Most Painful Moment on a cricket pitch
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Topic: Most Painful Moment on a cricket pitch
Posted By: NewBowler
Subject: Most Painful Moment on a cricket pitch
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 12:04am
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I just wanted to know what is the most painful moment you've ever had on a cricket pitch?
Mine was a shattered bone in my foot whilst batting. A fast bowler put in a yorker that hit me on the top of the foot. I've never felt such pain in my life. He may as well have dropped an anvil on my foot.
Plus the torture of not being able to play cricket for nearly a year was hell. The surgery I could deal with but I had to just sit and watch cricket instead of playing it.
I now have a metal plate in my foot.
So, What are yours?
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Posted By: harrowdrive
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 9:04am
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I have been pretty lucky - a bruised wrist is the worst i have had during preseason nets.
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Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 9:23am
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I think mine was when I ripped the muscle in the back off my leg off the bone. I didn't get an operation though (and I don't know why) so instead it took about 10 months to heal.
This is going to be a cheery thread.... ------------- |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 9:58am
Scotland still 3rd world then Fishy!!  Things haven't improved since Burke and Hare were caught huh ! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 10:02am
 . Sounds like it Sledge! Nothing beats the NHS! ------------- |
Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 10:27am
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I got hit where you wouldnt want to get hit when not wearing a box,
luckily for me it was only leg spin, my mate copped one from a pace
bowler.
------------- Kerm |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 10:28am
On your foot? ------------- |
Posted By: Whitheand
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 10:47am
| I was hit straight in the gonads while fielding at short mid on. The umpire asked if I wanted to leave the field. I was more content to lie on the pitch for twenty minutes, not moving, not making any sound. |
Posted By: NZ_Fast
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 11:55am
| Even though ive been hit on the head with no helmet, had my thumb nail nearly ripped clean off, my most painful moment actually came from diving to make my ground from a quick single. Took the skin off all my underarms, my chest, stomach and some of my thighs. Taught me a valuable lesson, never dive on a pitch. |
Posted By: Whitheand
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 1:33pm
was about to say that. :) |
Posted By: Rambo_123UK
Date Posted: 17 April 2007 at 5:30pm
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Well I once got hit in a match at school. The box (too small) had slipped and I ended up with one inside, one outside, and the edges of the box weren't padded. That was eye-watering for quite a few minutes. But the worst one was probably 2 years ago where I was fielding close-in and stuck my hand out to a tracer bullet. The ball bent my finger in directions it wasn't designed to go and I went to casualty next day but no fracture was seen on the X-rays. On the other hand, my finger was agony for 6 months and painful for nearly a year after the event. It was still sore at the start of the next season! ------------- I swing both ways - but only when I'm bowling! |
Posted By: tonkingtommo
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 7:22am
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i have 2
1: gettin wacked in the jaw by a beamer that my huge, tall muscely cousin had bowled at full pelt luckly just sever brusing but could hardly move my jaw for weeks
2: gettin wacked in the shoulder by a very quick bowler i kno it might not sound like much but it stung like hell ------------- andrew symonds is a dead set legend! |
Posted By: tonks007
Date Posted: 18 April 2007 at 7:48am
This actually didn't happen to me but a couple of weeks ago at the first grade grand final, our boys were struggling chasing 173 and were down to 8/123. In came this chap (Jonesy) who smacked the first couple for four and edged the next couple to the fence. Our boys got to 8/156 when he got struck in the face with ball (no helmet). 
Blood was coming from his nose and his eye started to swell but he kept batting trying to win our first trophy in first grade for 7 years. Unfortunately the bloke up the other end was dismissed the next over 9/162. Then Jonesy came on strike and lasted 3 balls and was bowled and we were dismissed for 165. I would have rather seen the boys go down by 80 than 8.
