Join the conversation: Introduce yourself

Posted by David Hinchliffe on 28 Mar 08 at 15:05
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Cricket.

This site has now grown to a size where I can say for sure there are regular readers and regular commenters.

Thanks for being part of the harrowdrive community.

As this site continues to grow I want you to feel part of it. We are all interested in improving our game (or the games of others).

To help aid us in this mission I want to get you talking to each other as well as listening to me. This site is for you as much as it is for me.

Shortly I'll be launching a brand new Community section for the site to help with this. This first part of this process is for me to find out who you are.

Please introduce yourself in the comments section.

To get the ball rolling here are my details:

Name: David Hinchliffe
Born: November 1975
Location: South Wales, UK
Position: Right Hand Bat/Wicketkeeper
Highest Level Played: South Wales Cricket League Division 2: 1st XI

If you are a regular reader or commenter why not join the conversation?

posted by Ed Lamb on 28 Mar 08 at 19:17

Name: Ed Lamb
Born: October 1977
Location: Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex
Position: Right Hand Bat/Slow bowler (off spinner would incorrectly assume the ball turns!)
Highest Level Played: Cricketer Cup / Thames Valley League Division 1
Other: I run a cricket blog at cricketburble.blogspot.com

posted by David Hinchliffe on 28 Mar 08 at 20:04

I used to play Thames Valley League in the pre-premier league days for Boyne Hill. Small world huh?

posted by Andy on 29 Mar 08 at 01:45

Name: Andrew Pugh
Born: 1989
Location Christchurch, New Zealand
Position: Opening/1st change RFM bowler. Late low order blocker and/or slogger.
Highest level played: Club 2nd XI (i.e the team down from the premier team)

posted by Scott on 29 Mar 08 at 02:18

Name: Scott 'Tom' Murray
Born: March 1979
Location: South Wales, UK
Position: Right Hand Bat/RFM - RM
Highest Level Played: South West Premier 2

posted by Indrabir Gill on 29 Mar 08 at 09:21

Location:Osterley
Position; Middle order bat

posted by Auzayr Mohammed on 29 Mar 08 at 12:21

Name: Auzayr Mohammed
Born: November 1992
Location: Walsall, UK
Position: Right Hand Bat/ Fast Bowler
Highest Level Played: Walsall Under 15s

posted by David Hinchliffe on 29 Mar 08 at 12:28

Welcome all so far. Nice to meet you!

posted by Andy Grieve on 29 Mar 08 at 14:01

Name: Andy Grieve
Born: January 1973
Location: Szekesfehervar, Hungary
Position: Opening/1st change RFM bowler. Bat at 8.
Highest Level Played: Hungarian Cricket League (inaugurated last year)

posted by Sean Harrison on 30 Mar 08 at 02:36

Name: Sean Harrison
Born: March 1977
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Position: Opening/1st change Right Arm, Medium. Bat at 11.
Highest Level Played: Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association Third XI (mostly 4XI though!)

posted by Arif on 30 Mar 08 at 12:02

Name: Arif Iqbal
Born: August 1985
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Position: Leg-spin/lower-order batsmen
Highest Level Played: Scottish National Cricket League Division 1 (though play for 2nd XI)

posted by Lois Clarke on 30 Mar 08 at 14:10

Born: January 1962

Location: Cambridge

Position: Medium/Slow bowler/Occasional spinner. Lower order Right Hand bat.

Highest Level Played: 1st XI. Marshall Hatchick 2 Counties Ladies Callenge League

posted by David Hinchliffe on 30 Mar 08 at 16:06

Nice to see a Lady on here. There are a few of you lurking but I don't get many comments.

posted by Andrew Wilmot on 30 Mar 08 at 16:18

Name: Andrew Wilmot
Born: May 1964
Location: Presteigne, Powys
Position: Opening bat
Highest Level Played: at school opened the batting with son of ex-England captain and currently Herefordshire Marches Leaugue Division One

posted by Robbie Black on 31 Mar 08 at 06:00

Opening Bat and wicket keeper.
Position at umpires level National examination passed. Was no 27 in South Africa when I stop umpiring and start of with coaching. Do have my level 3 coaching certificate. Highest level played presented Vaal Tringle at Country Districts tournament and Provincial B

posted by Zaki on 31 Mar 08 at 07:44

Name:Mahbub Ali Zaki
Born: 06,06,1966.
Location:Bangladesh.
Position:Strik Bowler,6/7 Bat.
Highest level played:Played first class level in Bangladesh,also in National team.under 19 and scenior's.
played for Oxford shire at 2000,Edmonton C.C,2004.
Now Coaching is my Profession.
Doing all age group progrem's under Bangladesh Cricket Board in different level's.
Involve with club Cricket scenior's,first divetion.
Coaching Certificate's
Level 2 AUS.
Level 2 ECB.
Level's BCB.
Fitness level 1 AUS.
Thanks.

posted by David Hinchliffe on 31 Mar 08 at 08:28

Welcome Zaki, great to have a first class player reading this site.

posted by naveen on 31 Mar 08 at 09:52

Hai david...u r doing a wonderful job mate ...cheers..!

