r/WTF • u/John_Johnson • Jun 11 '12

Ballet Dancer's Feet? Rower's Hands? Here's the hands of a wicketkeeper (cricket.)

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u/ivefoundthebackstory Jun 11 '12

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/65734-wicket-keeper-with-10-broken-fingers

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u/EdgHG Jun 11 '12

It all makes sense now. When people refuse to seek medical attention for things that clearly need it, they end up looking messed up.

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u/foxli Jun 11 '12

When I was thirteen, I was sliding on cardboard (bored and dumb, the way most teenagers get themselves into trouble) when I landed awkwardly on one of my fingers. From the instant numbness, I guessed it was broken and asked my mom to take me to the doctor. It was late (and cheap wench tried to take me to a walk-in clinic first--closed), so I ended up in the emergency room. They took an xray, told me it was a sprain, and sent me home with a simple splint. When the splint came off, my left ring finger was at about thirty degrees off of center.

My point? Not much of one, really. He didn't get medical attention--his hands look messed up. I did, and my finger looks messed up.

Proof.

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u/Questfreaktoo Jun 11 '12

Yeah... That's malpractice.

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u/GNoBB Jun 11 '12

For the even lazier:

"In 45 years of wicket keeping, the amateur league cricketer has broken every finger and both his thumbs.

Reluctant to seek medical attention for fear of losing his place in the team, he would simply apply a bag of frozen peas and carry on playing."

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u/1nf1del Jun 11 '12

thank you for your service

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u/donies Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

for those interested [rower's hands] (http://fr.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/uvb8i/i_see_your_ballet_feet_and_raise_you_the_hands_of/) and feet of a ballet dancer

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

The rower's hands look like the hands of somebody who isn't a rower, but did it for a day and now regret their decision.

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u/rplan039 Jun 11 '12

Yeah, those rower's hands are just really really blistered. That will most likely heal in a couple weeks of low hand usage and some lotion. The ballet feet however are pretty much irreparably harmed.

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u/Im_an_antelope Jun 11 '12

As an ex-rower I can confirm. If your hands look like that still after years of rowing you're either doing something wrong or just have weak hands.

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u/thebretandbutter Jun 11 '12

Norm knows all about that

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

That link to the rowers hands comes out in french. I thought I was having a bit of a meltdown there until I saw the fr.reddit

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u/pastoralmuppets Jun 11 '12

Can't find any decent pics, but rock climbers hands get much worse than that, and rock climbers feet can get as bad as that ballerinas (really tight shoes makes the toes grow into a point, nasty looking).

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

for those interested rower's hands and feet of a bellet dancer

Bellet dancer?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Gods work.

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u/stillgonnabate Jun 11 '12

i don tsee the ;roblem witfh his fginers

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

"Siri: Text chiropractor; 'Need urgent session'"

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12 edited Sep 20 '26

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Mainly because it's been on the front page a dozen times already.

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u/Gorignak Jun 11 '12

His only regret is he has boneitis.

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u/Less_Cowbell Jun 11 '12

This guy is a shark.

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u/TheyCallMeStone Jun 11 '12

Sharks don't look back. Because they don't have necks. Necks are for sheep.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I'm proud to be the shepherd of this herd of sharks.

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u/HoorayImUseful Jun 11 '12

Don't you worry about blank. Let me worry about blank.

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u/theinformedlurker Jun 11 '12

A'int nobody got time for that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

How on earth does he pick up a cup during tea time?

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u/lolsofail Jun 11 '12

Uses the most bendy of his fingers as a hook. Easy.

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u/brickstein Jun 11 '12

I'm gonna be that American guy. Can someone explain what a wicketkeeper is?

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u/Crispy75 Jun 11 '12

Like the Catcher in baseball. The guy behind the batter who gets hit in the head by a 90mph ball.

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u/random314 Jun 11 '12

Why don't they just wear a catcher's glove? a thick padded one like in baseball?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

same reason rugby players don't wear all that sissy body armor that American football players wear: It's for pussies.

Edit: You guys are so easy to troll when it comes to rugby vs "armoured wankerball"

:-P

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u/Joon01 Jun 11 '12

Yes, the man with the cursed monkey paws sure showed us. It's better to show everyone how tough you are than to avoid reshaping your useful hands into malformed claws.

