cricket on christmas day

[smac]

We are up to day 13 of the backyard supertest. I am currently 26/478 and smac jr is 27/457. We play from the first day of international cricket in Australia to the last, as many times as we can, swapping bat every 2 wickets.

Trophy at the end too, smac jr currently holds this trophy.

I don't see a lot of value in Christmas day sport to be honest, boxing day is a sporting calendar highlight and should remain as such, IMO.

[locky801]

seems a very sporting wicket SMAC, wish more test pitches were so even

[rogernumber10]

we need a whole new thread on your various backyard cricket rules. My two been at it non-stop since early December, and we lucky enough to live in an enclosed court where passing cars aren't a problem.

Hit any parked car (only 2-3 usually) it's minus one to your score.
Hit any parked car on the full, it's automatically out.
On the full into the surly neighbour house, six and out.
No first ball out.
Tippity.
Automatic wicky/ first slip for all outside edges.
Must hit the wicket you running to.
Any tantrums, you bat last in order next day.

[locky801]

we need a whole new thread on your various backyard cricket rules. My two been at it non-stop since early December, and we lucky enough to live in an enclosed court where passing cars aren't a problem.

Hit any parked car (only 2-3 usually) it's minus one to your score.
Hit any parked car on the full, it's automatically out.
On the full into the surly neighbour house, six and out.
No first ball out.
Tippity.
Automatic wicky/ first slip for all outside edges.
Must hit the wicket you running to.
Any tantrums, you bat last in order next day.

AND SMASHED WINDOW

[smac]

Tantrum = stumps.

Our back yard is big enough to cope with big hits so we have no issues there.

I think the best rule is hit cat = 6.

The lawn is incredibly uneven, makes for some interesting bounces off the 'pitch' but the worst part is that sac jr has got his eye in with the throw and can hit the wicket from any part of the yard - I don't run between wickets any more, just go for boundaries (or the cat).

[Strawb]

Tantrum = stumps.

Our back yard is big enough to cope with big hits so we have no issues there.

I think the best rule is hit cat = 6.

The lawn is incredibly uneven, makes for some interesting bounces off the 'pitch' but the worst part is that sac jr has got his eye in with the throw and can hit the wicket from any part of the yard - I don't run between wickets any more, just go for boundaries (or the cat).

Poor Cat what happens if you hit it on the run?

[magpie in the 80's]

Tantrum = stumps.

Our back yard is big enough to cope with big hits so we have no issues there.

I think the best rule is hit cat = 6.

The lawn is incredibly uneven, makes for some interesting bounces off the 'pitch' but the worst part is that sac jr has got his eye in with the throw and can hit the wicket from any part of the yard - I don't run between wickets any more, just go for boundaries (or the cat).

hhhhmmmm smac jr.........sac jr.......what doyou call your girl(if you have one)

[Pup]

Does the NBA still play Christmas day, or have they stopped that too?

Yeah they still play.

[smac]

Tantrum = stumps.

Our back yard is big enough to cope with big hits so we have no issues there.

I think the best rule is hit cat = 6.

The lawn is incredibly uneven, makes for some interesting bounces off the 'pitch' but the worst part is that sac jr has got his eye in with the throw and can hit the wicket from any part of the yard - I don't run between wickets any more, just go for boundaries (or the cat).

Poor Cat what happens if you hit it on the run?

We piss ourselves laughing.

[smac]

Tantrum = stumps.

Our back yard is big enough to cope with big hits so we have no issues there.

I think the best rule is hit cat = 6.

The lawn is incredibly uneven, makes for some interesting bounces off the 'pitch' but the worst part is that sac jr has got his eye in with the throw and can hit the wicket from any part of the yard - I don't run between wickets any more, just go for boundaries (or the cat).

hhhhmmmm smac jr.........sac jr.......what doyou call your girl(if you have one)

Oh dear.

