When captaining Frankston Peninsula v St Kilda, I won the toss and mumbled to my good mate, Jason Jacoby the Saints skipper, that “you can have a bat …. after us!” … the umpires heard what I said but Jason didn’t which was exactly what I wanted. It was very funny when there’s 4 openers out in the middle at the start of play. The Saints openers had to run off hurriedly as did the rest of the team who were just starting to put their feet up relaxing in their shorts and trackies … that was a pretty good crank!

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Brad Bannister

Current Rating: 5 / 5

Teacher

last year

I had a captain who would often say when he won the toss in one day game “you can bat……..this afternoon “

Peter Clifford

Current Rating: 5 / 5

Insurance Manager

last year

Greg Ritchie did it to David Hookes in a Shield game Queensland v South Australia in Adelaide
It was hilarious

Ken Jacobs

Current Rating: 5 / 5

Business Advisor

last year

I can't imagine you doing this Shaun- much (!)

Michael Blatherwick

Current Rating: 5 / 5

Managing Director

last year

Back in the 80s my first adult captain used to call ‘cherries’!
Whether it was heads or tails he would say great, we’ll have a ….
He got away with it for a few games before the umpires rumbled him 😂

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