed as soon as we were home from our four week tour of New Zealand's North and South Islands and I answered, ''Meeting Thommo'' when asked for the highlight of our trip. Mrs OneRound was not impressed.

Best regards,
OneRound

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi GBinOz and all - agreed although something else being done as routine and particularly frustrating are the continual requests for a ball change. I would limit the number of unsuccessful requests to 2 or 3 per innings.

Best regards,
OneRound

Totally agree. They haven’t started making cricket balls differently as far as I’m aware so why do they ask every few overs? Maybe I’m wrong but weren’t India doing it quite a lot in the recent series against England? (Maybe England were as bad?)

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi Herlock and all - I actually met Thommo in the members' bar (no surprise there) when watching an international game at Auckland's Eden Park ground with a Kiwi pal a few years ago. He was friendly and surprisingly polite as he commented on my Surrey top and his time with rivals Middlesex on the other side of the river.

A schoolboy error from yours truly followed as soon as we were home from our four week tour of New Zealand's North and South Islands and I answered, ''Meeting Thommo'' when asked for the highlight of our trip. Mrs OneRound was not impressed.

Best regards,
OneRound

I’d liked to have met Thommo but I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to face him with a cricket ball in his hand. Pretty much everyone that ever faced him said that he was probably the quickest ever. Imagine surviving 5 balls from the fearsome Dennis Lillee, then getting a single with the last ball to find the guy that you’ll be facing next is even quicker!

[Abby Normal]

i love cricket. whenever i watch it, it makes me appreciate baseball even more. heehee

[GBinOz]

Hi Herlock and all - I actually met Thommo in the members' bar (no surprise there) when watching an international game at Auckland's Eden Park ground with a Kiwi pal a few years ago. He was friendly and surprisingly polite as he commented on my Surrey top and his time with rivals Middlesex on the other side of the river.

Best regards,
OneRound

My grandmother concluded the last months of her life in a nursing home, and on one occasion when visiting her I was fortunate enough to meet Alan Davidson, who lived a couple of doors away. It is not always apparent how tall and muscular these pace bowlers are until you stand next to them.

I also had the privilege of meeting Wally Grout when I went into his Sydney shop to buy my first pair of Keeper's gloves. He was a very friendly man and took me under his wing as a fellow keeper.

Cheers, George

[GBinOz]

i love cricket. whenever i watch it, it makes me appreciate baseball even more. heehee

Oh Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk. I have the same appreciation for Rugby League after watching some of an interminably slow American football game. Now, Ice Hockey...there's a sport....but that's Canadian, of course.

[Geddy2112]

I’d liked to have met Thommo but I certainly wouldn’t have wanted to face him with a cricket ball in his hand. Pretty much everyone that ever faced him said that he was probably the quickest ever. Imagine surviving 5 balls from the fearsome Dennis Lillee, then getting a single with the last ball to find the guy that you’ll be facing next is even quicker!

I faced Ian Bishop in his pomp. Only one ball, he came off a short run as it was a testimonial game for Ritchie Richardson and I still have not seen it yet. Mind I was probably nearer the square leg umpire than the stumps as he let it go

[Abby Normal]

Oh Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk. I have the same appreciation for Rugby League after watching some of an interminably slow American football game. Now, Ice Hockey...there's a sport....but that's Canadian, of course.

yes american football is a stop and go sport, its like a game of violent chess.

australian rules football is like watching a bunch of drunken sailors fighting over the last peanut at closing time lol

[GBinOz]

yes american football is a stop and go sport, its like a game of violent chess.

australian rules football is like watching a bunch of drunken sailors fighting over the last peanut at closing time lol

Hi Abby,

More like a game of violent tiddlywinks, but surprise! I absolutely agree with you on Australian Rules football. No redeeming feature, and almost as boring as basketball.

Cheers, George

[GBinOz]

Hi Abby,

In case that you are confused with the intricacies of Australian football. Australian Rules is an entirely different game to Rugby League. The former is a variation of Celtic football, while the later is similar to the English Rugby Union. In Rugby League there are no offensive and defensive players. The same team fulfils both tasks. There is no dedicated goal kicker - said person is within the team, and the goal attempt is made from wherever the points are scored.... not from the centre every time. Players are not heavily padded, and do not wear helmets, and there is no forward pass. An American friend described Rugby players as the gladiators of the football sport. Checkout a Rugby League final to observe what genuine violent chess is all about.

Cheers, George

[GBinOz]

Fellow Cricket Tragics. Can we contemplate the Americanisation of our sport. Offensive teams composed of 11 bowlers. Defensive teams of 11 batsmen. Dedicated wicket keepers who play no other role in the team. Cheerleader squads on the boundary lines.

I vote no thank you!

[Geddy2112]

Fellow Cricket Tragics. Can we contemplate the Americanisation of our sport. Offensive teams composed of 11 bowlers. Defensive teams of 11 batsmen. Dedicated wicket keepers who play no other role in the team. Cheerleader squads on the boundary lines.

I vote no thank you!

Please for the love of apples that has not been suggested.