Beamers

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Originally posted by wiseguy But initial question was regarding a beamer, and obviously if a ball hits the top of stumps straight, its not a beamer, not a no ball and the batsmen has to go back. IF I remmeber exactly the ball is declared a no ball once it has passed the stumps without hitting them offcourse!

I bowled one today, wasnt entirely intentional, ball was a bit wet, luckily for the batsman it was a training ball so it didn't break anything =p

It was my mate and he kept despoiting my to far parts of a muddy field...

it was only a soft ball so it didn't do any serious damage which is more then can be said for a crafty little leg break i threw in that hit him where you wouldnt wish to be hit while not wearing a box...

I personally dont wear much protection, just pads, gloves and box, I always felt that it gives me more reason to hit the ball, where there are people with thigh guards and chest protectors, armguards and all the rest, each to their own I suppose.

Maybe I'm strange but the feeling of getting hit in the body by a cricket ball isn't pain as such, just feels dull, and reminds me that i screwed up and missed one.

I've been hit by both fast bowlers and bowling machines, maybe I just have good pain tolerance, it bruises a little but it doesnt do any serious damage. Maybe one day I'll take a ball somewhere that does hurt me quite a bit, like the head. But until then i'm ok with the protection I have.

Well where I play the ball tends to keep pretty low so the chances of getting hit in the head are pretty low unless the other team has a 7ft bowler. Only a few times has the ball gotten to head height when i've been at nets and the few times it has I've played it competantly.

Anyway i'd go by the argument that anyone who doesnt wear a helmet is probably silly enough that there isn't much in there to damage but I like the Sachin Tendulkar quote of "it gives you more reason to hit the ball" and while I dont claim to be a millionth of the batsman he is he has a point. if you dont have a helmet on (or maybe if you do I dont know) and the ball is heading for your face then your body plays the shot for you, which gives some interesting results and are often good shots.

I've never been a fan of helmets just because they tend to give you a bad field of vision, if they ever design one with a perspex panel on the front then maybe but until then i'll keep trying my method of duck and hit until I take one in the face.

It's the top edge that has always worried me, not so much getting hit by a bouncer. Does Tendulker wear a helmet?

about what?

I've never seen Sachin not wearing a helmet ever. Whenever he's batted, he's always wore a helmet.

It was when he was a kid and he didn't wear any pads at the time I believe, brave boy.

hehe, lol. Funny but harsh..

Maybe the surface that the Flicx is laid on made the ball jump. If the surface underneath isn't somewhat good, the mattings won't play good.

Snapes moon ball perhaps?

 

Could happen in the 20T WC final.............

 

Originally posted by wrong un A beamer ball was delivered and Batsman got undreneath it,unfortunately it hit the stumps.it was bowled by a slow bowler.whts the opinion abt tht,batsman can be given out or notout. Cheers

Since the ball the hit the stumps, he should be given out.
I wouldn't call it a "BEAMER". It must have looked like a beamer but I guess it wasn't too high.