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CanadianMounty said:
Oh right lol. I see. Like aerodynamics? So one side of the ball is rougher than the other leading to drag, while the other side is shinier causing it to swing down one or other side of the batsman? Seems very clever.
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So clever that science still can't quite agree/work out exactly what is going on. But yeah, rubbing the ball on your dick seems to make it do funny things. The ball. Not your dick. Then again...

Welcome to the thread btw. For someone who knows nothing about cricket you've cottoned on to swing bowling (one of many of cricket's great mysteries) really quickly.

What test match you on about OTW? ;)
 
If it was very recently (within the last 3 weeks?) it was Zimbabwe. Which could have been mistaken for England. Before that they played Bangladesh I think. Not really possible to mistake them for England. The 'Caribbean' team is called the West Indies. They unite only for cricket.
 
Don't forget to mention that if you apply enough spit to the shiny side it becomes heavy, therefore causing it to reverse swing. Or the art of picking the seam or chewing a mint.

Forget rubbing my dick with a duke or kookaburra, I get a half wood just thinking about spin bowling on day 5 of a crumbling pitch......
 
red&black said:
Brimz, being a local boy have you ever been to see Gloucester in Bristol? Thinking about taking my boy this year.
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Hi mate.

I'm Somerset born n bred & lucky to be born at a time when we were blessed with the best 2 players in the world . My Dad took me to the Cricket from an early age i loved it & will be eternally grateful to him for putting me on to The real Beautiful Game .

I have been to Gloucester though . Last time was a 3rd day of a Somerset v Gloucester game . We saw 14 wickets in a day . It was good cricket but i don't like the Ground as much as Taunton .

Taunton may have a flat pitch & be a Batsman's paradise but it has got better in recent years . If i was taking a Kid i would think Taunton would be more fun cos it's closer to the wicket & you will probably get more boundaries . Keep the lad interested . How old is he ntw ?
 
brimz said:
Hi mate.

I'm Somerset born n bred & lucky to be born at a time when we were blessed with the best 2 players in the world . My Dad took me to the Cricket from an early age i loved it & will be eternally grateful to him for putting me on to The real Beautiful Game .

I have been to Gloucester though . Last time was a 3rd day of a Somerset v Gloucester game . We saw 14 wickets in a day . It was good cricket but i don't like the Ground as much as Taunton .

Taunton may have a flat pitch & be a Batsman's paradise but it has got better in recent years . If i was taking a Kid i would think Taunton would be more fun cos it's closer to the wicket & you will probably get more boundaries . Keep the lad interested . How old is he ntw ?
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Just turned 9 mate, Taunton isnt too bad on the train so I'll look at it, when it warms up that is..... Thanks for the reply.
 
No problem . I 'll pm you later this week with some more information if you want .
 
I've been to Cheltenham Ladies College Brimz. Gloucester v Sussex, 1977, Mike Proctor bowling off the wrong foot for Gloucester (I always thought that was well weird) and Javed Miandad hitting sixes for fun. At one point they had all the fielders out on the ropes so Miandad started to DELIBERATELY edge balls. Can you imagine how hard that is? Field comes into catch, six hitting resumes. I think he got about 150 in 3/4 of a day.
 
StoneHappyMonday said:
I've been to Cheltenham Ladies College Brimz. Gloucester v Sussex, 1977, Mike Proctor bowling off the wrong foot for Gloucester (I always thought that was well weird) and Javed Miandad hitting sixes for fun. At one point they had all the fielders out on the ropes so Miandad started to DELIBERATELY edge balls. Can you imagine how hard that is? Field comes into catch, six hitting resumes. I think he got about 150 in 3/4 of a day.
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Miandad , a legend . Not really in the mood to talk about fielding positioning after that debacle. What the fuk was he thinking ? A temporary lapse i hope .

Weston Super Mare was a great little ground & Somerset would always use it as a out Ground back yonder. Do you know it ? Its's Not far from the coast & not that big either . I remember seeing some really aggressive bowling by Joel Garner the sort of which you just don't see in todays County game . I was only a very young lad & don't even remember the opposition but i can clearly remember The Big Man delivering the ball at speeds i never thought were possible .

Given his height the ball was coming from around 7 n a half foot & his yorkers were on point . That's one of first memory of watching Cricket & it set the bar pretty high .
Forgive me for not getting excited by modern day "Fast" Bowlers .
881 wickets @ 18.53 . In first Class Cricket .
 
No I don't know WSM Brimz, only the beach. Fine beach it is too.

On the frightening fast bowler thing...two experiences spring to mind. First, seeing Jeff Thompson bowl at Northampton, sitting at mid-wicket as it were and NEVER once seeing the ball. Len Pascoe was doing the same from the other end.

Then many years later I was stewarding at Lords. Got to stand right behind the nets for morning practice. Syd Lawrence (remember?, the knee? OUCH) was bowling. There was a net stopping the ball from hitting me and I was scared with every delivery he put down. Kinda glad after that I'd never pushed myself to anything like that level. Scary.
 
I remember when i told you about bowling to ME Trescothick at Lansdown CC & you were a bit miffed when i revealed that i was bowling slow right arm . Well the main reason behind that was that we had a fine batch of Pace bowlers & some of them weren't getting in the team .
I was a all rounder in the loosest sense .
I had a decent pair of hands in the slips & could dig in with the bat coming in at 7 or 8 . You see there were better batsmen than me not getting a game & better bowlers. I could field well , bat without giving my wicket away and also send down a few overs in the middle of the game . I never got many wickets but was economical .
So what i'm saying is to get a game it was a case of being able to do everything pretty well & sacrifice yourself for the team .

What about you what were your attributes on the Field ?
 
I fancied myself as a batsman, went through a whole u/14 season without an average because I never got out (about 8 innings) but adults fancied me as a bowler. I really fancied batting (before I saw Jeff Thompson). And I think I've told you, I liked bowling bouncers. And could, from a young age. And I think I told you I was a sprinter? That's why I bowled fast.

Was shit in the slips myself to other fast bowlers, boy that ball comes quick even at 14/15/16, so they ended up sticking me in the covers coz I could run fast. Gave up at 16. Played again in mid 20's only to discover fielding was really hard work for 40 overs. Ran myself out 2 games running and never played since. :\

EDIT Derek Randall was my hero.
 
Haha
I last played properly at 17 . Then i was roped in to play for a work related team which was very important to the Boss of our office . I had bought myself a years contract with my performances playing for the football team .
This was only 2 n a half years on & it was like playing a different game , i managed to get through 2 matches but i had lost the discipline. Other than a Bit of beach Cricket in Sri Lanka haven't played since.
 
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