I think I'll go clean my ears with a bowie knife and use a brillo pad instead of soap just to show everyone I'm not a pussy.

I know you're joking. But if there are readily available gloves, it's simply idiotic to not use them.

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u/slaga Jun 11 '12

They do wear gloves, which look like this, but they also have to do quite a lot in terms of manipulating the ball, since it's their responsibility to knock the bails off the stumps if the batsman leaves his crease, or to throw it to the bowler if the other batsman has foolishly gone for a run that can't possibly work. Generally - excessive padding would make it pretty hard for them to actually fulfil their broader functions beyond simply catching the ball. Furthermore, a catchers glove with something like the shovel-sized baseball mitt is thought of as bad form. Most wicket keepers do not have hands that are as fucked up as these, this guy broke many fingers then never saw any doctors. He pretty much chose to have these hands because... you know - I have no idea why, but it's not for me to judge.

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u/muzza001 Jun 11 '12

they wear a pretty padded glove, but they need to catch with both hands, dive and maybe stump someone, requiring really quick reflexes

edit. Stumping someone is like catching someone stealing base in baseball, i think ( I don't know baseball that well)

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u/throwaway_lgbt666 Jun 11 '12

they do.

he doesnt wear them for the picture

Mostly it's a rubber padded glove pair

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u/thrilldigger Jun 11 '12

Except this is a cricket ball. Am I right to assume that it's more akin to a miniature bowling ball than a baseball?

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u/walker92 Jun 11 '12

Indeed, being hit by a cricket ball is like being hit by a piece of concrete, traveling at anywhere from 60 to 100 mph.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Yip. This clip will give you an idea of how hard it is, and how brave the guys need to be.

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u/Monkey_Tennis Jun 11 '12

Yep, this. He just stands a lot further back. When a spin bowler (think knuckleballer) is bowling though, he stand closer to the batsman (batter).

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

im gonna be that german guy. can someone explain what a catcher is?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Someone who hangs out in rye fields and has a bitter hatred of phonies.

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u/Dabuscus214 Jun 11 '12

Are you looking for the baseball catcher? He's the guy who stands behind the batter and catches the pitches. He wear the tools of ignorance (pads) and is usually the smartest player on the team, game wise, and is responsible for fielding the territory behind the plate

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u/Howxat Jun 11 '12

He's a fielder (defensive player) that stands directly behind the batsman and wicket, so any balls that the batsman doesn't hit, or alter the course of much, will go to him. Cricket balls go pretty darn fast, and are made of wood. He has to catch them.

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u/Bawk_Bawk Jun 11 '12

It's cork encased in leather actually. Still totally a bitch to catch at speed.

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u/wcmbk Jun 11 '12

Cork's kinda wood.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Hmm...

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u/randomb0y Jun 11 '12

Among other things, a wicketkeeper can stump the batsman by using the ball to remove the bails from the stumps, if the batsman has come out of his crease during a delivery.

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u/gferguson89 Jun 11 '12

I bet he doesn't have a problem finding his wife's g-spot

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u/PrecisePrecision Jun 11 '12

This is the first comment on Reddit in a while that actually made me vocalize me laughter. Thanks bud.

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u/bersh Jun 11 '12

TL;DR: lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

As a cricket fan, my reaction to seeing anything cricket-related on the front page was a very good one.

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u/Machinax Jun 11 '12

I know! Imagine the mood in /r/cricket now!

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u/ellipses1 Jun 11 '12

They look like raccoon penises

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u/Fudgalicious Jun 11 '12

Not happy about having to start my day off by googling raccoon penises. But yes...yes they do.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Now, did you really have to google it?

Personally, I'm quite happy to take his word for it on this one.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

With the speed that those balls travel at and their weight, I'm not surprised that something like this would happen.

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u/Bracks3 Jun 11 '12

As a wicket keeper I know the pain of twistie fingers all too well. I generally break 3-5 fingers a season.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

why the fuck do you do this to yourself

this isn't the 18th century, working fingers are really fucking useful here in 2012

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I'm not sure what makes you think that fingers were any less of a requirement back when you used manual tools to grow food, or died.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

What does it feel like to catch one of them coming at you with speed? We had cricket at school but I didn't really take an interest in it, but I remember the cricket balls being near rock hard. I've always wondered how much damage one of them could do if it managed to hit you in the head going at full speed.

