Natwest Pro 40 Derbyshire V Surrey (Cricket)

gsgary

Played at Queens Park Chesterfield UK
Everone was hoping for a Derbyshire win but they have not won at home since 2002 They lost by 8 wickets got some ok shots though
C+C welcome

1


2 Going for six


3 Captain giving direction


3


4 Trying to stop the boundary



5 Anil Kumble


6


7


8

System

Great pics. Retarded sport.

TassieD

truth wrote:

Great pics. Retarded sport.

I agree great shots , but cant say I agree with the second comment

devbobo

truth wrote:

Great pics. Retarded sport.

umm...how is cricket anymore retarded than the sports by your insular country...that all too often complete against themselves and call it a world series ?

Antonio Correia

Nice shots as usual, mastering the tele.
I like particulary the 4.th shot.

DoctorIt

truth wrote:

Retarded sport.

How is this funny?

Frog Lady

Hi Gary,

interesting shots and good expressions - but could you put some of them in perspective for us non-commonwealth types that don't know anything about the game? That way, some of your titles ('going for six', 'stopping the boundary') might make a little more sense. Tx

Also, I'm curious, I've seen some (of your?) shots where the players are all dressed in white. Is that just a different league?

cheers,

C.

gsgary

truth wrote:

Great pics. Retarded sport.

Thank's
That's why Baseball comes from cricket:D

gsgary

TassieD wrote:

I agree great shots , but cant say I agree with the second comment

Thank's Tassie for sticking up for me and cricket against these Americans:D

gsgary

devbobo wrote:

umm...how is cricket anymore retarded than the sports by your insular country...that all too often complete against themselves and call it a world series ?

Well said, they have only just taken up some of the best sports like football Rugby

gsgary

Antonio Correia wrote:

Nice shots as usual, mastering the tele.
I like particulary the 4.th shot.

Thank's Antonio , do they play cricket in Portugal ?

gsgary

Frog Lady wrote:

Hi Gary,

interesting shots and good expressions - but could you put some of them in perspective for us non-commonwealth types that don't know anything about the game? That way, some of your titles ('going for six', 'stopping the boundary') might make a little more sense. Tx

Also, I'm curious, I've seen some (of your?) shots where the players are all dressed in white. Is that just a different league?

cheers,

C.

Thank's Coleen
The Boundary is a line that runs round the pitch like baseball i think if the ball run past the line it is 4 runs if it goes over the line without touching the field it is 6 runs, there is more here http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm#basics

System

devbobo wrote:

umm...how is cricket anymore retarded than the sports by your insular country...that all too often complete against themselves and call it a world series ?

Insular country? You respond to my slight of cricket with a national slur? Brilliant. One man's opinion is now a national reflection? Should I poke fun at your status as a nation of criminals? Please, cricket, polo, golf are all bastions of aristocratic masturbation.

As for baseball being born from cricket, well, I guess being an American makes me a baseball fan too huh?

gsgary

truth wrote:

Insular country? You respond to my slight of cricket with a national slur? Brilliant. One man's opinion is now a national reflection? Should I poke fun at your status as a nation of criminals? Please, cricket, polo, golf are all bastions of aristocratic masturbation.

As for baseball being born from cricket, well, I guess being an American makes me a baseball fan too huh?

What is your sport

System

gsgary wrote:

What is your sport

Generally I shy away from team sports and currently I compete in cycling and multi-sport (triathalon) events. My true passion is backcountry skiing which I've pursued on several continents in both hemispheres. Motorsports (as a participant, not a spectator) are another interest but sadly I'm not talented enough nor do I have the funding to truly pursue it beyond a hobbyist level.

bwg

truth wrote:

Generally I shy away from team sports

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Antonio Correia

gsgary wrote:

Thank's Antonio , do they play cricket in Portugal ?

No. Not at all...

