I reckon you can spill your beer to take a screamer, but dropping it should be out.
Especially when playing on the beach and diving round is expected…
We play a custom rule – One hand one bounce IF you’re holding a beer, which helps minimise unnecessary spillage and encourages drinking. Of course it’s not unheard of to go to the third umpire to confirm there is beer left in the glass in these cases
I took a keg to Australia Day, and was drinking my Pilsener Blonde out of a Stein when the philosophical question arose. Plastic cups are not great on a hot day, and hold far less than 1 litre.
Otherwise I’d be drinking out of a glass bottle, they’re all the rage in Australia.. perhaps you could look to importing them, you can always take your empties to the bottleshop in enzed and get them refilled..
There is not a decent man alive who would look down upon a man who drops a catch rather than grass a beer. Rather, he would look poorly upon the man who sacrifices a beer for a catch – especially if you are playing ‘Can’t Go Out For A Duck’.
Can’t go out for a duck could go out for a week when I get the inswingers going on the swing king We play first ball then you’re on your own!
Is there a scenario when you’d consider spilling your beer to take the catch? Say a mates in whose been batting for ages, leaving anything not on the stumps and hitting the rest along the ground to protect his wicket. Then one pops up near you, but it’ll take a full length dive forward to grasp the chance. Due to circumstances beyond your control you’re drinking Tooheys New, would you sacrifice a few sips in order to take the catch, be a hero, and get the girl?
Say a mates in whose been batting for ages, leaving anything not on the stumps and hitting the rest along the ground to protect his wicket.
Hmmm? That’s a Doosrah! Had a long think about this, and then it hit me! A bloke who bats for ages, doesn’t slog and leaves everyhing off the stumps and protects his wicket?!? That’s CRICKET!!! Not DRINKIN’ CRICKET!!!! You would either;
(A) Throw cans at his head as the ball pitches,
(B) Give him the old ‘Wicky grabs the bat on his back swing’ trick,
(C) Dack him as the ladies walk past, or,
(D) ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!
If that fails, bowl him an underarm.
Then all piss off on him and drink your beers. Even if they are Toohey’s News!! (As a Melbourne Storm member, it’s actually all I get to drink at Olympic Park!
Is it ok to drop your beer to take a catch in backyard/beach cricket?
No it’s not.
You should be able to take the catch without dropping your beer.
The only time you can’t keep your beer safe is when you need to make a full length dive, and that’s not what backyard cricket is about.
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FúCK NO
You take it one handed.
Dropping catch is preferable to dropping beer
I reckon you can spill your beer to take a screamer, but dropping it should be out.
Especially when playing on the beach and diving round is expected…
We play a custom rule – One hand one bounce IF you’re holding a beer, which helps minimise unnecessary spillage and encourages drinking. Of course it’s not unheard of to go to the third umpire to confirm there is beer left in the glass in these cases
Bloody hell!
You guys drink beer out of a glass???
What noncy kind of behaviour is that?
Leg Break’s last blog post..Dec and Chambo at the cricket
I took a keg to Australia Day, and was drinking my Pilsener Blonde out of a Stein when the philosophical question arose. Plastic cups are not great on a hot day, and hold far less than 1 litre.
Otherwise I’d be drinking out of a glass bottle, they’re all the rage in Australia.. perhaps you could look to importing them, you can always take your empties to the bottleshop in enzed and get them refilled..
There is not a decent man alive who would look down upon a man who drops a catch rather than grass a beer. Rather, he would look poorly upon the man who sacrifices a beer for a catch – especially if you are playing ‘Can’t Go Out For A Duck’.
Cheers
Prof. Pilsner
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We’ve been drinking out of glass bottles since the days when we used to throw them at Greg Matthews.
Leg Break’s last blog post..Dec and Chambo at the cricket
Can’t go out for a duck could go out for a week when I get the inswingers going on the swing king
We play first ball then you’re on your own!
Is there a scenario when you’d consider spilling your beer to take the catch? Say a mates in whose been batting for ages, leaving anything not on the stumps and hitting the rest along the ground to protect his wicket. Then one pops up near you, but it’ll take a full length dive forward to grasp the chance. Due to circumstances beyond your control you’re drinking Tooheys New, would you sacrifice a few sips in order to take the catch, be a hero, and get the girl?
Say a mates in whose been batting for ages, leaving anything not on the stumps and hitting the rest along the ground to protect his wicket.
Time to get a new mate.
No !
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Hmmm? That’s a Doosrah! Had a long think about this, and then it hit me! A bloke who bats for ages, doesn’t slog and leaves everyhing off the stumps and protects his wicket?!? That’s CRICKET!!! Not DRINKIN’ CRICKET!!!! You would either;
(A) Throw cans at his head as the ball pitches,
(B) Give him the old ‘Wicky grabs the bat on his back swing’ trick,
(C) Dack him as the ladies walk past, or,
(D) ALL OF THE ABOVE!!!
If that fails, bowl him an underarm.
Then all piss off on him and drink your beers. Even if they are Toohey’s News!! (As a Melbourne Storm member, it’s actually all I get to drink at Olympic Park!
Cheers,
Prof. Pilsner
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