New Posts For Thread: Bell as a bowler, Monty as a batsman in local village/league cricket, how would they do?https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-doSomeone suggested to me recently that someone like tufnell would get centuries for fun at a local level. He did get sixty odd at fc level, so must have some level of ability. What about kp as a bowler, he did for four top flight england players inVillage cricket Bell would likely take 8 for and Monty would get an unbeaten century. I know of an ex Somerset 2nd XL cricketer who only played a few first class matches with an average in the twenties and he could literally do what he wanted with thhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518756765#518756765Village cricket Bell would likely take 8 for and Monty would get an unbeaten century. I know of an ex Somerset 2nd XL cricketer who only played a few first class matches with an average in the twenties and he could literally do what he wanted with thWed, 18 Apr 2012 13:05:57 -0500Didnt Mohammed Amir smash a load up the order for that surrey league team when he was pretending to be someone else? then rip thru the side bowlinghttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518477705#518477705Didnt Mohammed Amir smash a load up the order for that surrey league team when he was pretending to be someone else? then rip thru the side bowlingTue, 10 Apr 2012 21:57:18 -0500a lot of pros train themselves to know when the ball is going to be shortits all to do when the bowler releases the ball which is obviously later for a bouncernot that much dfference between the reactions of a international cricketer and league playehttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518384883#518384883a lot of pros train themselves to know when the ball is going to be shortits all to do when the bowler releases the ball which is obviously later for a bouncernot that much dfference between the reactions of a international cricketer and league playeSun, 08 Apr 2012 09:17:40 -0500What amazes me is that people like Brett lee, at his prime, would bowl 90 plus mph, and short and even just decent players like Strauss would hook him for fours and sixes. Yet when they play a 75mph trundler they don't exactly fill their boots, mighhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518384819#518384819What amazes me is that people like Brett lee, at his prime, would bowl 90 plus mph, and short and even just decent players like Strauss would hook him for fours and sixes. Yet when they play a 75mph trundler they don't exactly fill their boots, mighSun, 08 Apr 2012 09:15:16 -0500I wonder what pace bell or trott send it down at, 75mph average. At my level that is very quick, though prob flat bat a ball on a good length, on the presumption they're not swinging or seaming it. I'm guessing they're very accurate by village stanhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518384739#518384739I wonder what pace bell or trott send it down at, 75mph average. At my level that is very quick, though prob flat bat a ball on a good length, on the presumption they're not swinging or seaming it. I'm guessing they're very accurate by village stanSun, 08 Apr 2012 09:12:04 -0500I wonder how Chris Martin with his legs tied together woulg get on facing Matt Prior bowling left handed with his eyes closedhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518371203#518371203I wonder how Chris Martin with his legs tied together woulg get on facing Matt Prior bowling left handed with his eyes closedSat, 07 Apr 2012 18:33:13 -0500Monty played against us for Bexhill. Didn't take a wicket but scored a fifty.He had a long bowl but club players tend to pay less respect than the pros. He bowls dozens of half volleys for Sussex and England which are patted back. He had a bit of a shttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518345749#518345749Monty played against us for Bexhill. Didn't take a wicket but scored a fifty.He had a long bowl but club players tend to pay less respect than the pros. He bowls dozens of half volleys for Sussex and England which are patted back. He had a bit of a sSat, 07 Apr 2012 01:17:09 -0500Well spotted deadly, I was getting it confused with harmisons 7/12 around the same time.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518345645#518345645Well spotted deadly, I was getting it confused with harmisons 7/12 around the same time.Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:04:04 -05006 for 9 Rob. You are forever underselling Australians.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518340657#5183406576 for 9 Rob. You are forever underselling Australians.Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:15:53 -0500bell would probably be a 1st/2nd change bowler in the lancs league, monty in the middle orderhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/29042713/bell-as-a-bowler-monty-as-a-batsman-in-local-villageleague-cricket-how-would-they-do?post_id=518322487#518322487bell would probably be a 1st/2nd change bowler in the lancs league, monty in the middle orderFri, 06 Apr 2012 09:05:45 -0500