That's like the old Mongoose strategy from ~10 years ago. Most peculiar. What are the benefits of a one-handed shot exactly?
Surely rather than timing himself out the no. 11 should have taken a guard halfway to the square leg umpire and said "hit the stumps man"?
Don’t think so as I know a guy who bats in keeper’s pads with no thigh guard, gloves or helmet and has done for years in all types of competitions
Afaik helmets have been compulsory against seam bowlers since 2014 in most proper competitions in civilised Australia
2014? Was only since the 18/19 or 19/20 season here (I think the latter but don't quite remember). I batted without one, which in hindsight was a stupid thing to do.
I used to open the batting in local cricket, occasional against 130k-ish bowling, without a helmet purely because I thought it was alpha. Used to walk at the bowlers thinking I was Matt Hayden too. Pretty dumb in hindsight but I honestly think it put some bowlers off their game
Played a decent level then?
Not really
Then I’d be surprised if blokes are rocking around clocking 130
Not every team had one back in that comp. It was about 10 years ago now but I remember who the quicker blokes were, a couple visiting poms and a couple local journeymen. Most of the overseas first-class cricketers were Sri Lankan or Pakistani and they tended to be batsmen and/or spin bowlers.
Vets cricket (over 40s) has only been officially affiliated with cricket associations for a couple of years Australia wide & majority of players ignored helmet rules after that point anyway
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Ian Harvey the goat rocking up there. Has 3 t20 hundreds, and a few years ago was one of the few t20 middle order bars who both averaged 30 and struck at 150+ ( bit more common now).Always reminds me of this scorecard......
SOM vs DERBS Cricket Scorecard at Taunton, May 02 - 05, 2007
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Somerset vs Derbyshire cricket scorecard, County Championship Division Two 2007 dated May 02 - 05, 2007.
Not sure what was going on in 2007, there were 2 scores over 800 and 2 over 700 in Div 2 that Summer.
The two over 700 were in the same match (Essex 700-9d v Notts 791). Notts, Derbyshire, Somerset (850-7) and Worcs (701-6) all set county records that season.Always reminds me of this scorecard......
SOM vs DERBS Cricket Scorecard at Taunton, May 02 - 05, 2007
Live Cricket Scoreboard: Get Somerset vs Derbyshire cricket scorecard, County Championship Division Two 2007 dated May 02 - 05, 2007.
Not sure what was going on in 2007, there were 2 scores over 800 and 2 over 700 in Div 2 that Summer.
