Super Thread LXXV: Remembering forgotten memories

[muzby]

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I thought getting pumped by 304 from 50 overs last game was bad...

Opposition scored 7/359 today.

 

[Bazal]

I thought getting pumped by 304 from 50 overs last game was bad...

Opposition scored 7/359 today.

Ouch....

We only got 175. f**king lefty opening bowler was 1/4 after 6 overs. And I got out for 44 off like 30 balls with 9 balls left in the innings. And we dropped five catches and had three absolutely dead LBW decisions turned down. And we lost by 4 wickets...

Frustrating day for skipper Baz.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I can only dream of hitting 44 in one inning.

 

[Bazal]

I can only dream of hitting 44 in one inning.

Over the top bro. Over the top

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Over the top bro. Over the top

I’ll give it a crack, our season is already over anyway.

 

[Twizzle]

there's more room in the air

 

[Bazal]

there's more room in the air

Exactly. Can't put a fielder 50m over covers head

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I'm going to do the right thing and blame my cricket bat.

 

[Bazal]

I'm going to do the right thing and blame my cricket bat.

Pffft. I hit a six with a 1970s Gray Nic Scoop that hadn't been oiled since about 1983.

You just stink.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Pffft. I hit a six with a 1970s Gray Nic Scoop that hadn't been oiled since about 1983.

You just stink.

This I am brutally aware of. Also playing 3-4 grades above my talent does not help.

 

[Bazal]

This I am brutally aware of. Also playing 3-4 grades above my talent does not help.

Yeah I have a similar problem. Which is why I just swing. Might get a duck, might get 50. But if I'm good at T20 (and surprisingly I am, average 40 at 145) I might as well play the same way in 50 over cricket....

You should play LMS. Some people do just swing and profit from the fact there's fewer fielders but a lot fail. I found it really helped me work out my game a lot more. Less pressure to hang around, being T20, meant I could play more instinctively and start playing the field using my strengths...and I don't care how many fielders you have, if I can hit the ball 130m over cover and point they aren't going to matter.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Yeah I have a similar problem. Which is why I just swing. Might get a duck, might get 50. But if I'm good at T20 (and surprisingly I am, average 40 at 145) I might as well play the same way in 50 over cricket....

You should play LMS. Some people do just swing and profit from the fact there's fewer fielders but a lot fail. I found it really helped me work out my game a lot more. Less pressure to hang around, being T20, meant I could play more instinctively and start playing the field using my strengths...and I don't care how many fielders you have, if I can hit the ball 130m over cover and point they aren't going to matter.

Yeah that’s my plan going forward. Just put one foot forward and swing.

 

[Bazal]

Normally pretty safe getting after width so long as you really go after it IMO. Generally in park cricket you'll get away with it.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Morning, Monday’s are stupid...

 

[Bazal]

Lol my new GP is a Pakistani bloke, great dude and a cricket tragic. Saw him to get a referral for an arthrogram on my busted shoulder and he was giving me shit for not making the half century mark in the weekend...

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Evening

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Evening

What?

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Yup, deal with it.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Afternoon