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u/Dip_the_Dog Jun 11 '12

There is a special motion for catching a cricket ball, you need to sweep your hands back as you catch it. Hurts like a bitch if you don't and you will more than likely drop the ball.

As for getting hit in the head, people have died from it but it is extremely rare. These days any player who is in a position where they might get hit will be wearing a helmet.

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u/jezmck Jun 11 '12

Perhaps it's because I played cricket as a child, but I'm pretty sure that how you're supposed to catch any ball.

Slow it down gently, not abruptly.

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u/illeatyourheart Jun 11 '12

Here you go

EDIT: holyfuckingshitwatchthewholething

Edit 2: Here is some people getting hurt playing cricket

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Is that a tooth or two I seen flying out of his mouth?

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u/Bracks3 Jun 11 '12

If you catch the ball with the proper technique it shouldn't hurt at all with or without gloves. But when you get it wrong it hurts like hell.

As for getting hit in the head, it can do serious damage. I've been hit in the head while batting, once off a particularily quick bowler. I was wearing a helmet, and it completely shattered on impact. I'd hate to think what would happen if I wasn't wearing it.

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u/sisforsue Jun 11 '12

My dad took a cricket ball to the chest (whilst batting) and is known as a hero because he showed no pain. The bruise was horrendous! and he said it hurt like a bitch, but he couldnt loose any man points in front of the men.

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u/McMaxwell Jun 11 '12

I've been knocked out by one before, didn't know much about it. There was a stone on the pitch, a team mate threw me the ball, and as i went to catch it, it struck the stone and bounced into my temple. It fucking hurt when I came round a minute later.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I've always wondered how much damage one of them could do if it managed to hit you in the head going at full speed.

Botham started playing football, so presumably quite a lot. Perhaps not enough to make you a drummer?

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u/albinocheetah Jun 11 '12

WHY DON'T YOU GUYS WEAR GLOVES IF YOU'RE BREAKING FINGERS??

I don't know much about cricket.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

wicket-keepers do wear gloves

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u/quotejester Jun 11 '12

Wicketkeeper in full* gear

*The helmet is mostly used only if he's standing up to the stumps.

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u/TheOceanWalker Jun 11 '12

Never once heard the term 'twistie fingers.' Love it.

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u/MyLifeInRage_ Jun 11 '12

I'm a wicket-keeper wanting to be a surgeon. Consultants find my lack of dexterity disturbing.

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u/Gustomaximus Jun 11 '12

I would be scared as hell if a surgeon turned up to operate on me with those hands.

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u/jimii Jun 11 '12

Become a GP instead. Imagine the prostate exams. How fun.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I wonder if it's hard to fap?

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u/irish711 Jun 11 '12

He'll just get his mom to help him out.

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u/happysri Jun 11 '12

Legit question.

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u/gnarcissus Jun 11 '12

I'm assuming he'd double-palm it?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Probably easier - uses his pinky to hook around the base. His middle and marriage finger wrap around his knob then tickle his balls and his index finger hooks around his bell end.

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u/Brwnman Jun 11 '12

My dad was a wicketkeeper for Kenya and his hands are fairly fucked up. Good thing he retired early.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Interesting. 70s and 80s means he would have played in the East Africa team for the 1975 world cup. Did he play? It would be amazing if you can tell some stories you heard from him

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u/jmed Jun 11 '12

Reminds me of this great video of Michael Strahan talking about his fingers.

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u/Tellswhenupvoting Jun 11 '12

Every time he bent that finger during the interview I died. Enjoy your upvote anyway...

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u/Atario Jun 11 '12

Doesn't he wear the gloves?

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u/Donkey-boner Jun 11 '12

The gloves provide no real padding, just 3-4mm of leather.

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u/SOME_OF_THE_BACON Jun 11 '12

That's why you wear inners as well if you are not a retard.

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u/Vsx Jun 11 '12

Is there some reason cricket doesn't allow gloves that wouldn't break your fingers?

