Backyard Cricket

[Brodlach]

Just flicking through channels and saw your pitch on Better Homes and Gardens. Looks really good.

[heater31]

Just flicking through channels and saw your pitch on Better Homes and Gardens. Looks really good.

ditto, Thought to myself I know that back yard

[scoob]

Great work lads - great to see you get some air play tonight... cool to see Better Homes and Gardens show classic catch!

[footy1992]

Great work lads - great to see you get some air play tonight... cool to see Better Homes and Gardens show classic catch!

Thanks guys.


If you head to about 48m 15sec you can find it there....

We sent that in a looongggg time ago and got a random email this week saying it would be on!

This years pitches are looking bloody schmick for this time of year.

photos to come tomorrow!

[OnSong]

Can't wait to see the pics!!

[footy1992]

Photos as promised!

Nearly getting to the stage we put down the first lick of paint. But still a little way off where we want to be yet...

On another note we purchased a concrete roller today, just waiting to pick it up!

[FattyLumpkin]

Bloody hell - what has backyard cricket come to???

In my day, grass had yet to be invented, so it was the driveway. The usual taped tennis ball to get a bit of swing, but the pitch was a bit one-paced. Big bro came up with the brain wave - toss a handfall of small rocks "at a good length". Worked a treat, although don't think anyone played off the front foot ever again!

We had 3 batsmen per innings. The opener batted preferred hand. The "middle order" alternated btw left & right, and the tail ender batted non-preferred hand.

Night games came with a rockless pitch, but a bright spotty just behind bowler. If you couldn't see the pill, you knew it had to be throat level.

[OnSong]

On another note we purchased a concrete roller today, just waiting to pick it up!

Ah! The final piece of the jigsaw puzzle is complete!

Nice pics.

I am yet to restart my pitch, although now the honeymoon is over, I expect more time on my hands.

I also have the issue of having two border collies in my back yard, which will make things hard. Ack!

[Booney]

Photos as promised!

Nearly getting to the stage we put down the first lick of paint. But still a little way off where we want to be yet...

On another note we purchased a concrete roller today, just waiting to pick it up!

You'll need to get those smalls off the line before you get started...!

[piccachu]

My mate has a full sized grass tennis court in his back yard, as none of the boys play tennis anymore it has been converted in to the ideal backyard cricket venue, we play straight up the guts with a home made swing king, will have to take some pics

[Rik E Boy]

Photos as promised!

Nearly getting to the stage we put down the first lick of paint. But still a little way off where we want to be yet...

On another note we purchased a concrete roller today, just waiting to pick it up!

You'll need to get those smalls off the line before you get started...!

Part of the home ground advantage......

regards,

REB

[OnSong]

Managed to get the pitch cut to game height yesterday for the first time this year.

I've been trimming and rolling it periodically for about three weeks now and it's nearing playability, barring some grass coverage issues in certain areas.

Another week of rolling/cutting/watering and it should be good to go by Saturday I reckon.

You can see in the first image what I started with after a disastrous winter period, til now.