Originally Posted by 531Aussie
I was OBSESSED with cricket when I was about 16/17. If it was a nice day, me and my mate used to wag school, get the clubroom keys off the coach, roll the
mats out, buy a new ball, then bowl flat out at each other from about 14 meters
for about 2 hrs!
I gave up and went to race me pushy because I decided a cyclist
relies less on luck than does a batsman. I remember one time, this bowler, who I thought was sh1t, got
me out early, so I cracked the sads, and kicked my helmet all the way back to the fence
Man. That's no good you left off for so long then. That much practice you must have been getting somewhere.
Yeah, you're right. Cricket is all about luck. I had a bit of luck today. Calculated luck though. I seem a lot luckier with my cricket these days that when I was young. Mostly because I don't allow bad luck to befall me as much. Like today on a tricky pitch. I think it took me 2 overs to even hit a single ball. And when I did I was defensive until I got the speed and bounce of the pitch. All our young batsmen just went out trying to play glorious coverdrives from the first ball. Our best bat tried to hit their best bowler over mid off the first ball. He only lasted 1 ball. Sure it was in the slot. But the pitch wasn't playing like a normal pitch. He thought he was unlucky. I didn't.
