Cricketing confessions

[the big bambino]

My mate and I once played for our school's old boys team. At 19 we were the youngest amongst men. Our captain always batted us at 10 and 11 fielded us in the deep and had us umpiring all the time. We sucked it up for a while then plotted to give the bastard out as quickly as we could.

 

[Daemon]

Gonna admit I want Amir to get back into cricket like right now.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I have more than a passing regard for Darrell Hair, both as a decision maker and as a man of principle.

 

[GIMH]

I refused to walk in a game of backyard cricket after being clean bowled

Later the same evening my missus hit me for a few runs so I decided to try and bowl a bouncer at her. She had a bruise on her shin the next day.

 

[zaremba]

In the spirit of the OP, and with a blush of shame...

I think Mark Nicholas is a really good writer

But I can't bear to write the above without reiterating that as a commentator, he's terrible, awful, and hideous. As someone once said (and I know I've posted this before), he is "laminated in a veneer of self-regard".

 

[Bahnz]

In the spirit of the OP, and with a blush of shame...

I think Mark Nicholas is a really good writer

But I can't bear to write the above without reiterating that as a commentator, he's terrible, awful, and hideous. As someone once said (and I know I've posted this before), he is "laminated in a veneer of self-regard".

Agree 100%. A pompous, shameless, brown-nosing ****, for whom everything is "special" or "massive". As one dimensional a commentator as Bill or Tony, without the likeability of either.

 

[ajdude]

i have adam crosthwaite's signature

 

[Jono]

sometimes i appeal even though i know its going down leg :o

I am the only one from my club who takes shower after training in the nets.

Sometimes I don't watch a match, and then tell people what happened based on what I read about it on cw.

 

[hendrix]

Always bowl at least 8 deliveries an over and keep saying I have one more left.

yes, I always do this.

I've set him up so brilliantly, the next ball will definitely get him out.

 

[BeeGee]

Always bowl at least 8 deliveries an over and keep saying I have one more left.

How do you get away with it? Can the umpire not count?

 

[Daemon]

I assume he's talking about gully cricket. Nobody bothers with umpires, unless it's a proper tape ball match.

 

[uvelocity]

forgive me cw for i have sinned. yesterday i coveted warne's ball of the century

 

[Goughy]

Not a cricket confession but a mate and I both played for our town's Rugby League U13 rep team when we were 14 and we still got hammered when we went to places like Wigan, Widnes and Hull.

 

[Maximas]

1. I'm Australian and except for the ashes I always support the other team - I've been doing this since 2005 (aged 10).
2. 2 years ago I was playing terribly, was about to give up the game. Then first ball I nicked it behind, everyone went up, umpire said not out, I made 25 no (we lost) but my interest in cricket was revitalized and I now love the game more than ever.
3. I love spin bowling so much, that I always hope the seamers get smashed and taken off when I'm watching cricket.

 

[thierry henry]

Once when I was about 14 I took a good catch in the outfield, then looked down and realised I was standing over the boundary. While standing completely still (must've been obvious I had either safely completed the catch or was already over the line) I lamely lobbed it back inside the boundary (not having the presence of mind to do it in a way that I could run back in and catch) and the batsmen took 1 run.

Out of what I suppose was a combination of embarrassment and annoyance at not being rewarded for my catch, I claimed that I hadn't gone over the line and the batsman was only given 1 run.

 

[Daemon]

Reading the Ramdin thread you'd think the thought of doing such things would never cross CWers minds

 

[uvelocity]

nah **** even i played indoor cricket last night (used to play heaps but just fill in now) we were smashing them so when old mate wandered out of his crease thinking it was over i knocked the bails off but withdrew my appeal straight away. #fairplay

 

[Howe_zat]

I still think "Ramdin" is a dirty-sounding name