Tell us your funniest cricketing story...
You always hear the old blokes talk about funny stories that take place on the cricketing field. Some are about dirty tactics, some are acts of brilliance and some are just ironic or "million to one" chances.
Tell us your cricket tale, along with the league it happened in.
I've got a couple... One time there was this match in Ballarat where a father and son were playing on the one team. The son was umpiring at the time while the dad was batting. Anyway, the dad got hit on the pads and the opposition went up and so did the sons finger. Gave him out and the dad was livid! Late on in the innings, the son was still umpiring and one of the batsmen went out. Realising he was batting in a wickets time, he ran off the field to get ready. As he was gathering his helmet, the cry of “catch it!.. yeah!!” was heard from the field. The bowler was on a hat-trick and the boy was in. As he strolled out to the crease, he noticed his dad was umpiring and as he walked past, gave his son a deathly grin. The son took middle, faced up, the bowler came in, struck the son on the pad outside the line and going past leg. Before the bowler could turn around to appeal, the dad’s finger was already up. The bowler got his hat-trick, the son got a duck and the dad got his revenge.
Another quick one, there was this bowler in Geelong who was that sharp and lethal that one match, he conceded six leg byes. The ground was a smallish size for starters but the bowler chucked in a short pitched delivery, skimmed off the batsman’s helmet and went flying over the boundary for six leg byes.
Please feel free to tell us yours stories!
You always hear the old blokes talk about funny stories that take place on the cricketing field. Some are about dirty tactics, some are acts of brilliance and some are just ironic or "million to one" chances.
Tell us your cricket tale, along with the league it happened in.
I've got a couple... One time there was this match in Ballarat where a father and son were playing on the one team. The son was umpiring at the time while the dad was batting. Anyway, the dad got hit on the pads and the opposition went up and so did the sons finger. Gave him out and the dad was livid! Late on in the innings, the son was still umpiring and one of the batsmen went out. Realising he was batting in a wickets time, he ran off the field to get ready. As he was gathering his helmet, the cry of “catch it!.. yeah!!” was heard from the field. The bowler was on a hat-trick and the boy was in. As he strolled out to the crease, he noticed his dad was umpiring and as he walked past, gave his son a deathly grin. The son took middle, faced up, the bowler came in, struck the son on the pad outside the line and going past leg. Before the bowler could turn around to appeal, the dad’s finger was already up. The bowler got his hat-trick, the son got a duck and the dad got his revenge.
Another quick one, there was this bowler in Geelong who was that sharp and lethal that one match, he conceded six leg byes. The ground was a smallish size for starters but the bowler chucked in a short pitched delivery, skimmed off the batsman’s helmet and went flying over the boundary for six leg byes.
Please feel free to tell us yours stories!