The young fella who was struck has fractured his nose, cheek bone and eye socket and requires re constructive surgery. And all too no evail.....The beauty of cricket!  ------------- even the sun shines on a dogs ass some days |
Posted By: Smack
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:25am
^ re-constructive surgery 
Most painful moment for me was being hit on the the big toe by the bowling machine, i was 15 but braved it out to carry on batting, but just as i was recovering i got hit again in the same spot. Bravery gone stupidity i carried on batting and lightening struck for the third time. My big toe was in agony. The nail of the big toe had flipped up and it was bloody. A few hours later i felt a really sharp pain and looked down to see that it had gone back into its flat position. Needless to say i wasnt moving my feet to well when i next batted.
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Posted By: joelza1990
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 2:13pm
| I've been pretty lucky injury wise. My most painful moment was probably being hit in the ribs by a quick bowler, but still yet to sutain an injury which is good. |
Posted By: Wrington1der
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 5:49pm
| MY WORST MOMENT WAS DISSLOCATING AND BRAKING MY FINGER IN 3 PLACES. I DID THIS FIELDING AT SLIP, THE BALL CAME HARD AT MY RIGHT HAND AND IT BENT MY FINGER RIGHT BACK. IT WASN'T THE PAIN THAT HURT IT WAS THE FACT I DROPPED THEIR BEST BATSMEN WHO WAS ON 45*. |
Posted By: Kerm
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 5:54pm
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Look to your left, thats right, if you see a D carry on going, see and A your almost there, next to that there is a key called "Caps Lock" I recommend you press it.
------------- Kerm |
Posted By: collingwood123
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 7:47pm
 when i was playing cricket in p.e i was wicket keeper and someone lobbed the ball at my neck but luckly it was only a hard plastic 1 not a real
------------- if u want breafast in bed sleep in the kitchen |
Posted By: BigEddieMTown
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:01pm
My worst moment was when I saw a boy I thought was a special friend walking around the boundary. I waved to him, and he didn't wave back. I was upset for weeks.
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Posted By: slogger72N/O
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:33pm
why post in caps, people are less likely to read it because it hurts their eyes.
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Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:38pm
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Bet it doesn't hurt as much as dislocating and breaking your finger, though. ------------- |
Posted By: collingwood123
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:44pm
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how can u dislocate your finger in 3 places u shuld have sed i dislocated my finger and i also broke it in 3 places ------------- if u want breafast in bed sleep in the kitchen |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:46pm
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He did. Read the post again, mate. ------------- |
Posted By: collingwood123
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:48pm
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kk sorry i was just scan readin ------------- if u want breafast in bed sleep in the kitchen |
Posted By: fishcake14
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:49pm
lol That's cool. Read it more carefully next time!!!!  ------------- |
Posted By: collingwood123
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:51pm
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yer i will its more intrestin to read the whole thing ------------- if u want breafast in bed sleep in the kitchen |
Posted By: Bennos
Date Posted: 23 April 2007 at 9:48am
| Smashing my own stumps with my bat. Sending the bails flying |
Posted By: eionmorgan
Date Posted: 26 April 2007 at 3:01am
| I live in the desert and we have a lot of cactus and other bushes that have poisonous needles. The team was practicing and the batsman hit it into a cactus on the last ball of the over. I went up next to bowl and grip the ball. Only when I release it do i realize that the barbs on the end of the cactus needles had lodged into the ball, which when I pick it up, went into my thumb. Needless to say, I didn't practice or grab anything for the next few days due to a bright red, swollen thumb. |
Posted By: TCA123
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 10:19pm
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On my debut, not a bad hit but my only one to date. I got a leg bye and because of the adrenaline i barely felt it, but after the match my entire thigh was yellow and it seized up after so i couldn't walk well, very bad dead leg !! ------------- Offspinner, Right Arm Bat |
Posted By: blaster17
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 7:22pm
| A Beamer Straight In To My Right Elbow |
Posted By: Bennos
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 11:20am
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Lost my tooth the other day :) ------------- Zapp |
Posted By: MP12
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 12:32pm
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I have had a few close calls, with bouncers at head height, but the most painful moment was when I accidentally, hit my toe with the cricket bat while playing an on drive. (I wasen't wearing proper shoes) ------------- |
Posted By: harsy222
Date Posted: 09 May 2007 at 12:07pm
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Rambo_123 i pronounce u the winner:P Ok this happened to me last week, i bowled off spin to this bull who charged and hit it straight back.Now iwas lucky that it went 6 inches to the right of my head,but if it had come back to me,i wud have no time to react.I think a ball travelling at that speed can smash a skull open,wonder if this freak accident happened in domestic level? |
Posted By: Bettis91
Date Posted: 31 May 2007 at 6:09pm
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it wasnt on the pitch it was in the nets. i was facing a sort of fast bowler and i left it but left my self wide open and the ball i lump in the ground and flow up and hit me in the balls. i had my box on but it still hurt like hell. ------------- Let's Get Down To Business |
Posted By: The Tyke
Date Posted: 31 May 2007 at 6:23pm
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My worst was when a fast bowler was bowling at me in the nets. It was quite full but it took a dodgy bounce and cracked me on the helmet. My ears were ringing for hours and I had a severe headache for the next day or 2.
