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Yeah, just read that too.
clogs
Sapling
just read this mornig that c/bats made from Bamboo are stronger and harder hitting than Ash......
what ever next.....hahaha....
what ever next.....hahaha....
Another example of china taking over the world.
Mike G
Petrified Pine
clogs":gt4oqalb said:
Ash? :shock: They're made of cricket bat willow. Stumps are made of ash.
At the moment, bamboo would be against the laws of cricket. Only wood is allowed for the blade (Law 5.3.2), and bamboo isn't wood. I can't see them changing that to allow bamboo, because another important law (5.5.1) is that the blade can't be hard enough to damage the ball*. We don't need any more changes affecting the balance between bat and ball, which in the last few years has tilted dangerously in favour of the batsmen.
*This was brought in after Dennis Lillee tried using an aluminium bat in a first class match.
Alf
Sapling
Clogs was probably confusing cricket with baseball. These days it's a very easy to mistake the two.
Phil Pascoe
Old Oak
Alf":xx2ls1bg said:
:lol: Both equally boring.
Mike G":2f7e87gu said:
Indeed but the drama and tensions of a finely contested test match cannot be beaten in any sport. Test cricket is another one of those things that defines Britain as being different. I only hope that in the ever increasing rush to have everything done so quickly that test cricket will survive.
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I used to enjoy going to Lords and the Oval when I was at PW, for corporate entertaining or even just a day. It spoilt it for me when coloured kit began to appear.
No 1 offspring was very keen on cricket. When he was at prep school I remember him spending hours "knocking in" bats with a special mallet that I still have. Currently in Netherlands at Uni where there is no cricket culture at all really. Never seen baseball live.
Not a fan of bamboo for chopping boards either.
No 1 offspring was very keen on cricket. When he was at prep school I remember him spending hours "knocking in" bats with a special mallet that I still have. Currently in Netherlands at Uni where there is no cricket culture at all really. Never seen baseball live.
Not a fan of bamboo for chopping boards either.
Alf
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Andyp":12fi72bp said:
Yes, I'm a Test only viewer myself these days. Although I have fond memories of BBC2 on summer evenings with a Benson & Hedges cup game hopelessly over-running (as usual) into a nail-biting finish and pleading with my folks not to turn over to the news.
I don’t know, the pyjama game has its moments. Some Lord's finals for example. Test is still best though.
How can anyone not like a sport where you can play for five days and not get a result. And still stop for luncheon and tea.
Done many corporates at Lords, Headingly and Durham. But my favourite (and one I never did as a expenses beano) is Trent Bridge where I was a member for many years. 2005 Ashes. Athers vs Donald. &c. There for all of them.
Overseas grounds: probably Adelaide. MCG is impressive though. I was down to go to India earlier this year and had cunningly managed to tack myself onto my partner’s business trip, and even had the matches I would go to mapped out. Well that didn’t happen. Still, better than a friend of mine who was just about to fly out to Sri Lanka for the England tests before it was all called off. It had taken him about 20 years to get consent from his wife (French, you see) to go on a tour. Poor chap; ended up having to run some covid vaccine lab in Glasgow instead. No real substitute.
Oh, and AJB, the Netherlands has quite a strong cricket team. ODI of course. They will be playing Scotland soon, and then Ireland.
How can anyone not like a sport where you can play for five days and not get a result. And still stop for luncheon and tea.
Done many corporates at Lords, Headingly and Durham. But my favourite (and one I never did as a expenses beano) is Trent Bridge where I was a member for many years. 2005 Ashes. Athers vs Donald. &c. There for all of them.
Overseas grounds: probably Adelaide. MCG is impressive though. I was down to go to India earlier this year and had cunningly managed to tack myself onto my partner’s business trip, and even had the matches I would go to mapped out. Well that didn’t happen. Still, better than a friend of mine who was just about to fly out to Sri Lanka for the England tests before it was all called off. It had taken him about 20 years to get consent from his wife (French, you see) to go on a tour. Poor chap; ended up having to run some covid vaccine lab in Glasgow instead. No real substitute.
Oh, and AJB, the Netherlands has quite a strong cricket team. ODI of course. They will be playing Scotland soon, and then Ireland.
On the subject of strange cricket bats my wife has a blue bat that was given to her parents (deceased) in the 70's by Graham Roope. He drank in their pub and they help organise events for his testimonial, I'm led to believe. The bat certainly looks used but the tiny snippets of info I can find online about it suggest it was outlawed before he got to use any of his blue bats. This is of course long before white ball cricket was invented. I guess he may have used it in exhibition matches and the like, but has never been used since given to them. We obviously have a few cricket fans on here as well as well as someone who might have actually played against Graham so I'd be interested to hear if anyone has any more info on the blue bats (Slazenger would have given him a bag full) Graham tried to use.
