Originally Posted by badsac
Man. That's no good you left off for so long then. That much practice you must have been getting somewhere.
My mate was the one with the talent, but I got him into pumping weights, so he decided
he'd rather spent three nights a week at the gym than at cricket practise. In his last season in about 1985, got paid about $3000 to play park cricket.
If you're into your cricket you'll find this interesting:
When I made my disastrous "comeback" at age 32
(quite pathetic, spent $1000 on gear -- yeah, one of those guys), my mate with the talent
was standing behind the nets one day, watching me bat. I was struggling, so he started calling the shot i should play for each ball. To my eye, he seemed to be calling the shot before the bowler even got his arm up to his ear!! I couldn't believe how early he was picking the length of each ball, which, to me, was WAY before the bowler let the ball go......AMAZING. I then decided it'a all eyesight
Originally Posted by badsac
Yeah, you're right. Cricket is all about luck.
You obviously "play the percentages" with
luck: the better players seem to get less unplayable balls, etc, but that's coz they're better.