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Posted By: Bennos
Date Posted: 16 June 2007 at 12:49pm
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This guy in my team bowls out of control in my opinion... every practice he hits someone hard on there body... would this be regarded as normal by you blokes? ------------- Zapp |
Posted By: tonks007
Date Posted: 23 June 2007 at 7:51am
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Playing the pull shot, my body twisted and my leg didn't and i fell to the ground. Went to get up but fell over. Broke my anke off two inches and broke my leg. Required (3) three inch screw's to place my ankle back to where it should have been, 6 weeks of sitting on my bum (4 weeks off work too!) and ended my cricket career.
I may come back this year after taking the past two seasons off although, having a couple of knocks in the nets with a couple of former team mates, my confidence to play big strokes and putting weight onto the front foot has really diminished. Something i have to work on during the off season if i want to continue playing..... ------------- even the sun shines on a dogs ass some days |
Posted By: scuudz
Date Posted: 08 August 2007 at 3:47am
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I have been pretty lucky with injuries. I'd have to say my two worst injuries were: 1. I attempted a pull shot and it flew off the top edge of the bat straight onto my chin. Had a helmet on but didn't have the grill adjusted just right. Chin bled a bit and was sore for a week. 2. A medium-pace delivery got through my defences in the nets and hit the inside of my back leg just behind the knee. Resulted in an ugly bruise. Like I said, I've been lucky so far. |
Posted By: Rambo_123UK
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 8:29am
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I disolcated my left little finger the other day, about the 6th over of a 40-over match. Popped it back in, no problem. Still feels a bit funny though. ------------- I swing both ways - but only when I'm bowling! |
Posted By: STNOOR
Date Posted: 11 August 2007 at 10:53pm
my worst moment was when i got hit in my balls. I and my brother were playing in our home so of course no box, a small pitch and slower deliveries but then we thought of bowling fast. He bowled a fast full toss type bowl which hit my balls straight, It hurt so bad, it hurt even inside, my abdomen (intestines) were hurting on the right side (i had my appendix removed and it was this spot that hurt alot  ). I had the pain for few days but thanks God, no serious damage was done :).I had been hit in the balls in my school too and also few other times but they didn't hurt that much like that being hit by my bro. Ouch i stopped playing cricket for weeks after that incident, it hurt a lot  ------------- The Future Shoaib Akhter with the difference being that i will be a left hander and reverse swinging like Waqar Younis even in the early overs...hahaa :P. |
Posted By: wolves f c1
Date Posted: 12 August 2007 at 4:27pm
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You'll never have kids again!!! ------------- 800 posts WOOT!!!!!!! di£kinson is a cheating, lieing scumbag! |
Posted By: Blitz
Date Posted: 13 August 2007 at 3:55pm
Ok it was a very very hot day(40 plus) and we had net prac and after only like 4 balls I was hot so I took my shirt to keep cool ( to show the girls my manly 6 pack) I batted like this for about 10 min untill I tried a pull and ball went SMAaaaack into the middlel of my ribs .luckly I did 'nt brake any thing but I have a huge red bruise (and the girls saw me cry a bit.not cool
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Posted By: STNOOR
Date Posted: 13 August 2007 at 8:09pm
hey don't say that  . It hurts you know  ------------- The Future Shoaib Akhter with the difference being that i will be a left hander and reverse swinging like Waqar Younis even in the early overs...hahaa :P. |
Posted By: strokemaker
Date Posted: 13 August 2007 at 11:40pm
I could imagine that in a film |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 12:04am
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You're crying man, you surely aren't manly enough!! You have disappointed me!! Now, go to bed! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: BackFoot Master
Date Posted: 14 August 2007 at 2:31am
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I was batting and a fast bowler bowled a yorker or very full lenght ball, i made a half dead movement forward and attempted a flick shot on the full which i missed completely on got hit right on the joint where my ankle and foot meets and the pads was very short so there wasn't any protection there.