[RustyCage]

Cricketing events on Dec 25

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/alltodaysyesterdays/content/story/aty/default.html?date=12-25

1891
An unlikely cricketing giant was born. Small, bald and wizened, known as The Gnome, Clarrie Grimmett didn't play Test cricket till he was 33, but went on to become the first bowler to take 200 Test wickets, the last 44 (which matched his age) in the 1935-36 series in South Africa. His legspin partnership with Bill O'Reilly was the greatest of all time, and he often celebrated his Christmas birthday on the field of play, usually for South Australia v Queensland, taking six wickets in 1929, five in 1933, and setting up an innings win in 1939. South Australia were forever playing Queensland at Adelaide on Christmas Day at the time. They did so 24 times from 1926 to 1969.

1972
On his Test debut, Tony Lewis followed the nightmare start of a first-knock duck with a captain's innings of 70 not out that led his team to victory at Delhi, a series lead England couldn't hold.

1975
Birth of a batsman who made a superb start to his international career. From the moment he made his England debut in the NatWest Series in 2000, the Somerset left-hander Marcus Trescothick - who had been a prolific schooilboy batsman, then took some time to show that form in county cricket - established himself as a key player in both forms of the game. He hit 66 and 38 not out at Old Trafford against West Indies on his Test debut. He followed that with 70s in each of the next two matches to help England win a series against West Indies for the first time since 1969. Like so many he had his problems against Australia, but returned to his best with a series-clinching double-century against South Africa at The Oval in 2003.

1984
Birth of another England batsman, Alastair Cook, who exploded into Test cricket, aged 20 with 60 and 104 against India in 2006. A stylish left-handed opener with a simple approach to batting, he caught the eye the previous year with a double-century for Essex against the touring Australians. Back-to-back hundreds against Pakistan in 2006 cemented his England place.

1978
The international career of Glamorgan and England fast bowler Simon Jones, who was born today, seemed over before it began when he suffered a horrific knee injury on the opening day of his debut at Brisbane in November 2002. But he battled back to form a vital part of England's seam attack in the 2005 Ashes. He claimed 18 wickets at 21 in the series, and was named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year.

1940
No Christmas cheer for Grimmett's famous skipper, who controversially left him out of the 1938 trip to England. Playing for South Australia v Victoria at Adelaide, Don Bradman was out first ball. Any other words fail us.

1951
In the first Christmas Day's play in Test cricket, West Indies completed a three-day win at Adelaide, their only success in a series they eventually lost 4-1.

1957
A record-breaking partner was born. Playing for Karachi Whites v Quetta at Karachi in 1976-77, Mansoor Akhtar scored 224 in an unbroken stand of 561 with Waheed Mirza (324). Their opening partnership, still the highest in first-class cricket, was a hammer cracking a nut: Quetta made only 104 and 163 and lost by the little matter of an innings and 294.

1997
The one-day international between India and Sri Lanka at Indore was the first international match to be called off because of an unsafe pitch. Sri Lanka chose to bat but appealed to the umpires as early as the third over, to the annoyance of Madhya Pradesh officials.

1884
The first Christmas Day's play in any first-class match: Hawkes Bay v Wellington at Napier.

Other birthdays
1872 Charlie Smith (South Africa)
1875 Walter Lees (England)
1900 Walter "Tich" Cornford (England)
1912 Donald McRae (New Zealand)
1943 Hedley Howarth (New Zealand)
1970 Azhar Saeed (UAE)
1970 Mohammad Ramzan (Pakistan)

[am Bays]

Didn't know cricket on Christmas Day was life-threatening

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/man-killed-in-beach-cricket-brawl/2007/12/26/1198345049104.html

Makes a mockery of the statement "human beings are the most intellegent life-forms on earth".....

Merry Christmas

[rod_rooster]

Didn't know cricket on Christmas Day was life-threatening

http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/man-killed-in-beach-cricket-brawl/2007/12/26/1198345049104.html

Makes a mockery of the statement "human beings are the most intellegent life-forms on earth".....

Merry Christmas

Well said.

[locky801]

One just wonders what goes through some of these peoples heads, obviosly don't have any brains, hells bells a cricket match on the beach turning into a blood bath, you really wouldn't think that it something that would occur in this country of ours