Cricket superstitions

[Richard Jenkins]

Nelson is one arm,and one eye and one what exactly?

[SSA.]

Steve Waugh's red rag (hanky) and Sachin Tendulkar's red socks

[Victor Frankenstein]

I thought the shaving thing was to reduce sunburn/sunstroke? as freshly shaved skin is more likely to burn because of dryness or something.

I never knew that nelson thing was because it was a wicket with no bails, and people say the internet is full of useless information, pfft!

[Goatman]

I have a couple of small ones:- I always wear a pair of old red walking socks I was wearing when I found my first peice of "virgin" cave. I don't know how it started, but I can't stand playing without them now, and have even missed the start of play by dashing home when I realised I had forgotten them. When I am fielding I always wiggle my fingers as the bowler goes into his delivery stride so they are ready when the ball comes, which apparently makes me look like a Fimble. My old man always keeps his pipe, tobacco and matches in his trouser pocket, even though he has actually set fire to himself twice making diving saves. Daft old git. Sorry to hear about your condition RMJ. Do you use a standard formalin solution, or some more exotic preserving agent?

[Richard Jenkins]

LOL!
Pipetastic catch!
yes the stuff i use is radioactive and sucks up the energy during the day so at nightime it emits this cool eerie glow that almost comforts me when i wake up in a cold sweat facing that ball again, a recurring dream i'll always have. Still, I always wear my lucky bloodstained boxer shorts, whan playing cricket, as there's no need for a box anymore. actually quite a lot of my kit seems to be bloodstained these days, and so I always go to a cricket match with my lucky bandage box. I remember one match were i cut my arm open diving onto the pitch for a catch and in the same match being struck on the head by the ball whilst fielding in the slips (i was actually tring to roll a fag at the time ,but that's a differnt story!)
I have a friend who was banned or a year from a club cos he had sex in the showers with his lucky girlfriend. Lucky bastard

[Goatman]

Originally Posted by Richard Jenkins

LOL!
Pipetastic catch!
yes the stuff i use is radioactive and sucks up the energy during the day so at nightime it emits this cool eerie glow that almost comforts me when i wake up in a cold sweat facing that ball again, a recurring dream i'll always have. Still, I always wear my lucky bloodstained boxer shorts, whan playing cricket, as there's no need for a box anymore. actually quite a lot of my kit seems to be bloodstained these days, and so I always go to a cricket match with my lucky bandage box. I remember one match were i cut my arm open diving onto the pitch for a catch and in the same match being struck on the head by the ball whilst fielding in the slips (i was actually tring to roll a fag at the time ,but that's a differnt story!)
I have a friend who was banned or a year from a club cos he had sex in the showers with his lucky girlfriend. Lucky bastard

Good God - such carnality in a place of Worship! How unseemly. We certainly wouldn't allow such moral profligacy in the Church of the Second Coming of Tich Freeman.
No doubt they will both go straight to hell, where the pitches are all damp astroturf and the balls are all egg-shaped.

[Richard Jenkins]

said player came to watch every game during his suspension and still plays ! he knew he'd done wrong, but couldn't help himself. ,The other team do tend to complain if they find people cavoting with their girlfriends in the shower, even if it is mildly amusing.
I'll echo richie benaud's love childs feer at 'box migration', and I have actually picked the box off the pitch and stuffed it back down my trousers in the vain hope it stays there, another funny story that my team mates delight in telling me.

Your old man needs safety matches instead of swan vestas.

Maybe if I had a 'lucky thing' these taxing and pschologically amaging things could be avoided!

But I do! On the mantle piece!

[Arshdeep]

I will tell you some intresting superstitions that some cricketers believe in cricket
First of all it comes turn of Mr Saurav Ganguly. Have u ever noticed that grip of Ganguly's bat is of lot more greater than his handle. His rubber grip exceeds his handle.
Funny thing I noticed in series(cant remember who was touring India then), what ganguly used to do his he used to change his after 2nd OVER OF MATCH. I noticed this thing through out the series and belive me that guy who used to carry bat to field only carried one bat and just exchanged it with ganguy's.

I wonder what was happening in Indian dressing room when Yuvraj Singh and Kaif were chasing a history in Natwest final at Lords against England.
"Nobody will move from their seats" said Man Singh (it took this line off another website)

Sunil Gavaskar used to ground hisbat first before.
Sachin Tendulkar wears his left pad first.
Hankey that Steve Waugh carried was given to him by his late grandfather.
Sanath Jayasuria searches 'something' in his pocket while batting.
Imran Khan wore tiger t shirt in 92 finals.
Jimmy Amarnath also carried rad hankerchief in his pocket while fielding.
Jayawardhana keep kissing his batting when he is going fine.
Kris Srikant used to talk to sun gods while batting.
Saurav Ganguly carries photo of Guruji while batting.
I remember that when Kumble got 10 wickets against Pakistan in that match as a superstition Sachin used to hand over his cap and sweater to umpire before over and in that very over, Kumble used to get wicket.

"Well, Bhaiaa mera subh time aa gaya kya? bowling shuroo karoon?" (its in hindi it means "has my good time started? should i start bowling?")

[Richard Jenkins]

Sanath Jayasuria searches 'something' in his pocket while batting.
bit like me then!

[Goatman]

Originally Posted by Richard Jenkins

said player came to watch every game during his suspension and still plays ! he knew he'd done wrong, but couldn't help himself. ,The other team do tend to complain if they find people cavoting with their girlfriends in the shower, even if it is mildly amusing.
I'll echo richie benaud's love childs feer at 'box migration', and I have actually picked the box off the pitch and stuffed it back down my trousers in the vain hope it stays there, another funny story that my team mates delight in telling me.

Your old man needs safety matches instead of swan vestas.

Maybe if I had a 'lucky thing' these taxing and pschologically amaging things could be avoided!

But I do! On the mantle piece!

Well, he's now retired so its not such a problem any more. Aged 59th he went to clip the ball off his front pad, his achilles tendon detatched with the sound of a gunshot and he collapsed like he'd been shot. It took 2 operations and intensive physiotherapy to get that put right, so he finally hung up his boots.

Do you carry your jar to matches then? You should make a miniature deck chair and panama hat for it. Then you could bolster your spirits by seeing that it is still with you. Would probably put the opposition off too.....