Very Next ball bowl by a guy many consider as the fastest on the island, very much the same ball as the last one, i attempted an on drive on the full which i missed completely and got hit the same spot.
I couldn't walk for a couple fo seconds but gived up my bat right away and later on my ankle was swollen but not much pain.
But thats life with cricket. ------------- August 16th 2009, my team Youth Combine was crowned CHAMPION once more |
Posted By: Blitz
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 2:16pm
| I didn't cry relly but I was lying on the fall crouching in pain |
Posted By: cricketchampion
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 6:08pm
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Most Painful Moment for me: There is a weird ground out here where there are trees on the playing area.I was chasing the ball and never realized there was a tree in front of me, kept on running...BANG!Ouch!Nasty blow on the head!It hurts like hell!Try it yourself! ;) |
Posted By: inswinger
Date Posted: 15 August 2007 at 7:25pm
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im sorry to hear all ur painful storys. i was facing a pretty fast seamer. in seamed right into my thigh gave me like an hour long dead leg ------------- RightFastMedium RightHandBat |
Posted By: Strike Spinner
Date Posted: 29 August 2007 at 5:09pm
| While in the nets the other day my little bro used my brand new Newbery ball. He bowled an inswinger at a decent pace and it just swung and thundered into my thigh. Pretty painful. |
Posted By: ketz
Date Posted: 08 September 2007 at 4:29pm
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I was at deep square leg and the batsmen skied a pull high up and as it came down my middle finger got stuck and as the ball landed into my hand, my finger got crushed behind it. I hung on and as I was running in celebrating the wicket I suddenly felt the pain. It took about 6-7 weeks for it to heal ------------- |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 10 September 2007 at 8:17am
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By reading some of the posts in this thread about people getting hit in the head without a helmet, how can you not wear one? You're surely going to regret it when you get hit there one day.
------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: Niv!
Date Posted: 01 December 2007 at 3:48pm
| I've also been lucky not to have anything more serious, I took two consecutive pace hits to the same knuckle, my whole hand went numb and I nicked it to the keeper next ball. |
Posted By: inswinger
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 12:36pm
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ah, i jstu rememberd last season. i hit some guy in the thigh noe day when bowling leg spin cos i was bored. gave him a black bruise. then another day, in the same week, when it was seaming all over the place for me and really bouncing i banged one down outside off and in went right into his rib. wasnt too happy about that hehe was pleasing though. ------------- RightFastMedium RightHandBat |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 02 December 2007 at 2:51pm
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Just reading back about some of y'all experience about getting hit on the thigh and it's painful indeed. I've been struck there many a times before by decent paced bowlers! I wasn't wearing any gloves one time in practice and got hit on the knuckle and it got fractured! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: Spin Man
Date Posted: 06 December 2007 at 8:34am
| I've been struck by the red leather ball on my shoulder, chest, arms and balls, at a good pace(I sucked at batting that time). What more could ya want >_>. Didn't fall down crying like most of you though xD |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 06 December 2007 at 2:27pm
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Good luck on having kids mate. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: canadiancricket
Date Posted: 06 December 2007 at 7:53pm
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I have been hit on my b**ls by a medium pace bowler as I wasn't wearing my guard. Once I was bowling fast and the other guy wasn't wearing a helmet or pads and I sent a bouncer down his head. It was not intended and the ball just passed by his head by a inch or two. Next ball he straightaway went and wore the helmet along with pads and gloves. But he was so nervous, I bowled him next ball.
