Taken  with  a soligor tele lens 300mm

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sums up cricket in one picture, lol

The last one is like something from one of those flick reels

Depends, I have enjoyed a few days watching cricket with a few bottles of beer or cider.

Quote from: neXussums up cricket in one picture, lol

The last one is like something from one of those flick reels

Try playing the game fella.... Id agree with you (shock horror ;-)), But I took up the game late (well into my mid 20s), but its such an enjoyable day out.... even if your not playing. Those pics was taken over a course of 4 hours. The time flew by.... Now I know you seem to love rugby, but you cant p[lay because of a wrist injury (single guys injury ;-))

Give the game a chance fella.  Youd be suprised how natural the game comes to a sporting person who likes a bit of pain/injury..... and it certainly keeps you fit if your stuck between 2 people 50+ in the field.

20yrs ago in school, I wouldnt batter an eyelid at cricket, but now, Ive realised its such an enjoyable sport/game & its not only about bowling/batting

same again...
seem to be getting better at this

Thats top notch, excellent

Well bowled, err, I mean photographed!

TBH getting that sort of photograph needs luck too.

Some good photos there Egg.

I took some photos at a few matches for a Sunderland based cricket club using my D50 with a 70-300 and I had a D2H with a 70-300 from the School I used to work at.  The biggest problem I had really was the background was far too cluttered you dont seem to have got that problem and it makes for some good photos.  I also found that I usually ended up missing a few wickets which was a pain, Id fire off a burst of say 5-6 frames a ball and the 7th would be the wicket, doh.  Quickly got out of that habbit lol.

Heres a small selection of shots from my pics from the first time I took any photos at the cricket.

http://www.hyltoncc.com/Gallery/21.04.07HyltonVsKimblesworth/Hylton_Innings/index.html
http://www.hyltoncc.com/Gallery/21.04.07HyltonVsKimblesworth/Kimblesworth_Innings/index.html

I find with wickets, you do have 1/2 a second to fire a snap off, I usually line up the camera & watch the game, you can usually still get the ball, stumps & Bails flying everywhere...

I was watching the game & not looking through the camera when I took that.. Think I may have got it a tad early.

Anyway, heres another