2016/17 Summer of Cricket

[hineyrulz]

The Kiwis were dreadful but good to see Cummins show some form.

 

[Twizzle]

yep, that was an arse whooping

 

[84 Baby]

Nah just shortish cover. Dived left, the ball took a kick back towards me and up off a line marking and smacked me in the face.

Honestly that just sounds like shit fielding

 

[2 weeks]

Last night we were Winx and they were Hartnell.

 

[Bazal]

Honestly that just sounds like shit fielding

Sounds like a shit opinion, tbh

 

[Bazal]

The Kiwis were dreadful but good to see Cummins show some form.

Their bowlers played like they were angry at the batsmen or something...."Chase this ya pack of mongrels..."

 

[Suitman]

Sounds like a shit opinion, tbh

I've been curious myself Baz, and I'm serious here.
How does a pit of paint on some grass cause a ball to kick up?

 

[Bazal]

Because it wasn't painted. Most of the council grounds have the lines permanently marked in the grass. Not sure how they do it, but I'm sure you've seen it around. Some of the grounds that they keep a bit more lush there can be 2-3cm between the bottom of the marking and the level of the grass. Those ones aren't actually so bad because they're soft, but once the weather heats up and bakes some of the grounds dry fielding anywhere in the circle can be a nightmare.

It's pretty shitty. Still, you're usually ok but I dive around like a spaz, hard to get out of the way

 

[Suitman]

Because it wasn't painted. Most of the council grounds have the lines permanently marked in the grass. Not sure how they do it, but I'm sure you've seen it around. Some of the grounds that they keep a bit more lush there can be 2-3cm between the bottom of the marking and the level of the grass. Those ones aren't actually so bad because they're soft, but once the weather heats up and bakes some of the grounds dry fielding anywhere in the circle can be a nightmare.

It's pretty shitty. Still, you're usually ok but I dive around like a spaz, hard to get out of the way

lol.

Yep you're right.
I've seen fields where the line markings are an inch below the actual turf, It's almost as if they churn the grass out.
I can see where you are coming from now.
Cheers. Hope the injury heals quickly.

 

[emjaycee]

From memory councils used to 'burn' the lines with some type of acid... not sure if they still do.

Edit: Just found this:

For many years ground staff did not have much choice of how the lines were made. Lines were frequently burnt into position with oils, herbicides and corrosive powders such as lime...


Early marking materials did not have the ability to last long, they all suffered from weatherability and line definition issues.being easily washed out during rain. To overcome this problem some groundstaff resorted to adding weed killers or substituting white line marking materials with creosote. The use of these materials generally killed off the grass, and between the 1960's and 1980s' was an accepted practice.

Source: https://www.pitchcare.com.au/magazine/sports-line-marking-technology.html

Killing off the grass would definitely give a raised edge to the grass either side of the line.

 

[strider]

And ive seen many places where they put dozens of thick lines ontop of eachother and after a while youmend up with the line half an inch above the grass

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

And ive seen many places where they put dozens of thick lines ontop of eachother and after a while youmend up with the line half an inch above the grass

They're the ones I was thinking of from my younger days. They're raised and very hard. I don't think it's just paint.

 

[strider]

They're the ones I was thinking of from my younger days. They're raised and very hard. I don't think it's just paint.

I think they were lime

 

[Bazal]

Yeah they used to use lime but it's been banned for a while. Some pretty graphic example of why can be found floating around the net....

Cheers Suity, it's nothing major. Hairline fracture, won't stop me playing this weekend. Although the opposition skipper has got me out 3/3 times for a total of about 9 runs, so maybe it should!

 

[Suitman]

Yeah they used to use lime but it's been banned for a while. Some pretty graphic example of why can be found floating around the net....

Cheers Suity, it's nothing major. Hairline fracture, won't stop me playing this weekend. Although the opposition skipper has got me out 3/3 times for a total of about 9 runs, so maybe it should!

Mate, tear him a new arsehole. It's YOUR time.
Glad to hear that you'll be playing.
Thanks for the explanation.

 

[Twizzle]

might be worth wearing a lid this weekend Baz

 

[strider]

The only deep cover fieldsman in the world wearing a helmet

 

[hineyrulz]

And when you bowl Baz you should wear a helmet, just like Heals says.

 

[Twizzle]

I dont even wear one when I'm batting, only ever got hit in the head once and got 4 byes

 

[Bazal]

And when you bowl Baz you should wear a helmet, just like Heals says.

I was thinking a Ryan Campbell face mask for bowling tbh....

I dont even wear one when I'm batting, only ever got hit in the head once and got 4 byes

I always wear one when I'm batting, but mostly because I'm not very strong on the pull shot and I feel like I'm always a chance of top edging it into my own face