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Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 06 December 2007 at 8:28pm
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One time I was practicing and my uncle was batting and this guy was bowling who by the way is probably the most wayward bowler I've ever laid eyes on. He sent down a fast beamer that passed my uncles nose. Only daylight could have fitten between the ball and his nose. He was pretty damn lucky that day! ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: canadiancricket
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 5:57am
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That was lucky. So only difference between my bowl and his ball was that mine was a bouncer while his was a beamer. After reading this thread, I have to ask that is cricket the most dangerous sport. |
Posted By: Niv!
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 10:20am
| in terms of injuries, netball gets the most, but Lacrosse has to be the most dangerous I've seen |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 4:15pm
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Netball???? You can't be serious! I've watched many a netball games before and people hardly gets injured. ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: The Tyke
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 6:34pm
You've never watched a Hurling match then. That's like lacrosse but a hurley is stronger than a lacrosse stick and the game is more viscious. ------------- Minn hugur er minn sverš (My mind is my sword) |
Posted By: bondy
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 9:24pm
you've obviously never heard of a game called rugby. ------------- Good one Graham! |
Posted By: bondy
Date Posted: 07 December 2007 at 9:25pm
I reakon you get oen chance with luck and if you fail to rectify the situation the next time, your luck runs out! ------------- Good one Graham! |
Posted By: Niv!
Date Posted: 25 December 2007 at 11:43am
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Actually In the professional level, Netball has the most injuries, probably 90% are hamstrings and ankles though. Think about it, running and then stopping sharply on an asphalt ground? your bound to strain something. No I haven't watched Hurling, and by the sounds of it I don't want to. |
Posted By: tommyboy
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 6:42pm
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my most painful monet is that i got hit on my peach of my helmit and the bowler could bowl about 75 mph i had a head ake for the rest of the day
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Posted By: hanif
Date Posted: 08 January 2008 at 11:01pm
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i have had many painful experiences i will rank them
5) getting hit on the chin fielding at short leg
4) as a juniour trying to pull a full toss and missing it getting hit in the stomach winded me quite badly.
3) breaking most off my fingers taking diving catches, maybe i shud change my technique might of been easier than re shaping my entire hand.
2) getting hit at the bottom of the box trapping my nether regions against the box, nearly thru up and past out, horrible feeling.
1) got to be getting caught out down the legside off the glove on 99 that was gut renching. ------------- love cricket hate racism |
Posted By: MP12
Date Posted: 09 January 2008 at 11:19am
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Emotional moments can sometimes be the most painful. 99 wouldn't be the worst though, I'd say dropping an important catch would be. Luckily this has never happened to me
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Posted By: myic
Date Posted: 07 February 2008 at 7:40am
| how about getting out hit wicket when u are the 11th man, and your team needs 2 runs to win.... off 2.2 overs... :( |
Posted By: Rambo_123UK
Date Posted: 18 March 2008 at 10:55am
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Broke my left arm batting in my first pre-season net this year on thurs night. 4 -6 weeks in plaster, 2-4 weeks after that to recover full use of my arm :( ------------- I swing both ways - but only when I'm bowling! |
Posted By: maxmartin
Date Posted: 15 April 2008 at 10:37am
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i was playing Open cricket for my school on a concrete pitch, i was only 14 coming up against a 17yo fast bowler, he put in a bouncer, i ducked, it kept low, BANG right in the ribs. I only had a bruise for a day but the pain was enormous. I got out next ball, i got mad at him and tried to play a ful blooded cover drive and i edged it to slip . ------------- Manager of Wynarka CC (Battrick.org) Manager of Kenya (fromthepavilion.org) |