I once got hit in the head with a cricket bat. This guy was sort of playing hockey with the cricket ball and I stooped down to pick it up and he whacked me just above the eye socket.
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Being a wicket keeper was an occupational hazard for me, every time you mis-timed a catch behind the stumps it was a weeks pain. Great times.
Once lost got smacked in the face while fielding too close. Never been afraid to face any fast bowler, we used to play without pads or anything in our colony about 5-6 years back and I don't mean with tennis ball.
crappycraperson said:
There are no really fast bowlers in India.
Slabber said:
Very true.
Well, Medium fastSlabber said:
Are they using that spazzy system of referring all decisions to the third umpire in these tests?
this isn't going to be the official series thread is it?
stick to tradition, i say! i'll start the overall thread that will be mocked and jeered at for being jinxed and then...was it Nate? will start each individual test thread!
the game is afoot!
stick to tradition, i say! i'll start the overall thread that will be mocked and jeered at for being jinxed and then...was it Nate? will start each individual test thread!
the game is afoot!
wtf is going on in this tour match now ,were 40-5,flintoff and jones in bat.
jones out ffs 44-6.cometh the hour,cometh the gilo.
Matthew Hoggard spared England's blushes with an inspired new ball spell on the opening day of their Test warm-up against Pakistan A in Lahore.
The Yorkshireman took 4-32 to send the home side tumbling to 58-5 in reply to England's paltry total of 126.
The tourists could well have been out for 100 but for a stand of 34 between Shaun Udal (23) and Ashley Giles (21).
Andrew Flintoff managed only nine in his first innings of the tour as paceman Mohammad Asif claimed 7-62.
Michael Vaughan's 17 was the only double figure score from the top order as England tumbled to 76-7 at lunch in a repeat of the form they showed when bowled out for 112 in the previous game against a Patron's XI.
They opted for a likely Test XI, with Collingwood and Udal preferred to Ian Bell and James Anderson.
But the top order was blown away after Shahid Nazir made the initial breakthrough by having Andrew Strauss caught at third slip for five.
Vaughan was dropped on nought by Taufeeq Umar before Marcus Trescothick was bowled for eight by an inswinging delivery from Asif which knocked out middle and off stumps.
The scoreboard tells a sorry tale as Flintoff is dismissed
It quickly became a procession as Kevin Pietersen attempted a flamboyant drive without taking time to adjust to conditions, departing for four, and Vaughan followed in similar fashion.
Collingwood and Jones only lasted four balls each - Collingwood caught behind as he tried to cut and Jones bowled by Asif, who picked up his fifth wicket when Flintoff's checked drive was taken by Arshad Khan at mid-on.
It could have been even worse as Giles swung the bat at a ball from Mohammad Khalil, but keeper Amin-**-Rehman was unable to hang on to a low chance to his right.
He and Udal stayed together for 52 minutes either side of lunch before Khalil produced a good ball to hit Giles' off stump.
Taufeeq then took a juggling catch after Udal tried unsuccessfully to force the ball away off the back foot and Asif, who played a Test in Australia in January, wrapped things up with the wicket of Steve Harmison for a bright and breezy 18 off 14 balls.
Hoggard was left unbeaten on 11, but bowling then became his main order of business as England sought to retrieve an embarrassing position.
He took a return catch to remove Taufeeq for six and then had Faisal caught behind by Jones for a second ball duck.
Shahid Yousuf was next to go, bowled for 10, and opener Imran Farhat's aggressive start was cut short on 23 when Hoggard won an lbw decision. Steve Harmison was expensive at the other end, conceding 26 from five overs, but the introduction of Durham team-mate Collingwood paid off when he bowled Mansoor Amjad for seven wth the final ball before tea.
The Yorkshireman took 4-32 to send the home side tumbling to 58-5 in reply to England's paltry total of 126.
The tourists could well have been out for 100 but for a stand of 34 between Shaun Udal (23) and Ashley Giles (21).
Andrew Flintoff managed only nine in his first innings of the tour as paceman Mohammad Asif claimed 7-62.
Michael Vaughan's 17 was the only double figure score from the top order as England tumbled to 76-7 at lunch in a repeat of the form they showed when bowled out for 112 in the previous game against a Patron's XI.
They opted for a likely Test XI, with Collingwood and Udal preferred to Ian Bell and James Anderson.
But the top order was blown away after Shahid Nazir made the initial breakthrough by having Andrew Strauss caught at third slip for five.
Vaughan was dropped on nought by Taufeeq Umar before Marcus Trescothick was bowled for eight by an inswinging delivery from Asif which knocked out middle and off stumps.
It quickly became a procession as Kevin Pietersen attempted a flamboyant drive without taking time to adjust to conditions, departing for four, and Vaughan followed in similar fashion.
Collingwood and Jones only lasted four balls each - Collingwood caught behind as he tried to cut and Jones bowled by Asif, who picked up his fifth wicket when Flintoff's checked drive was taken by Arshad Khan at mid-on.
It could have been even worse as Giles swung the bat at a ball from Mohammad Khalil, but keeper Amin-**-Rehman was unable to hang on to a low chance to his right.
He and Udal stayed together for 52 minutes either side of lunch before Khalil produced a good ball to hit Giles' off stump.
Taufeeq then took a juggling catch after Udal tried unsuccessfully to force the ball away off the back foot and Asif, who played a Test in Australia in January, wrapped things up with the wicket of Steve Harmison for a bright and breezy 18 off 14 balls.
Hoggard was left unbeaten on 11, but bowling then became his main order of business as England sought to retrieve an embarrassing position.
He took a return catch to remove Taufeeq for six and then had Faisal caught behind by Jones for a second ball duck.
Shahid Yousuf was next to go, bowled for 10, and opener Imran Farhat's aggressive start was cut short on 23 when Hoggard won an lbw decision. Steve Harmison was expensive at the other end, conceding 26 from five overs, but the introduction of Durham team-mate Collingwood paid off when he bowled Mansoor Amjad for seven wth the final ball before tea.
Feckin hell, what kind of pitches are you lot playing on?
Both matches have been low scoring ones.
Both matches have been low scoring ones.
Those cheating Pakistanis have deliberately prepared poor pitches so that England get little batting practice.
Slabber said:
Slabber said:
At least the bowlers will feel good about themselves.