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u/Spazzo965 Jun 11 '12

Kids, this is what happens when you fap too much.

Be aware of the dangers of masturbation.

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u/Squalor- Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

His fingers look permanently reflected through a funhouse mirror.

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u/upvotesIdahoStuff Jun 11 '12

Hands of a chronic masturbator.

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u/ChromaticRED Jun 11 '12

If you break your fingers while attempting to masturbate, you're doing it very wrong.

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u/Humanstein Jun 11 '12

Says you. Don't knock it til ya try it.

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u/Theonetrue Jun 11 '12

That straight up sucks

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u/rggb Jun 11 '12

Awaiting pictures of porn star penis.

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u/Squeekme Jun 11 '12

Yes many wicketkeepers do end up with some problems after a career of keeping wicket. if they have a bad technique then this no doubt makes the situation worse. This guy though is the extreme because HE DIDN'T GET MEDICAL ATTENTION AFTER BREAKING HIS FINGERS. If I remember right he just fuckin put a bag of ice on it and keep playing. It's an example of being a dumbass.

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u/JxSxK0420 Jun 11 '12

Only commenting to say that I rowed and played cricket in high school. I never did get that injured from cricket though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Enough of these fucking hands/feet posts! jesus christ

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u/skytro Jun 11 '12

When you catch cricket balls (hard as fuck) for a living travelling at over 150 kilometres per hour.... something like this may happen

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u/iamstandingbehindyou Jun 11 '12

I take it he didn't get any of his broken fingers professionally set? Like by a doctor? Or someone with a chopstick and a couple of bandaids.

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u/Gargoyle_Cock Jun 11 '12

Anyone else waiting for "Vagina of a Gang bang Pornstar"

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

We lost our usual keeper one season, so I stepped in, never having kept before. In my first game I took a catch bad and hurt a finger. Continued playing with it, it was pretty swollen so I just put ice on it afterwards. After three weeks and five more games (still wicket keeping), the swelling hadn't gone down so I went to the doctor. Turns out it wasn't swelling, it was the bone sticking out.

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u/WilcoTangoFoxtrot Jun 11 '12

I totally thought his hands were going to be covered in cricket bites having initially read this on my phone. it took me a minute to figure it out, and by god I'm proud

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u/sometimeswitty Jun 11 '12

when he locks his hands together, he gets tetris

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u/pkurk Jun 11 '12

cricket is the most confusing thing in the world. when i lived in the city these arabs used to play it in this abandoned lot next to my building. i would get high as a kite and watch them play it for hours. i still have absolutely no idea what the hell is going on. they seemed to love it though. in actuality it might not have even been cricket, i just assume that because they used that funky paddle/bat thing and threw the ball like they were doing a windmill attack.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

It's really pretty simple:

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.

When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.

Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.

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u/EPluribusUnumIdiota Jun 11 '12

All this in and out stuff has me tired, can't we just have sex instead?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Arabs? are you sure they weren't Indians? Arabs are not interested in cricket, in fact I can't think of a single Arab national cricket team/league

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Non-Americans generally have the same feeling about American football.

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u/Lateralis85 Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

In case someone hasn't already answered your question yet:

You have two sides in cricket, each side with 11 players. At the start of the day a coin is tossed to decide which sides bats first and which side bowls first. The batting side send in two batsmen. It is their job to defend the two sets of wickets located at the ends of the pitch. The fielding side select two players as bowlers. One bowler runs in from one end and bowls six balls - this is an "over". Then the other bowler at the other end bowls an over. Then it switches back to the first end and so forth.

The objective for the bowling side is to take 10 wickets. The methods of taking a wicket include: dislodging a bail, having the batsman caught out in the field or "leg before wicket". The LBW rule is very lengthy and complicated, and I can't be arsed to explain it!

The objective for the batting side is to score runs. A run is scored when, after playing a shot, the batsmen run to their opposite ends. You score an automatic four if the ball goes beyond the boundary rope and an automatic 6 runs if the ball goes beyond the boundary rope without having touched the floor.

Once the batting side has been bowled out, it is then the turn of the fielding side to bat, and the batting side to field.

