Cricket pads - which pad for which leg

I thought they were all much of a muchness these days and that handed pads were a thing of the past.  In my day, when velcro was yet to be invented and we had leather thongs and buckles, you always padded up "buckle in" as the ball clipping the metal buckle on the outside of your pad sounded like an edge.

Originally posted by W.G. I thought they were all much of a muchness these days and that handed pads were a thing of the past.  In my day, when velcro was yet to be invented and we had leather thongs and buckles, you always padded up "buckle in" as the ball clipping the metal buckle on the outside of your pad sounded like an edge.

Nostalgia has overtaken me, I now think back to happy hours in the garden cleaning my pads with that (at the time) new fangled shoe whitener stuff.

ive always gone with the buckle thing on the inside

Originally posted by W.G. Nostalgia has overtaken me, I now think back to happy hours in the garden cleaning my pads with that (at the time) new fangled shoe whitener stuff.

  We were supposed to use that stuff to clean our pumps for PT , but being a lazy git , I used the chalk for the blackboard!

   Everything went swimmingly until we started jumping around to loosen up - then I always disappeared in a cloud of dust and ended up with a sore bum !


Edited by Sledger - 22 May 2007 at 2:11pm

I'd always been told buckles on the inside, I just wasn't sure. I find when you run buckles out, the velcro straps catch on one-another.

Even on the pads I have which are designed for Right Handed batsman the wings and padding for the legs in question on the legguards only fit correctly if the buckles are on the outside. The velcro tabs should remain at the back of your calves not right through to the inside of your leg. If they do your pads are likely too large !

At the end of the day it's upto the individual what they feel comfortable with, but there is a correct way. LOL.

That's correct, the front foot pad should have more wrap round protection...at least good pads will.  

Yes buckle always on the OUTSIDE.

Originally posted by ekko star Yes buckle always on the OUTSIDE.

****** me, playing for nearly 30 years, 20+ of those in pads with buckles, and I've always been wrong!!  Not only that, my old mentor Arthur, 50+ years in the game, he was wrong too.

Originally posted by ekko star You maybe an old timer but obviously haven't moved with the times. Velcro pads and buckle on the OUTSIDE !!! Plastic buckles are not like the metal clips of yesteryear ! They sit flush with your calf and no chance of catching a 'nick' as it were as they simply don't protrude. The tabs go facing inside as not to offer a 'nick'.

I may be an old timer but..............

1)  I can read and in reading my post can understand that nowhere did I say Velcro pads and buckle on the INSIDE.

2)  Realise that there are no buckles on the velcro fastenings on pads.

3)  Wouldn't be so daft as to say "they sit flush with your calf and no chance of catching a 'nick' as it were as they simply don't protrude. The tabs go facing inside as not to offer a 'nick'." therefore contradicting myself within a simple statement - if they sit flush with your calf and no chance of catching a 'nick' why would you need to make sure the tabs go facing inside as not to offer a 'nick'?

Edited by W.G. - 04 June 2007 at 6:26pm

Originally posted by ekko star 1. We are talking modern leg guards on this thread. In which case I think it is a given and a bit daft to even be giving suggestions on leather and buckles. You really need to get yourself down to a cricket store to see how things have moved on from 20-50 years ago

Not so, I was offering a perspective on why there is a tradition on the wearing of pads.  Having knowledge that pre-dates yours may make me an 'old-timer' but it does not mean I have limited understanding of how things have moved on - I suspect that I've been using modern pads for longer than you.

Originally posted by ekko star 2. On all modern pads there is a plastic buckle that you loop the velcro strap through.

I think you need to check the definition of buckle as I'm sure the plastic fastening you pass the strap through isn't one.

Originally posted by ekko star 3. The plastic buckle pulls flush against the round of your calf as you strap the pad up. The tab at the end of the strap should face the inside of your leg. No contradiction here whatsoever. If you wore the pads as YOU say buckle on the inside, then the tab on the strap would be on the outside of your leg, hanging outside offering a 'nick'.

Have you got unnaturally thin legs?  Can I point out to you for the second time, as you seem to be a little thick or obviously argumentative, I never said on the inside for modern pads - I was reflecting on the reason for 'buckles in' which was the mantra in my youth.

Originally posted by ekko star The plastic buckle pulls flush against the round of your calf as you strap the pad up. The tab at the end of the strap should face the inside of your leg. No contradiction here whatsoever. If you wore the pads as YOU say buckle on the inside, then the tab on the strap would be on the outside of your leg, hanging outside offering a 'nick'.

Originally posted by ekko star The velcro tabs should remain at the back of your calves not right through to the inside of your leg. If they do your pads are likely too large !

That, my friend, is a contradiction.

Originally posted by W.G. Originally posted by mikeeboy I'm sure most of you are wrong, the buckle should be on the outside.  In the days before velcro if you wore the buckle on the inside you would have the excess of the straps flapping on the outside inviting an edge. Similarly now for velcro, any excess needs to be kept on the inside away from potential nicks. You've never seen or worn pads pre-velcro, have you?

Yes thanks, how could you posibly know how old I am?  By the way I am referring to the buckle as the "thing" the velcro strap passes through. I apologise if I have used the term buckle incorrectly but if you believe that this bit should be on the outside then we are in agreement on the way pads should be worn.



Edited by mikeeboy - 05 June 2007 at 9:17am

Originally posted by W.G.    Can I point out to you for the second time, as you seem to be a little thick or obviously argumentative, I never said on the inside for modern pads - I was reflecting on the reason for 'buckles in' which was the mantra in my youth.

No, you don't have to point things out twice.....it's quite clear who's the argumentative one here and also getting quite repetitive about it.

It's also quite clear you don't know the difference between the correct left and right pads let alone the difference between what actually makes them well fitting ones. Somehow you have drawn a parallel between the two to come to the conclusion it's a contradiction

This thread is about legguards for the correct leg and the buckle worn on whichever side. The plastic 'thing' that you have so much difficulty understanding the concept of, is still referred to as a buckle and in some cases a loop.

I don't have to resort to call you 'thick' as you say, though it's quite apparent you're having serious difficulty understanding the concept of plastic buckle and velcro strap


Edited by ekko star - 05 June 2007 at 1:15pm

Originally posted by ekko star It's also quite clear you don't know the difference between the correct left and right pads let alone the difference between what actually makes them well fitting ones. Somehow you have drawn a parallel between the two to come to the conclusion it's a contradiction

And sometimes I put them on upside down!