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Can you bat like this?
- Thread starter Hamilton
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That's tremendous batting, I like how tried EXACTLY the same shot on the second delivery.
I wish someone had filmed some of the games I've played in over the years, some of the VILLAGENESS would make for fine viewing. Just last season we came up against:
- A guy that came out to bat without pads
- An opener that when asked if he wanted to take guard said "what's a guard?"
- An opening bowler that kept his cap on even when the umpire (me) asked to hold on to it for the over
- A guy that batted about a foot inside his crease and wondered how he hit the wicket
Three of these were from the same team.
I wish someone had filmed some of the games I've played in over the years, some of the VILLAGENESS would make for fine viewing. Just last season we came up against:
- A guy that came out to bat without pads
- An opener that when asked if he wanted to take guard said "what's a guard?"
- An opening bowler that kept his cap on even when the umpire (me) asked to hold on to it for the over
- A guy that batted about a foot inside his crease and wondered how he hit the wicket
Three of these were from the same team.
Shropshire Seagull
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There is a bit of a clue - he's wearing a hockey goalie's helmet.
VILLAGE !
VILLAGE !
Pogue Mahone
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Brilliant.
And no, I can't bat like that. That takes years of practice, and an unbelievably high level of incompetence.
And he was the opening batsmen you say, Mellotron? Clearly this has to be a one off. He is fantastically shit.
Pogue Mahone
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Probably because they knew that he was shit. But to set that up, make it look that real, you'd have to know what you are doing. He didn't.
I meant a set up of the batsman. Looks like they set him up for a fall. Told him it would be easy then film the effort.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
I was runout first ball, non-facing opener, by a prune of a doctor who went for a quick run, having pulled off a shot like the first one.
Pogue Mahone
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Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
He gave me his spare cricket bat as he felt so awful about it. I tried to refuse, but he was insistent.
The Tendulkar sponsored bat scored me my first half century (after a 20 year wait), so I quickly got over it.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Yes, yes I can.
Pogue Mahone
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