I wish they would stop firing it way down leg, the around the wicket line is alright but just need to straighten it up a touch coz we aren't going to get him caught down leg again when it is way out of reach.
One day, turned up to our cricket game and find out our wicketkeeper is not playing and we had no back up keeper.
I can't remember whom started off keeping but they were not much chop at it. I was one of the main bowlers and bowling outswing having good catchers in slips and keeping is what I need. Anyway, at some drinks break, I had done a fair stint of bowling but don't think I was in the zone that day and captain said he wanted to change keepers and a few of the idiots suggested why not I give it a try. Having never done it before I'm not sure why they wanted me to have a go but because no one else gave me much confidence they would be good at it, I just decided to say yes, as needed a spell from bowling for probably an hour anyway.
Then there was a problem soon after and our side did not have many other decent bowlers and captain brought on one guy that normally not a bowler but he at least had some pace in his bowling. Well the idiot had no control or line and I was left trying to stop his wayward bowling go for numerous byes. The ground we were playing on that day was one of worst I remember for outfield. Anyway, one wayward delivery I tried to stop going for 4 byes way down legside. As I put the glove out to stop it, was not going to reach it, hit a bad spot on ground and somehow bounced up and whacked me square on top of scone of nose.
Next thing I know, was swearing my head off and threw the keeping gloves about 50 metres away...lol.. funny looking back... I remember a few balls before this, thinking to myself, why did I agree to this. keeping is boring....lol... funnier still blood was pouring out of my nose like a tap all over the whites and I was too full of adrenalin to feel much pain. Just ****ed off the bowler was crap and why did I allow myself to be in this situation.
Some of guys did not like sign of blood. The whole thing was funny in recall.
One of my mates drove me to hospital and on the way I remember him saying, "can you please stop bleeding, I'm going to have a car accident". He did not like the sign of blood and felt he might faint....lol...
The fun of B grade club cricket..
Anyway, keeping is for mugs, that is moral of this story and breaking a nose is no fun.