posted by naveen on 31 Mar 08 at 09:56

Name:Naveen
Born:16.09.1988
Location:Hyderabad,India

posted by David Hinchliffe on 31 Mar 08 at 11:47

Thanks Naveen I'm doing my best!

posted by Philip J Sparrow on 31 Mar 08 at 15:00

Name: Phil Sparrow
Born: October 1987
Location: Lancaster, Lancs
Position: RFM/RHB(mid-order)
Highest Level Played: Northern League (Div 2)

Hi David, thanks for the site. I have heard some commentators mention that bowlers such as RP Singh and Chris Martin have been able to increase their pace by concentrating on leg work (in particular the front leg) in the gym. Do you know anything about this? Is lower body/core strength more important than upper body when it comes to fast bowling?

posted by David Hinchliffe on 31 Mar 08 at 18:18

Phil. In short, yes. The hips are the powerhouse of the bowling action. The right leg training can seriously help with speed.

posted by Naz Gauri on 31 Mar 08 at 20:20

Name: Naz Gauri
Born: 1st August 1981
Location: Ealing London
Position: Top Order Batsman; 5th seamer
Highest Level Played: ECB Middlesex County Cricket League (Premier League 1st XI)

David,

I remain a fan! Thanks so much for all your efforts.

Naz

posted by Naz Gauri on 31 Mar 08 at 20:21

P.s. - good luck for the upcoming season to all in England!

posted by Edladd on 01 Apr 08 at 10:59

Name: Edward Connel
Born: February 21, 1984
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Position: No. 11, bowl a bit but mostly fielding
Highest Level Played: Leinster Middle B for 1st XI, normally Junior B for 3rd XI

posted by Richard Jones on 02 Apr 08 at 13:48

Name - Richard Jones
Born - May 25th, 1979
Location - Cardiff, South Wales
Position - Top order bat and occassional bowler
Highest Level Played - 1st XI Captain Cannock CC in Birmingham League, Staffordshire Under 17's
Have recently joined Pentyrch CC for the coming season in South Wales Premier Division
Currently doing my Level 2 course

posted by dilip on 03 Apr 08 at 13:36

hi , i am dilip from hyd ,india . i am level-2 coach presently coaching u-19 state team

posted by David Hinchliffe on 03 Apr 08 at 14:41

Welcome all who have introduced themselves so far. Please contribute as much as you can!

posted by Curtis Lenoir on 04 Apr 08 at 15:26

hey david

Name: Curtis Lenoir
Born: 3rd August 1991
Location: Blackpool, Lancashire
Position: Leg Spinner, Lower order bat
Highest Level Played: Under 15's District Team (in my area), Club's Second Team
Play for Thornton Cleveleys Cricket Club
Currently my team's under 17's captain (always looking for captainacy tips!), communications officer and hoping to take my level 2 coaching this winter

Thank you for this site david, i think you have done a great job, and should look forward to the new community section

Curt

posted by lal yadav on 06 Apr 08 at 13:38

name:lal yadav
born:1988
location:mumbai (india).
position: rightarm fast bowler & right hand bat.
highest level played: for my college & currently playing for national cricket club which is A division club.
thankyou

posted by Mohammed Ansar Khan on 07 Apr 08 at 11:06

hy! Wish your community will flourish soon.I"m not so great cricketer as such. But would like to play at international level. I have recently joined cricket camp. I'm in banglore. I want anybody who can help me & advice me how to start.The helping person should be from banglore itself &must meet me or mail me. THANK YOU

posted by Mohammed Ansar Khan on 07 Apr 08 at 11:16

BORN: 1991
PLACE:BANGLORE,INDIA.
POSITION:Top order batsman & googly bowler

posted by Arvind Joshi on 20 Apr 08 at 14:59

My 40th anniversary in active competitive cricket. Born 1960 in Nainital (India): right hand bat, wicket-keeper , right arm seamer and off-spinner. Highest level in India: DDCA League as a wicket-keepr batsman. Also played for Acton C.C. in London Middlesex County league, 1987 league and Thameside Sunday League. Coached youngsers at Clintus Sports Centre, Shri Ram School and Tata Energy Research Institute in India and Colts Manager at Acton C.C.(London). Big fan of Clint Eastwood, Kris Kristofferson and country music. Founded & played in one of India's few country bands: The Hash Bash Boys. Also had stint as a free lance journalist. I THINK YOU ARE DOING A FANTSTIC JOB WITH HARROWDRIVE, DAVID. IT WILL BE GREAT TO MEET YOU SOMETIME, SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY.

posted by David Hinchliffe on 21 Apr 08 at 09:17

Thanks Clintus, I'll look forward to it.

posted by Munyaradzi Pachirera on 22 Apr 08 at 10:17

Hie l'm munya, 24 years old and l stay in Harare Zimbabwe, cricket is my passion and l play for Alexandra Sports Club first team which is in the first league and play in the top order alos a handy medium pace bowler but get smacked once in a while but hey that's the game, Alex, as it is called in Zim cricket circles, is a big club, former players of the club are Andy Blignaut, Dougie Marillier, Douglas Hondo, Neil Ferreira to name just a few.