Worst cricket dismissal

[The Coon Dog]

What's the worst way you ever got out in a match?

I was playing in a semi final chasing 257. When I went in we had slumped to 7-122. It must be noted that I was no great shakes as a cricketer, but enjoyed playing.

Our #3 gun bat was still there so I tried hanging around with him while he made the runs. I lasted the 40 minutes to tea & was not out 17. We had put on 50 odd when the gentle medium pace trundler pushed one down the leg side. It flicked my thigh & the keeper caught it.

I never thought about it, even as he was the only player on the ground to appeal. I couldn't believe it when the umpire raised his finger to give me out. The square leg umpire just shook his head as I trudged off in despair.

As I walked off one of their fielders really gave it to me. Whilst sulking as I took my pads off (surprised the bat never killed anyone given the strength with which I hurled it) he fielded nearby. I couldn't help myself as I was only 17 & fearless (read young & stupid) & decided to give him a bit back. I called him all sorts of unmentionable names, even challenged him to resolve it after the game.

Unbeknowns to me he was a martial arts expert (sensei something or other) who ran the local dojo. Fortunately he ignored me.

We had managed reduce the deficit to around 70 when the number 10 batsman went in. Like me our # 10 hung around & also made 21 whilst featuring in a 50 run stand. He was caught in slip with the 3rd delivery of the new ball.

Our #11 bat was a slogger & couldn't block to save himself. When he went in we still needed 19 runs. A couple of lofty blows, one bisecting the deep mid wicket & deep square leg fielders, the other first bounce into the fence over slips (why they didn't have a 3rd man I'll never know) & before too long we needed only 7 runs to get.

A mistimed slog over the offside by our #11, dollied straight to my mate sensei in the covers. We couldn't believe it as he grassed it, having seen it slip from his grasp about 3 times as he attempted to juggle it & reign it in.

We got up to win by 1 wicket with our #3 scoring an unbeaten century. As delighted as I was with the win (& subsequent win the following match in the Grand Final chasing 340 odd, only losing 5 wickets in the process) I still feel aggrieved with this particular dismissal, perhaps due more to what was at stake.

Like everyone else who's played cricket I've copped my fair share of poor umpiring decisions & I'm sure they even out in the end. This one tho still rankles.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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My last game.

I had gracefully slipped back down the grades as I got older and found myself in F Troup.

All the sides in F grade were the same - half over 35, half under 17. Every so often you came up against a father/son combo.

I was opening against a young kid who was really quick but sprayed them everywhere.

He gave me a full toss outside off. Thanks, I'll have 4. Short and wide down leg? No problems, I'll have 4 more.

Then he serves up one very short and very wide outside off. I open the blade and flick it over slip, 4 more. Then he serves up a mouthful (which I was quite offended by as I was pretty proud of that effort over slip).

The first one next over was a beamer - right at my chin. I got the hands up and wore it on the wrist. I threw down the bat and bolted down the pitch baseball style. He took off like a hare with me after him screaming at him that I'll kill him. Those of you who know me realise I'm not he most athletic any more and in pads my only chance of catching him was if he had an asthma attack from laughing.

Predictably, the next one was a bouncer that i got onto and the one after that went over the fence at cow corner. Then he bowled one up and I absolutely slaughtered it - straight back at him and the bludger caught it. I still think he was trying to get out of the way. He gave me the best send-off I ever got.

I walked off, donated all my gear to the club and kept walking.

[Twodogs]

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Not so much the dismissal-I still consider it a pretty lucky zero, but my worst moment in cricket was in U/16s. We were playing Footscray Juniors and they had a couple of promising kids called Dodemaide, Hughes and Miller playing. They won the toss and batted and a couple of overs in I caught one of them at slip and next over another got out and I gave him the biggest gobful as he walked off. After all we'd been hearing all season about how good these guys were!




Anyhoo I went out to bat and the field all crept up except for slips and the keeper who all went a few steps backwards. Blimey! Talk about fast-the first ball went past me before I'd even reacted. I lasted an over or so and didnt see one ball. Eventually one of them hit the stumps and I couldnt get of there fast enough.

[GVGjr]

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The worst dismissal I have every experienced was being run out at the bowlers end without facing a ball. We were desperate to get the last few runs and a player went out. 4 runs were required off 2 overs and wickets weren't a problem. I said to the guy on strike who was in very good form 'they are still standing a fair way back so just drop the ball at you feet and we will race through for a run'. I backed up way too far thinking that was the plan and he drove it straight and the bowler just got a hand on it as it rolled onto the stumps.
Isn't that what they call a Diamond duck? Funnily enough I have never been out for a golden duck.

[The Coon Dog]

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The worst dismissal I have every experienced was being run out at the bowlers end without facing a ball. We were desperate to get the last few runs and a player went out. 4 runs were required off 2 overs and wickets weren't a problem. I said to the guy on strike who was in very good form 'they are still standing a fair way back so just drop the ball at you feet and we will race through for a run'. I backed up way too far thinking that was the plan and he drove it straight and the bowler just got a hand on it as it rolled onto the stumps.
Isn't that what they call a Diamond duck? Funnily enough I have never been out for a golden duck.

Awful feeling, huh?

In the u-14's myself & the other opening bat were arguing about not wanting to face the first ball. Our coach overheard us & said he opens the batting in the seniors & loved to face the first ball as the bowler generally opened up with a loosener & he quite often hit a boundry.

I decided I'd face. Took centre & middle peg got uprooted by a peach of a yorker first ball!

[Twodogs]

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The worst dismissal I have every experienced was being run out at the bowlers end without facing a ball. We were desperate to get the last few runs and a player went out. 4 runs were required off 2 overs and wickets weren't a problem. I said to the guy on strike who was in very good form 'they are still standing a fair way back so just drop the ball at you feet and we will race through for a run'. I backed up way too far thinking that was the plan and he drove it straight and the bowler just got a hand on it as it rolled onto the stumps.
Isn't that what they call a Diamond duck? Funnily enough I have never been out for a golden duck.

I'd been playing with the same club for years and basically I'd had enough of the place. A mate asked me down to his club to play so I went down and got a had in the thirds to see how I liked it. Dropped three catches and got run out without facing a ball-not at the non strikers end but actually ended up at the same end as my batting partner.


That was it for me. I gave all my gear away and didnt play again for nearly 20 years.

[Twodogs]

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Now that I think about it ending up at the same end as your batting partner is a pretty bad way to get out. There's just to much opportunity for instant retribution when yoiur nose to nose with the bloke you've run out.


I once saw a picture of Bill Edrich and Dennis Compton and their runners(They were bothe using runners) at one end looking at each other with the wicket stnding over the stumps with the ball in his gloves at the other end. Anyone else seen it?