Your English Cricket Season: 2008

[Pup Clarke]

Recently turned 18.

 

[Manee]

Recently turned 18.

70mph at 18, top effort, mate.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Aye, indoors though and that's at absolute tops.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Another advantage is you'll still be growing and won't have reached your maximum height, what height are you now?

 

[Manee]

I'm 5ft 8 atm.

 

[Manee]

Aye, indoors though and that's at absolute tops.

Indoors, shmindoors, pace is measured before pitching. How far before varies, but it is always before.

 

[Richard]

Well the Second XI Premier game went surprisingly not-disastrously yesterday - bowled dreadfully in my opening 2 overs and my 7th but my 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th were pretty damn good, and got 1 wicket with a beauty of an inswinger-to-the-left-hander.

Perhaps even more remarkably, I batted in a sunhat and scored 23*. Which was the second-best score, my dad coming third with 23 of his own. Was dropped off an easy caught-and-bowled on what must've been about 17 mind, so don't take that at face value, and the bowling was woeful.

Even so, most of the bowling I face under normal circumstances is every bit as bad and 17 is my best score for about 7 years.

 

[Perm]

I'm no expert, but you shouldn't be hitting the gym too hard as a young bloke. My Uncle (who has played rugby and cricket to a pretty decent level) never wanted me to do weights until I was 18, as it can be very detrimental to your physical growth if you go to hard as a youngster.

Feel free to naughty that if you want.

 

[Manee]

Well the Second XI Premier game went surprisingly not-disastrously yesterday - bowled dreadfully in my opening 2 overs and my 7th but my 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th were pretty damn good, and got 1 wicket with a beauty of an inswinger-to-the-left-hander.

Perhaps even more remarkably, I batted in a sunhat and scored 23*. Which was the second-best score, my dad coming third with 23 of his own. Was dropped off an easy caught-and-bowled on what must've been about 17 mind, so don't take that at face value, and the bowling was woeful.

Even so, most of the bowling I face under normal circumstances is every bit as bad and 17 is my best score for about 7 years.

Top stuff, Second XI Premier is a good level.

 

[Manee]

I'm no expert, but you shouldn't be hitting the gym too hard as a young bloke. My Uncle (who has played rugby and cricket to a pretty decent level) never wanted me to do weights until I was 18, as it can be very detrimental to your physical growth if you go to hard as a youngster.

I don't think that I am being too excessive though. It is not as if I am attempting to bench 80kg, it is all pretty simple stuff with lightish weights, if any at all.

 

[Chubb]

Well the Second XI Premier game went surprisingly not-disastrously yesterday - bowled dreadfully in my opening 2 overs and my 7th but my 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th were pretty damn good, and got 1 wicket with a beauty of an inswinger-to-the-left-hander.

Perhaps even more remarkably, I batted in a sunhat and scored 23*. Which was the second-best score, my dad coming third with 23 of his own. Was dropped off an easy caught-and-bowled on what must've been about 17 mind, so don't take that at face value, and the bowling was woeful.

Even so, most of the bowling I face under normal circumstances is every bit as bad and 17 is my best score for about 7 years.

And I see your second team bowled out Plymouth CS for 36. So did you stay up? We did, though we got thrashed by Countess Wear. We went in three bowlers light and got smashed for 268-2 dec. featuring 151* from a Zimbabwean who had played for Matabeleland in the 80s- he then took 6-23 in our innings, including me for 6. We were all out for 173, though we still got the points we needed to be safe.

Our first team contested the G Division Plate final, taking the IIs best bat and three of our regular bowlers to do it. Yarcombe scored 320, but a superb ton from one of the guys nearly won the game- we needed 4 off the last ball but did not manage it.

 

[Swervy]

Odd game for me yesterday.

We went from 52-2 (incl. me scoring 33 including 5 fours in an over), to 61-8 off 23 overs. Then our number 10 preceeded to score his first 50 (in 36 balls) in 21 years and we managed to get to 139ao.

Then we got them down to 21-5 , which was especially good considering one of their guys averaged over 100 last year, but they then managed to get to a postion where they needed 40 in 6 overs with 4 wickets left, and then we got the last 4 wickets for 6 runs, and with the win, we have fought off the relegation threat (5 weeks ago, we were top of the division).

Only 4 scores in double figures in the whole match, and all but 3 wickets to fall were bowled or LBW (a pretty poor pitch)

 

[PhoenixFire]

Swervy, do you play in the Aire-Wharfe League or the Ribblesdale league? Assuming that is, that you still live in Keighley.

 

[Goughy]

Swervy, do you play in the Aire-Wharfe League or the Ribblesdale league? Assuming that is, that you still live in Keighley.

Where? You just made that up didnt you?

I played in a wide variety of leagues in Yorkshire but never heard of that one.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Haha, it does sound like I made it up, but it does exist, believe it or not.

Which team did you play for in the Aire-Wharfe league, Kev?

 

[Swervy]

Swervy, do you play in the Aire-Wharfe League or the Ribblesdale league? Assuming that is, that you still live in Keighley.

I dont play in anything as lofty as those...hehehe..I am in the Bradford Mutual, where the standard is, shall we say, up and down, just like the pitches

 

[Swervy]

Haha, it does sound like I made it up, but it does exist, believe it or not.

Which team did you play for in the Aire-Wharfe league, Kev?

I beleive Joe Scuderi (Italy captain?) plays in the Ribblesdale now...international captain!!!!

 

[Matteh]

1 wicket in 2 overs at the death, 2 hard catches and 5 runs. Cracking all-round display.

 

[Richard]

Top stuff, Second XI Premier is a good level.

South Devon 2s clearly don't belong in that league at all though, they were barely better than several teams 5 divisions below them (excepting the single first-team player who scored 121 - dropped on 83 - and was easily the standout bowler too).

 

[Richard]

And I see your second team bowled out Plymouth CS for 36. So did you stay up?

Still haven't found-out TBH.