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I've taken him along to net practice about 3 or 4 times, but Sunday was his first ever game.

He looked great walking out to the wicket in his whites with his helmet on. He admitted that he was nervous as hell, but he didn't look it at all.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 7 Jun 2011, 11:26, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

It is pretty worrying, but he's done well to score in his first game
Does the team have a slip cradle?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 11:28, Reply)

I've been playing for over 25 years
and the day you stop being nervous when batting is the day you become complacent.

We haven't got a cradle, but we've got one of those catching net things. One thing we don't practice enough is fielding, which I'm constantly banging on about.

We bought a bowling machine last season, which is great, but unfortunately our bowling has suffered a bit as the bowlers aren't practicing enough.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 7 Jun 2011, 11:31, Reply)

Ahh, that's not good
Spending time on the slip cradle was great fun, but didn't half teach quicker reflexes. And none of using those orange balls either, it's cork or nothing.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 11:49, Reply)

The team we played at the weekend had a cradle
I was all for bundling it into the back of the car, but no one was prepared to cause a diversion.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Tue 7 Jun 2011, 11:55, Reply)

Bastards

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 12:03, Reply)