I'm Bored Again - Let's Talk Unfortunate Dismissals

[Zainub]

Originally Posted by Teatime FatCat

Wow , has 20-20 spread to Pakistan as well - I bet that's a terrific crowd atmosphere!

Oh yes it has started here as well, and it's quite addictive too. Apart from all the match fixing claims that have arisen in the last two hours or so, it's been absolutely fab. This year all the matches have been in Lahore, and decent crowds have turned up, one would expect that next year they'll have matches are different venues. I'm sure Karachi will love this stuff. Will help wonderfuly if we can win this one. Especially if we do it against the Lahoris.

[vvvrulz]

I got bowled by my little sister... on a driveway.... and she was bowling backwards....

[Teatime FatCat]

How do you bowl backwards vvv? Was she chucking it over her shoulder? C'mon - share the shame...................

[Statto]

My worst one last year was a first ball stumping - I prodded forward (missed obviously) and slipped out of my crease on all the dust from the guards on the popping crease. My first wicket this year was an lbw where the ball may just have hit a 3rd set, but we had a very trigger happy umpire who ran through our batting then theirs to finish with a superb 8-fer, while also failing to no-ball a beamer which got another wicket for them. Not that thats unusual for us.

[Andy Mellon]

I know that feeling Statto, last year I was given out Lbw (by one of my own team no less) when I'd gone out to the pitch of the ball which turned out to be a half way up the pitch! Half of their players were even telling him it wasn't out. I was livid!!

[vvvrulz]

Don't blame ya Andy !

Teatime > Yup it was over the shoulder, back facing towards me. She didnt even see the delivery.

[Seamer]

True story.A few seasons ago, this bloke (tailender) came out to bat against us. I was fielding at short cover. Anyway, this guy was a pretty quick bowler and in the previous innings peppered our fastest bowler (he can bowl at around 140kmph at his fastest) with constant bouncers culminating in a beamer which our bowler just managed to avoid. Anyway our guy got up livid and sweared he was going to take this guys head off in the next innings if he got the chance to which the opposition bowler replied anything short will be smashed into the next field. He was bowled the next ball to hoots of derision from this idiot. Any way, in the next innings when this guy came out to bat our captain brought on our fast bowler and he was thirsting for vengence. The first ball (predictably was a bouncer) was so short it flew over the wicket-keepers head for four byes. The second ball was a slightly below waist high full toss. This idiot went for the big swipe with his knees bent trying to hit it over the mid-wicket fence, missed it and was hit flush on the box with a resounding crack. We all went up for LBW (it was plumb) and he was given out instantly. We all turned around to give this idiot a send-off only to see him on the ground frantically trying to pull down his white trousers screaming "Get it off!!!, get it off!!!" What had happened is that the box had cracked open when hit and it closed again pinching the end of his, how can i say it, most prized possesion. As i said, true story, and it still brings tears to my eyes when i think of it and not just laughter.