Oh I do love cricket

good job they're two different people then. Imagine being a bald groper who is also autistic and trivia-driven.

You can count on the SGWB's outstanding forum memory.

I don't remember the forum in 2005. I was perhaps on a break. I don't think I could've coped or kept up.

Anyway. Christian, whether you're autistic or not - and aren't we all, a little? - I like your writing. SOMEone 'famous' (in cricket terms) must lurk around here and hide it well? I mean, for starters, there's me. A retired women's premier league player. I know ALL the goss, in the not-exciting women's game.

Who else have we?

Did you ever play against Nicky Shaw , YJ?

I'll be umpiring her on Sunday

Ooh yes. In Uni cricket, for Leeds against Loughborough, but never in the league. I played in the 'soft' northern league and all the top women are in the south.

To me, an incompetent lower order batter, she was rapid. Fortunately I always got out before she came back on at the end. Who is she playing for, WA, club side, someone else?

She plays for South Perth (moved to WA last season)

She's also playing for the Fury (WA WNCL team) this year too

She's still very good ...and the second best bowler in the team

I don't doubt it. Good for her. I think there are a good few English county and international players in club, if not state, cricket.

She was certainly intimidating. They were an arrogant side, and rightly so, that Lufbra lot.

Their 'worst' player played division 3 county and they had 2 senior internationals - quick bowlers.

Our best player was a county wk who would go on to play a few ODIs for England. That was it.

One game they wanted to get up to Durham to get p!ssed for one of their birthdays, so Shaw asked our skip if they could bowl first, get us out for under 50 - very likely! and then knock them off. Our skip - a friend of hers - told her where to go, so she reversed their batting order with her coming in last. We bowled them out for 120, which was unbelievable.

We ended up losing by 10 runs, but against them, that was as good as a victory.

She didn't even bring herself on at first, but by the end she was in the attack, sorting it out.

Who's banging who, Jill?

everyone.

I can't say, obvs. They have to keep it quiet for, I dunno, some reason.

I don't think there are any couples in the side right now.

It was an inane and facetious remark by myself, but thanks for the serious answer... now I know my freakish mind is at least in tune with women's cricket

Well there's no point being all up in your grill saying 'lesbians? In women's cricket? i think not, uh uh'

There are tonnes of them. They're not magically not gay because they play for England, like all those male sportsmen. Not Steven Davies, obvs, he gets a pass for being awesome and actually coming out.

But your sexual proclivities have nothing at all to do with your performance as a cricketer. Whether you are wily and penetrative as a bowler, or thrusting and forceful as a batsman, for example.

PeterCS wrote:But your sexual proclivities have nothing at all to do with your performance as a cricketer. Whether you are wily and penetrative as a bowler, or thrusting and forceful as a batsman, for example.

Disagree.

e.g. the often used expression "To bat with gay abandon".


I have never heard of someone batting with heterosexual abandon.

Bringing a new meaning to "playing a straight bat".

always amusing, telling one of my mates to 'play straighter!'

her '...I can't. I'm gay.'

are we still talking about cricket?

just.

I do love it.

oh well

you need to go find the lesbian cricket forum* if you want anything juicier than that.

*which I'm sure doesn't exist.

I have my own lesbian ex-cricketer

your very own?

Yes. She was a leg spin bowler

I've tried to convince her that her country needs her to have Shane Warne's baby. But to date she won't be in it.

one of her socks anyway