Have you seen my tennis players ?

and my kite surfers ?

they are at:
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1610813
and
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1607408

gsgary

truth wrote:

Generally I shy away from team sports and currently I compete in cycling and multi-sport (triathalon) events. My true passion is backcountry skiing which I've pursued on several continents in both hemispheres. Motorsports (as a participant, not a spectator) are another interest but sadly I'm not talented enough nor do I have the funding to truly pursue it beyond a hobbyist level.

A friend at work competes in triathlon so i may give it a go, last week a came across some fell running that was good fun to shoot


Good luck with the sking, cycling and triathlon

Antonio Correia

truth wrote:

... Please, cricket, polo, golf are all bastions of aristocratic masturbation ...

:jawdrop There is a time for everything in life ...

DoctorIt

truth wrote:

Please, cricket, polo, golf are all bastions of aristocratic masturbation.

one minute you're calling an internationally contested sport "retarded" and the next minute you're throwing around highbrow statements like that.

wxwax

gsgary wrote:

1


2 Going for six


8

Very nice action shots, these three.

The framing's off on the last one, and the depth of field doesn't work, but the intensity on the bowler's face is great!

System

DoctorIt wrote:

one minute you're calling an internationally contested sport "retarded" and the next minute you're throwing around highbrow statements like that.

I prefer lowbrow.

Awais Yaqub

: great captures i love the sport but hate because 24hrs my dad ansd my bro cricket cricket due to this brutal game i missed my favourit programs on nat geo
But i hate Test cricket in any circumstances

gsgary

Antonio Correia wrote:

No. Not at all...

Have you seen my tennis players ?

and my kite surfers ?

they are at:
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1610813
and
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/gallery/1607408

Ive seen your tennis there getting better every time

gsgary

wxwax wrote:

Very nice action shots, these three.

The framing's off on the last one, and the depth of field doesn't work, but the intensity on the bowler's face is great!

Thank's Sid
I think for last shot i only had the 300mmF4 fitted as i had loaned my 200F2.8 and 1.4x to the chap next to me as he only had the kit lens
so he could try and get a few good shots

gsgary

Awais Yaqub wrote:

: great captures i love the sport but hate because 24hrs my dad ansd my bro cricket cricket due to this brutal game i missed my favourit programs on nat geo
But i hate Test cricket in any circumstances

Thank's Awais
Pakistan now there's a real cricket nation

F45

....a-n-y-w-a-y; back to the origial postrofl

Nice and sharp! I like the whole collection.
I've never played cricket but both my dad and grandfather (Brits) played for years. Being Canadian, I've had very little oportunity to see live matches, but I would enjoy photographing one!

Keep up the good work Gsgary!

gsgary

F45 wrote:

....a-n-y-w-a-y; back to the origial postrofl

Nice and sharp! I like the whole collection.
I've never played cricket but both my dad and grandfather (Brits) played for years. Being Canadian, I've had very little oportunity to see live matches, but I would enjoy photographing one!

Keep up the good work Gsgary!

Thankyou Chris

devbobo

truth wrote:

Insular country? You respond to my slight of cricket with a national slur? Brilliant. One man's opinion is now a national reflection? Should I poke fun at your status as a nation of criminals? Please, cricket, polo, golf are all bastions of aristocratic masturbation.

As for baseball being born from cricket, well, I guess being an American makes me a baseball fan too huh?

umm I wasn't stating that America is insular as a slur, more as an observation/fact...but if you want to dispute that...that's fine.

As far as the whole convict thing, that's cool...it's water off a duck's back to us Aussies.

devbobo

Gary,

Sorry to cr@p on your thread.

Great photos. Looks like the county season is getting underway.

Cheers,

David

DJ-S1

Nice work Gary! I don't know much about cricket, but I thought the field was round, with the action a long way from the spectators. Good framing and expressions you got.

How far is it to the boundary? You get 6 runs for clearing the boundary on the fly, right? For baseball, that would be 100-125 meters, depending on the ballpark.