The very faded writing reads "To Anne and Ashley, Very Best Wishes, Graham Roope"
Some info here
https://www.cricketstoreonline.com/blog ... ts-part-3/
Regards
Mark
The very faded writing reads "To Anne and Ashley, Very Best Wishes, Graham Roope"
Some info here
https://www.cricketstoreonline.com/blog ... ts-part-3/
Regards
Mark
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NickM
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I like listening to cricket on the radio. I much prefer it to watching it on the TV because I can get on with other things at the same time (be it mowing the lawn or in the workshop) and don't feel I'm wasting time. Test cricket is my favourite, although I'll listen to anything to be honest. I've actually been enjoying the county championship commentaries this year. It's great that you get live commentary of all of the games.
I would like to watch more live matches. I've been to a few matches here and there for corporate entertainment (including one of the middle days of the 2005 Oval ashes test) but my job doesn't generally give me enough time to do it. I'm hoping to have more time on my hands next Summer (early retirement...) and I might try to watch the odd day of country cricket here and there (probably down in Southampton).
I would like to watch more live matches. I've been to a few matches here and there for corporate entertainment (including one of the middle days of the 2005 Oval ashes test) but my job doesn't generally give me enough time to do it. I'm hoping to have more time on my hands next Summer (early retirement...) and I might try to watch the odd day of country cricket here and there (probably down in Southampton).
The end of the world will surely follow if TMS is ever taken off air.
Oh, and my wife is french and she enjoys cricket as much as I do.
It is actually very popular in one part of France. In New Caledonia it is very popular, played mostly by women.
Oh, and my wife is french and she enjoys cricket as much as I do.
It is actually very popular in one part of France. In New Caledonia it is very popular, played mostly by women.
I like all forms, but there is something special about a day spent drinking in the sunshine, and drinking, in the sunshine, at a test. One of my favourites was v Windies in 1995. Dominic Cork got a hat trick in the opening over while we were still chugging down a full cool box of bottled beers we had brought (didn't realise beforehand you couldn't bring bottles) so we missed it!!! :shock:
Jack Russell finished off the day and we all piled onto the pitch to celebrate. Great day.
Jack Russell finished off the day and we all piled onto the pitch to celebrate. Great day.
Fastest ball I ever faced was bowled at over 140kph by my daughter.
NickM
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Andyp":2waca92l said:
Nice! I'm looking forward to Mike's critique of your batting technique...
Never been a fan of cricket personally although I am sure it is my loss. That boat just sailed in a different shipping lane to mine. I have, as an outsider, on occasion, envied a mate who enjoyed cricket though. Not sure why really.
However, I have been to Lords many times and I've seen it from a fairly unique perspective although, of course never on a match day.
I used to clean the pressbox by rope access (abseiling to most of you). One of the more interesting jobs.
We used to wear sunglasses otherwise you had to lie down for a few days after with 'snowblindness'.
However, I have been to Lords many times and I've seen it from a fairly unique perspective although, of course never on a match day.
I used to clean the pressbox by rope access (abseiling to most of you). One of the more interesting jobs.
We used to wear sunglasses otherwise you had to lie down for a few days after with 'snowblindness'.
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I was having a look at bats on line last night. Turns out that willow comes in numerous different grades and a test match quality professional bat, using the best materials costs about £1,000. The blades look a lot more sculpted now than the bats I played with years ago.
Gill
Nordic Pine
Gill":10hp7vln said:I often photograph my local cricket club in action. I don't think the material used to make bats would make much difference to them. They hardly ever use the bats anyway.
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That's very much my trademark shot. Had the same bat for twenty years and it hasn't got a red mark on it.
Oh, and The Bear, I can scan Roope's obit from Wisden 2007 for you if you don't have it already. Doesn't mention blue bats though.
NickM
Old Oak
When I was at uni and in the rifle shooting team, we used to play a fun cricket match against a rival university team. Around that time white ball cricket shots were just starting to get a bit more extravagant - e.g. reverse sweeps and that sort of thing. One of the chaps in the opposition team absolutely cracked me up when he unleashed his "reverse forward defensive". It's a sight to behold and has no practical application whatsoever but it still makes me laugh.
Alf
Sapling
Gill":2objgf7d said:
Which immediately put me in mind of a Matt cartoon from last summer when club cricket was still verboten:
Mike G
Petrified Pine
NickM":o5qz7nor said:
Fun fact. Greg Chappell was out reverse sweeping a NZ seamer in a Test match in the early 1970s. The shot has been around for donkey's years. I played one in a Sunday League match in 1984, and Gower wandered down to my end to remind me that it was my wedding the following weekend and that I'd look pretty silly in the photos if I didn't have any teeth. No helmet in those days...