Blasters vs Lamma Vikings 9 Feb 2025
Bohra Blasters [now under DB Cricket Club, effectively] vs Lamma Vikings at Gin Drinkers Bay yesterday; blasters won a good match on a splendid morning.
Martin Williams
Bohra Blasters vs Lantau CC sloggers – Sunday 12th Jan 2025
Bohra Blasters vs Lantau CC sloggers – Sunday 12th Jan 2025 @14:30 to 17:10 PM at Kam tin Sloggers lived up to their name, with some massive whacks into a neighbouring wood, and to a small car park area on…
DB Lions vs HKCC Taverners 3 January 2025
DB Lions vs HKCC Wanderers 3Jan2025 – 35-over match, went down to the wire, just won by Lions batting second thanks to 70-plus run partnership between returning batsmen [had earlier retired] Jay and Matt: just 2 or 3 balls remaining,…
Head position including Gavaskar’s imaginary wall
Twitter thread about the importance of getting head position right, from Temba Bavuma adjusting to stance with head over front shoulder, and including Sunil Gavaskar telling Martin Crowe of his “imaginary wall”: Crowe also mentioned the Gavaskar wall in this…
Video Snippets of Outstanding Cricket
Justin Langer: the best hour of cricket I’ve played in my life
Aussie opener Justin Langer, on the opening match of the Ashes in 2005, at Lord’s:
When sweating a lot, you need more than simply water
Especially on hot humid days – very common in Hong Kong, increasingly in winter too – it’s tough spending time outdoors doing little, let alone batting, bowling and fielding. Of course, people sweat to try and cool down; but along…
Kevin Pietersen on batting: get your head to the ball
To Pietersen, never mind advice on getting foot to pitch of the ball [as I was taught many years ago]; it’s about head position – watch the ball, get head to the ball and, hopefully, hit the ball.
Kevin Pietersen re spin: ball bowled then move
Here, Kevin Pietersen gives his view that the best way to play spin is to see ball bowled, then decide where it will pitch before moving feet.
DB Lions vs HKU 10 November 2024
