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I suppose it would. I don't watch, I just play.
It is such a complicated game you wouldn't believe.
It's not just hit the ball over then net. Spiking is the best part of the game and the part of it i am best at. Spiking is so very crazy you wouldn't want to know. Have you ever stood in the centre of the court, three metres or less away from the net and had a ball plunder at your face through an open block? With a good spike it is going so fast you simply cannot see it.
It is actually quite similar to Cricket in a lot of ways.
I suppose it would. I don't watch, I just play.
It is such a complicated game you wouldn't believe.
It's not just hit the ball over then net. Spiking is the best part of the game and the part of it i am best at. Spiking is so very crazy you wouldn't want to know. Have you ever stood in the centre of the court, three metres or less away from the net and had a ball plunder at your face through an open block? With a good spike it is going so fast you simply cannot see it.
It is actually quite similar to Cricket in a lot of ways.
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My volleyball experience is limited to PE at high school where all we did was try and spike the ball at each other.
In cricket terms, the fastest bowling I've ever faced was probably a little bit under 130km/h, and I was feeling pretty awkward there.
My volleyball experience is limited to PE at high school where all we did was try and spike the ball at each other.
In cricket terms, the fastest bowling I've ever faced was probably a little bit under 130km/h, and I was feeling pretty awkward there.
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Well my volleyball experience at high school was a lot better, otherwise I wouldn't still be playing.
But anyway this is a Cricket forum.
Yeah that's about the fastest bowling I have faced. That was Nofke's bowling. Only played him once when he came back down grades for some reason or rather. He bowls about 135 km/h. Can go quicker but he seemed to be holding back.
He took six wickets that day. One of them was mine. Knocked my off stump clean out of the ground as I tried to leave it. But I did survive two overs from him so I'm happy, considering I was batting at 10 that day.
What's your most spectacular way of getting out?
Well my volleyball experience at high school was a lot better, otherwise I wouldn't still be playing.
But anyway this is a Cricket forum.
Yeah that's about the fastest bowling I have faced. That was Nofke's bowling. Only played him once when he came back down grades for some reason or rather. He bowls about 135 km/h. Can go quicker but he seemed to be holding back.
He took six wickets that day. One of them was mine. Knocked my off stump clean out of the ground as I tried to leave it. But I did survive two overs from him so I'm happy, considering I was batting at 10 that day.
What's your most spectacular way of getting out?
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Hmmm... I know the most irritating, but there are a few contenders:
We used to play 60-over one dayers (with two breaks), and it was a 3-hour drive to the ground as it was the furthest drive in the competition, which meant it was a 6am to 9pm day. We won the toss, I was batting at number three (not bowling). Anyway, the first wicket fell on the fifth ball of the over and I strolled in, did the whole routine, faced up, went on the back foot - plumb LBW. I spent the next 9 hours of the game with no involvement, as well as the team bus ripping into me for the 3-hour trip home.
It was a long day...
Hmmm... I know the most irritating, but there are a few contenders:
We used to play 60-over one dayers (with two breaks), and it was a 3-hour drive to the ground as it was the furthest drive in the competition, which meant it was a 6am to 9pm day. We won the toss, I was batting at number three (not bowling). Anyway, the first wicket fell on the fifth ball of the over and I strolled in, did the whole routine, faced up, went on the back foot - plumb LBW. I spent the next 9 hours of the game with no involvement, as well as the team bus ripping into me for the 3-hour trip home.
It was a long day...
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Now that is just harsh.
Well I remember one run out that happened to me. Got a bad call from the partner, had to really scurry down the bowlers end. The throw was coming from long on, so the bowler was standing just on the pitch on the same side as I was running, backing up the stumps. I was watching the ball, not the bowler, tried to swerve too late and ended up cleaning him up just as he took the ball. Unfortunately as I ran into him it pushed him forward onto the stumps, with his arms first, and I was deemed not in my crease as I lifted my bat off the ground as I too was stopped in my tracks. The funniest dismismissal I have ever heard of really. Pushing the bowler into the stumps with ball in hand. Pure comedy gold.
Then there was one run out of mine, coming straight off the back of Baseball season and my much improved and coached throw (Coming in at about 125 km/h in the field, just measured recently. Monster throw if I can say so myself, even scares me). From a fly slip position a ball was nudged to me and they attempted a quick single at the end of the game. I picked up, aimed and took fire at the batsman's end stumps. Ended up ripping leg and middle for the right hander out of the ground, with leg stump flying straight up, spinning, and through the running batsman's helmet grill. He needed stitches from the cut just under his eye. Most flukey of things to ever happen. The game was almost called off because of the amazement of everyone. Everyone just stood their staring. Very eerie. But I got the run out. I also got out for a golden duck.
I can't believe of the two strangest things to happen in cricket, I was part of both.
Now that is just harsh.
