The Cricket Thread

[Tredman]

My son has just started learning cricket at school so I thought I’d put the end of today’s match on to see if he got into it.

We’ve spent the past half an hour playing cricket in his room with a rolled up piece of tin foil and a mini baseball bat

All stars has just finished but if he likes cricket and is young enough definitely get him signed up for next season. It’s a really good way to get them enjoying cricket - plus it’s usually a Friday evening sat in the sun with a beer.

 

[The Bear]

Test match? With the ball bearing and operating the batsmen with a string?
Great game

I had that too. Great days. The little ball bearings were easy to lose though after a fiercely batted away 6.

 

[jd1981]

I had that too. Great days. The little ball bearings were easy to lose though after a fiercely batted away 6.

my dad went into ultimate competitive dad mode when we played that often bending the rules

 

[sycophantia]

All stars has just finished but if he likes cricket and is young enough definitely get him signed up for next season. It’s a really good way to get them enjoying cricket - plus it’s usually a Friday evening sat in the sun with a beer.

Granddaughter has done that the last 2 years, she really enjoys it, not sure she'll go any further but she has a great time, it's a good set up.

 

[Tredman]

Granddaughter has done that the last 2 years, she really enjoys it, not sure she'll go any further but she has a great time, it's a good set up.

Stafford, at least, has a very good girls set up - they have at least 10 to 15 training for their girls team. Only downside is they don’t get many games as there aren’t many other girls teams.

A few of the girls play in the U8s with my youngest too, good thing about cricket at that age is they all get chance to contribute.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

All stars has just finished but if he likes cricket and is young enough definitely get him signed up for next season. It’s a really good way to get them enjoying cricket - plus it’s usually a Friday evening sat in the sun with a beer.

He has football training on Friday evenings, plus he’s 10 so he’s too old for that by the looks of it.

Hopefully they keep offering cricket club after school once a week. I used to enjoy cricket when I was younger so it would be good for him to keep up his interest.

 

[Tredman]

He has football training on Friday evenings, plus he’s 10 so he’s too old for that by the looks of it.

Hopefully they keep offering cricket club after school once a week. I used to enjoy cricket when I was younger so it would be good for him to keep up his interest.

Ah shame - I’m always keen to get as many playing as possible as a lot of clubs are short. It’s possibly as youth football doesn’t seem to take a summer break any more?

 

[Mel Evo]

Ah shame - I’m always keen to get as many playing as possible as a lot of clubs are short. It’s possibly as youth football doesn’t seem to take a summer break any more?

Kids footy is a shocker for it. Play non stop start of Sep till the end of April (great), then demand all day tournaments on Saturdays and Sundays in June and July and bllcks to the summer games. All regardless of if the weather is acceptable for football too. It’s quantity not quality when it comes to training, and follows the general pattern of too much football full stop.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

My son’s U11s football team still has training twice a week throughout the summer.

He’s had to do a tournament too. The coach is obsessed with trying to get friendlies arranged. It’s like we’ve got nothing else to do with our summer.

 

[sycophantia]

The advantage has swung back and forth really well in this match, great fun.

 

[Squeak]

Test match? With the ball bearing and operating the batsmen with a string?
Great game

No, Subbuteo cricket is/was a different game to Test Match. It was a small plastic ball and you held the bat by your fingers. You had to flick the bowler to bowl.

Link here: https://subbuteocricket.com/box-sets/test-cricket/

 

[Wolftone]

Great furst hour from England. Archer and Stokes brilliant.
Could be a run out on the cards the way these two are batting. Cats on hot tin roofs

 

[jd1981]

All about getting one of these 2 out within the next 40 runs

 

[Sniffer]

Get in Woaksie!

 

[Squeak]

Wow...some session that. We were lamenting England's bowling attack but they've come through this morning. It's a performance that deserves a win.

 

[PuntsWolf]

I’ve watched about 2/3s of that session and missed every wicket. Missed that 30 min chaos and then stopped watching just before lunch. Hopefully cab get it done now without Jadeja spanking it round and Bumrah hitting a few lucky boundaries

 

[sycophantia]

I’ve watched about 2/3s of that session and missed every wicket. Missed that 30 min chaos and then stopped watching just before lunch. Hopefully cab get it done now without Jadeja spanking it round and Bumrah hitting a few lucky boundaries

Be interesting to see how Jadeja approaches it after lunch, caution to the wind or leave that till after Bumrah is out.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

That Washington Sundar interview from yesterday has aged well. Some cricketing Mark McGhee PR.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Be interesting to see how Jadeja approaches it after lunch, caution to the wind or leave that till after Bumrah is out.

Siraj has a top score of 16 and average under 5. He can’t wait till then.

 

[sycophantia]

Siraj has a top score of 16 and average under 5. He can’t wait till then.

Think Bumrah only has an average of about 6, so some fireworks after lunch.