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It's a very photogenic game.

I'm trying to refind a pic I got off cricinfo a couple of years ago, it was a great action shot from the 20s, England v Australia I think. In the meantime, I'll start off with Emmerson Trotman. Marvel at the balance



Bigger version here

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great idea for a thread.

My current international favourite










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My current Ljubljana / Slovenia favourite (an old fav - actually - not a professional photographer, but check the bails as the ball goes by clipping off stump)



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El Presidente wrote:

great idea for a thread.

My current international favourite










-- Edited by El Presidente at 11:33, 2007-03-23
You LOVE that pic. It is a great one though...

 



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My current Ljubljana / Slovenia favourite (an old fav - actually - not a professional photographer, but check the bails as the ball goes by clipping off stump)


Is that paichukka all ends up?

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Good job this didn't happen to a Scot...



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joel wrote:

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My current Ljubljana / Slovenia favourite (an old fav - actually - not a professional photographer, but check the bails as the ball goes by clipping off stump)


Is that paichukka all ends up?

 It could only happen to him.



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Another Ljubljana one.

The only photograph known to exist of Chris "Slogger" Bishop revealing his technique. A visiting team once asked if "Slogger" was an ironic nickname, saw him play one shot and concluded that "no" was the correct answer. Here he is shown "just trying to launch it"



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Bradman's last innings. Not his best shot by the looks of things.

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Bradman's last innings. Not his best shot by the looks of things.

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This one's a corker:



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Geoffrey Boycott doing what he did best.



It's got the feel of a 17th century painting this. Magnificent.

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Potential all-rounder? YOU the audience will decide tonight.



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Geoffrey Boycott doing what he did best.


It's got the feel of a 17th century painting this. Magnificent.

It  needs a moralising title. 'Duty or The Gentleman's Dilemma'.

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It needs a moralising title. 'Duty or The Gentleman's Dilemma'.


 



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Holding claims ownership of Boycott, Barbados 1981. Liveried servant bearing platter just out of shot.



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Geoffrey Boycott doing what he did best.



It's got the feel of a 17th century painting this. Magnificent.

 Indeed priceless.

Is that AW Greig who is clearly going to be the loser in this Gentlemens dilemna?

Already I have a great feeling about many future belly laughs in this thread



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Obligatory inclusion - Merv Hughes.



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Fielding Monty!






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What on earth is going on here?

Final Trial


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Not cricket, but so very LJCC....





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His victor isn't much better:

Bush faces bouncer

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Is that AW Greig who is clearly going to be the loser in this Gentlemens dilemna?

The slight chin-stoop says Ted Dexter.

He always came across as a bit of a wanker on telly, but don't most ex-cricketers?

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He always came across as a bit of a wanker on telly, but don't most ex-cricketers?
Agreed




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He always came across as a bit of a wanker on telly, but don't most ex-cricketers?
Agreed



I don't think I've seen enough of Allott to make a judgement, but I was struck by how old he looked. He's obviously moved on from the days when he looked like Paul Calf.

It comes to us all.

 



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What on earth is going on here?

Final Trial


 I think I just peed myself. Wunderbar.



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The cricketer that gave the world the term "frog in a blender." Paul Adams.


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The cricketer that gave the world the term "frog in a blender." Paul Adams.


 From the ridiculous to the sublime.

Malcolm Marshall at the peak of his powers. Be afraid, be very afraid.



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Inzi
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Ah the balance...




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Inzi
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Ah the balance...



God Bless Inzi. We'll miss his panther-like prowess between the wickets. Reminds me of a young Nick de Sausage-Massage.

 



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While we're paying tribute to Inzi - here's a little entry marked....

"Spot the ball"

As Ian Bell(?) is looking in the opposite direction to our batting hero, is there a hint of "Easy runs down there, Tom" in this pic? I'm having money on this one flying off the edge somewhere backwards of point!



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Two photos that should always be viewed together:



 
Warne loses The Ashes



 


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Two photos that should always be viewed together






Excellent stuff. Though as an Australian, I think I prefer the one you posted above it

 Time to trawl through the darkest depths of the internet to find some great pics. I love this thread.



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High time this one made its forum debut. Christopher Peter Bishop in a former incarnation makes his intentions clear. What kind of shot is this?



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High time this one made its forum debut. Christopher Peter Bishop in a former incarnation makes his intentions clear. What kind of shot is this?




Though to be fair to the fella, there does only seem to be about 5 yards between the wickets.

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How about this field that any respectable opening bowler couldn't do without?

Comment Bradders?



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On closer expection, you might have thought the bowler wouldn't put it down leg.....

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How about this field that any respectable opening bowler couldn't do without?

Comment Bradders?



Brilliant.

Title: The Corridor of Uncertainty

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How about this field that any respectable opening bowler couldn't do without?

Comment Bradders?



Brilliant.

Title: The Corridor of Uncertainty

-- Edited by joel at 13:49, 2007-03-27
At least I could bowl to that field. That one was staged for a photo, It looks like Lillee vs New Zealand in about 1977sh

Same but different


 



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One for the Aussies. Douglas Jardine, 1930.



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Batting in a pair of gardening gloves, as they did in the days before modern materials.

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We had those gloves at prep school. We all felt rather lucky when we were given a pair of those awful white cotton gloves with green rubber cones.

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Shahid Afridi having a slog. (might have top edged it a bit)

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We had those gloves at prep school. We all felt rather lucky when we were given a pair of those awful white cotton gloves with green rubber cones.

Hehe, I remember those.

Of course, Jardine was a gentleman so he got gloves. If you were a player, you played in your bare hands ...


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And I think before 1948 stumps had to have been through at least 500 first-class fixtures before they were allowed to be used for test matches. Hence that dark, seasoned and rather shabby look.

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And I think before 1948 stumps had to have been through at least 500 first-class fixtures before they were allowed to be used for test matches. Hence that dark, seasoned and rather shabby look.

That's correct. And only fashioned from wood from a stand of trees just outside Saffron Walden known as 'Cricketer's Glade', left to the MCC by Bunny Swanton in 1874.

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smile Are we starting an "invent a stump" thread?

farrell,stumps.jpg

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smile Are we starting an "invent a stump" thread?

farrell,stumps.jpg

...because if we are here's a really lame entry.

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smile Are we starting an "invent a stump" thread?

farrell,stumps.jpg

Great pic, good idea for a thread ...

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