Well I remember one run out that happened to me. Got a bad call from the partner, had to really scurry down the bowlers end. The throw was coming from long on, so the bowler was standing just on the pitch on the same side as I was running, backing up the stumps. I was watching the ball, not the bowler, tried to swerve too late and ended up cleaning him up just as he took the ball. Unfortunately as I ran into him it pushed him forward onto the stumps, with his arms first, and I was deemed not in my crease as I lifted my bat off the ground as I too was stopped in my tracks. The funniest dismismissal I have ever heard of really. Pushing the bowler into the stumps with ball in hand. Pure comedy gold.
Then there was one run out of mine, coming straight off the back of Baseball season and my much improved and coached throw (Coming in at about 125 km/h in the field, just measured recently. Monster throw if I can say so myself, even scares me). From a fly slip position a ball was nudged to me and they attempted a quick single at the end of the game. I picked up, aimed and took fire at the batsman's end stumps. Ended up ripping leg and middle for the right hander out of the ground, with leg stump flying straight up, spinning, and through the running batsman's helmet grill. He needed stitches from the cut just under his eye. Most flukey of things to ever happen. The game was almost called off because of the amazement of everyone. Everyone just stood their staring. Very eerie. But I got the run out. I also got out for a golden duck.
I can't believe of the two strangest things to happen in cricket, I was part of both.
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Wow!
I remember as a young bloke playing 3rd XI cricket, we were just getting carted all over the park by these two blokes, both had made well over 50.
By this stage the captain had reached the conclusion that the game was gone, and started to give some blokes that didn't usually get a gig a go, so he gave the worst bowler in the club (by far) a bowl. Now this bloke struggled to hit the pitch consistently - and that's exactly what his first couple of balls delivered, and were dispatched accordingly.
Then the first ball of the over that was even directed properly came in, and on the second bounce bowled the bloke!
...At the end of the game we had a glance at the damage, the bloke had been bowled for 98!
Wow!
I remember as a young bloke playing 3rd XI cricket, we were just getting carted all over the park by these two blokes, both had made well over 50.
By this stage the captain had reached the conclusion that the game was gone, and started to give some blokes that didn't usually get a gig a go, so he gave the worst bowler in the club (by far) a bowl. Now this bloke struggled to hit the pitch consistently - and that's exactly what his first couple of balls delivered, and were dispatched accordingly.
Then the first ball of the over that was even directed properly came in, and on the second bounce bowled the bloke!
...At the end of the game we had a glance at the damage, the bloke had been bowled for 98!
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Tha would have pissed him of one would think.
Well a big score for me is a fifty. I have two of them.
My nervous nineties happen in my forties. I have gotten out on 49, to my count, 6 times.
Plus various other numbers in the 40s.
You are a batsman, are you not?
Tha would have pissed him of one would think.
Well a big score for me is a fifty. I have two of them.
My nervous nineties happen in my forties. I have gotten out on 49, to my count, 6 times.
Plus various other numbers in the 40s.
You are a batsman, are you not?
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If you keep hitting 6's all the time that can piss off any bowler.
The other thing that can hurt ya is when the ball hits you in particular places that you don't want to be hit.
If you keep hitting 6's all the time that can piss off any bowler.
The other thing that can hurt ya is when the ball hits you in particular places that you don't want to be hit.
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Well I can heap hitting sixes until I try to be outgoing and hit a four. That's when I get out.
And getting hit...there... off bowling isn't as bad as being hit at silly mid on off a full blooded and middled slog sweep. Damn that hurt...
Well I can heap hitting sixes until I try to be outgoing and hit a four. That's when I get out.
And getting hit...there... off bowling isn't as bad as being hit at silly mid on off a full blooded and middled slog sweep. Damn that hurt...
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Ouch!Boris;368725 said:
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Typical of cold case making fun of the situation.
When you have been playing have you ever had the ball hit you in the groin?
I ask this because I remember watching Glenn McGrath's final test at Melbourne and saw Glenn get hit in the nuts with the ball. (ouch). Because I know him so well he sent me a message at the end of the game telling me.
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Typical of cold case making fun of the situation.
When you have been playing have you ever had the ball hit you in the groin?
I ask this because I remember watching Glenn McGrath's final test at Melbourne and saw Glenn get hit in the nuts with the ball. (ouch). Because I know him so well he sent me a message at the end of the game telling me.
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Never been hit there. I strap them to the back of my knees. Just like Adam Gilchrist. Remember in the Adelaide test 3 years ago? He got hit and never flinched. I know it didn't hurt him because he rang me that night when I was on my yacht.
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Typical of cold case making fun of the situation.
When you have been playing have you ever had the ball hit you in the groin?
I ask this because I remember watching Glenn McGrath's final test at Melbourne and saw Glenn get hit in the nuts with the ball. (ouch). Because I know him so well he sent me a message at the end of the game telling me.
Never been hit there. I strap them to the back of my knees. Just like Adam Gilchrist. Remember in the Adelaide test 3 years ago? He got hit and never flinched. I know it didn't hurt him because he rang me that night when I was on my yacht.
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