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International Rules Football It would be remiss of me not to point out that Ireland beat Australia today in the first test of this years International Rules series. At one stage we were 17 points ahead, but remarkably we ended up winning by a single point! 45-44! There's a report HERE on our...

Cricinfo "Minute" Does anyone ever listen to this daily news report? Is it just me or is the minute getting longer ... today's one clocked in at 1 minute 57 seconds. Perhaps a re-branding is in order? :D

Laying a mat I suppose an artificial pitch falls vaguely under the heading of "Equipment"? Though if one of the mods can think of somewhere more appropriate please feel free to move. So, does anyone know what is the best way to lay a mat? We got a lad in to do ours at the start of last...

Leg side shots You've probably seen this diagram before on the BBC website, but I'm a bit confused about some of the shots they're suggesting, especially on the leg side. Firstly, where does the leg glance come into it? Is it in the "Forcing shot section". And also, can you really play a...

Swimming I went swimming last week for the first time in years and I really enjoyed it. Would swimming lengths be beneficial to cricket, other than in terms of improving general fitness. Or would I be wasting time that could be better spent bowling or doing interval training? Actually I...

fielding practice bat I saw a group of Senior players before a match practicing their fielding, with the coach knocking the ball out to them with a short heavy bat. It had a full handle but the blade was only about a foot long and it looked like it was covered in rubber or something. Has...

Is this core training?? What is going on here - King Cricket Is this some form of core training?

Whose call? Quick question about running between the wickets: it's clear enough that it's the strikers call when it's hit in front of him and the non-striker when it goes behind - but whose call is it for a 2nd run when the ball is "between" the two sets of stumps? Ordinarily, it is whoever is...

Setting a field How do you guys decide where to put your fielders when you come on to bowl? I am assuming that it is a case of setting a standard ring field and then tweaking it for where the ball normally goes off you. This is something I am just starting to think about now, as I'm still...

Turning down singles I just want to gauge how people feel about the following - it's been causing a bit of a stir on my club's site. At the weekend, our 2nds (about 7 divisions from highest) needed 3 to win with 4 wickets in hand and ~6 overs left. The batsman on strike would be one of the...

Edladd's Blog As the Blog space on Simply Cricket is being replaced with a forum-type interface, I've set up a blog on blogspot.com, just to have somewhere to keep an archive of my posts while updating the forum version on SimplyCricket. I reckon a blog layout will be easier to look back on...

Warming up for a spell I had my first game of the season at the weekend, but unfortunately it was waaay too cold for the gear I was wearing. Consequently, when I get a chance to bowl I was stiff and so anything that wasn't wide was too slow :( In my 2nd over, I was much better - but it...

LBW This probably isn't the right place to ask this but... In club games round here it's common for the batting team to provide the umpires during their innings, which can cause some hassle you can imagine!! One of the biggest bones of contention comes from guys giving their teammates out LBW...

Problem with squat type exercises Hi all, Recently when I've been exercising I've noticed that my knees do something funny. Basically when I bend them to around 90+ degrees something from my upper leg sort of "pops over" something from the lower leg part of the joint. This happens at the back...