Bloody Hell.....

Winkle Spinner wrote:I bowled possibly the best leg-break ever in the nets today. drifted in a touch towards middle, spun sharply and kicked viciously...

I did not know what drift was five years into watching Test cricket.

A fellow 'connoisseur' explained it thusly: It's the spin equivalent of swing.

Good times.

PearlJ wrote:I can bowl a bit of leg spin. Except I can only bowl googlies.

My coach said it was 'shit'.

Hey, stop plagiarising.









just in case someone thought I was being serious.

doremi wrote:

PearlJ wrote:I can bowl a bit of leg spin. Except I can only bowl googlies.

My coach said it was 'shit'.

Hey, stop plagiarising.









just in case someone thought I was being serious.

Apparently it's quite a common problem for young leggies. Only the rubbish ones though

Damned if I know how to bowl a googly at all. I can just about do it, but I have to almost dislocate my shoulder and it usually goes miles down leg of a Harmison magnitude.

PearlJ wrote:

doremi wrote:

PearlJ wrote:I can bowl a bit of leg spin. Except I can only bowl googlies.

My coach said it was 'shit'.

Hey, stop plagiarising.









just in case someone thought I was being serious.

Apparently it's quite a common problem for young leggies. Only the rubbish ones though

Funny now that you mention it, I could bowl googlies too.

Winkle Spinner wrote:Damned if I know how to bowl a googly at all. I can just about do it, but I have to almost dislocate my shoulder and it usually goes miles down leg of a Harmison magnitude.

Watch a Mushtaq Ahmed video, or even a recent Kumble video. Or you can do what I do and try to release the bowl while sticking out my little finger.

Stick my little finger out? I don't really see how that would work, but I'll give it a go. Thanks.

Stick your little finger out?

How's that supposed to help the googly? As far as I know, the little finger plays no role in any leg-spin deliveries.

Works for me.

So when the batsmen see ya sticking the little finger out, they know it's a googly? How nice of you.

You'll never make international doremi, give it up!

I can't turn the ball at all. Occasionally I might 'stick the little finger out' in the hope that the batsman might expect something different (ie other than a pie) ... so far no success.

Has anyone noticed whether Hogggyyy!!! sticks his tongue out further on the leggie or the googly, or which direction he sticks it out? Could be a clue to the keeper, or an attempt to baffle the batsman ...

furriner wrote:So when the batsmen see ya sticking the little finger out, they know it's a googly? How nice of you.

Then cut it off and bowl while imagining that it's sticking out.

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:

furriner wrote:So when the batsmen see ya sticking the little finger out, they know it's a googly? How nice of you.

Then cut it off and bowl while imagining that it's sticking out.

Ouch. Women are f*king crazy.

The finger, furry. I wasn't suggesting you cut anything else off . . .

(Yes, I am. Blame the drugs. [whinge] And the fact that I nearly lost half a finger in an industrial accident yesterday arvo. [/whinge]
Time to get out and see if I can drive as far as the local newsagent. I need my daily newspaper and crossword.)

I wasn't suggesting I cut anything else either , tailender.

Jeez, you almost lost half a finger? What do you do? Most important, are you ok? Take care.

Just making sure, furry. I seem to have a reputation as something of a man-hater and wouln't want you to get the wrong idea . . .

Sheer carelessness. Trying to stop something from jamming again and the finger got caught in the feed. Managed to yank it free before it got dragged in too far, so it's not as bad as it would have been if it had been grabbed further down. Just some stitches, and a soon-to-be-missing fingernail, and a fracture, and a day off work followed by two weeks of light duties. Going to be bloody boring at work until I can use the hand properly again, but.
The lengths to which we working class people have to go just to get some time off . . .

Social Finger? ...Get well soon , tails ...


PS
Reminds me of the joke about the guy who fired from the Pickle Factory for putting his penis in the pickle slicer ...

Actually, I was very antisocial until the doc strapped another finger to it to support the fracture.

Thanks. I'll survive (largely due to the painkillers.)
And I also warn everyone here very strongly against ever doing anything that may necessitate needles in a finger. He had to inject the anaesthetic in three separate places around the middle joint of that finger, and that experience was more painful than all the rest of it put together.

Explains why Trev is now after another job, doesn't it?

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:It's rainy and grey in England and it's supposed to be summer. Makes you want to kill yourself really.

I'll just about to leave for 3 days worth of golf; so it's starts hosing down.

Winkle Spinner wrote:Damned if I know how to bowl a googly at all. I can just about do it, but I have to almost dislocate my shoulder and it usually goes miles down leg of a Harmison magnitude.

Start with practising the release only with a tennis ball while you are sitting around at home. Then move on to the last part of the arm swing (moving the arm from 9 o'clock position through to the top) + release. You'll know when it's time to move on from there. Good luck with it.

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:The finger, furry. I wasn't suggesting you cut anything else off . . .

(Yes, I am. Blame the drugs. [whinge] And the fact that I nearly lost half a finger in an industrial accident yesterday arvo. [/whinge]

Is that how you describe Jackboy these days?

So you find mangled flesh, broken bones and pain funny, Vicky?

freddled gruntbuggly wrote:So you find mangled flesh, broken bones and pain funny, Vicky?

Ever laughed at an episode of "Funniest Home Videos" ...It's always funny when it's someone else ...

No, on the few occasions I saw bits if it, I found it silly and cruel rather than amusing.
And, as the last dose of painkillers has worn off and I'm not due another for an hour, my sense of humour is currently on holiday.

"my sense of humour is currently on holiday."

We couldn't tell ...