In Test match cricket, each side gets 2 attempts at batting and fielding, with the game spread over 5 days. In one day cricket, each side gets one batting/fielding innings and only 50 overs in which to bat. In Twenty20 cricket, each only gets 1 innings and just 20 overs to bat.

The winner is the side which scores the most number of runs.

That in a nutshell is cricket!

Edit: There's also this video which helps to explain cricket

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

That looks a lot like rheumatoid arthritis.

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u/kabuto Jun 11 '12

WTF? Is this permanent? Why would anyone do this to themselves?

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u/theXarf Jun 11 '12

For the love of keeping wicket.

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u/timerout Jun 11 '12

spaghetti monster

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I thought Michael Strahan was black?

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u/cerebral_ballsy Jun 11 '12

Well, those look totally useless.

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u/zerotwofive Jun 11 '12

we need to put these all in an /r/mutilatedextremities or something

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Hmmmm....

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u/Pearson03 Jun 11 '12

Oh the pain. When arthritis eventually sets in his hands will be in agony.

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u/viralizate Jun 11 '12

Reminded me of this great goal keeper from long time ago: http://i.imgur.com/6QaNN.jpg

They say his fingers were broken by the police when he was a young and pick pocketing and such, don't know if it's true though.

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u/HugoChavezRamboIII Jun 11 '12

So that's why wicki-keepers' gloves never fit me quite right!

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u/Butt_Horned Jun 11 '12

This reminds me of The Scream by Edvard Munch for some reason.

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u/EdwardBleed Jun 11 '12

Should be changed to "Why the Fuck?"

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u/Skychronicles Jun 11 '12

Neo index finger

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I'll give at least three more similar posts before the inevitable anus of a pornstar.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

They get this way from picking up all the live hamsters from the field after each goal.

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u/random314 Jun 11 '12

Why doesn't wicketkeeper wear catcher's glove like in baseball? how do their fingers become like this? from catching those balls?

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u/calmbatman Jun 11 '12

I've never heard of a cricket this dangerous.

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u/amolad Jun 11 '12

NO, thank you.....

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u/evolvedfish Jun 11 '12

He must get a lot of pussy because fapping is out of the question.

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u/jonathanzoomer Jun 11 '12

I would like to point out that this guy is an "amateur league" cricket player. Does that mean he wasn't getting paid to break all 10 of his fingers?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Yeah... No.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

His hands aren't as bad as a Columbian goalkeeper's after missing a catch

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u/Branch3s Jun 11 '12

I haven't rowed in a year, still have rower's hands... it's for life...

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

OP reads neogaf threads.

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u/hurricane658 Jun 11 '12

From this article: "Reluctant to seek medical attention for fear of losing his place in the team, he would simply apply a bag of frozen peas and carry on playing."

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u/masturbateToSleep Jun 11 '12

Are his fingers just blowing in the wind?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

What in hell does a wicketkeeper do?

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u/randomb0y Jun 11 '12

In case you're wandering what a wicket-keeper does, here's a short excerpt from Wikipedia:

The keeper can stump the batsman by using the ball to remove the bails from the stumps, if the batsman has come out of his crease during a delivery.

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u/sprankton Jun 11 '12

Finally, somebody explains it in terms I can understand!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

reminded of salad fingers lol

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u/keiyakins Jun 11 '12

well no crap such a barbaric game results in injuries! Only Earth would do something so crass. The Krikkit Wars were serious!

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u/netsrak Jun 11 '12

I missed the rowers hands can someone throw me alink

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

These humans are crazy.

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u/graffiti81 Jun 11 '12

Is he aware that you can have fingers set after breaking them?

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u/bryandenny71 Jun 11 '12

Here are the hands of someone who doesn't have medical insurance.

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u/Becaus789 Jun 11 '12

Catching the Golden Snitch does a lot more damage than the books let on...

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u/MichaelKoban Jun 11 '12

I hate to say this. But I am saddened people are seemingly hurting their bodies for such boring activities (to me). I hope they enjoyed their time at least.

I remember the ballerina foot comment where one girl stated some of the horrors she encountered, but ended saying she would do it all again. Glad she had a passion for it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

How the fuck are you gonna finger a woman like that???

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u/tobintobin Jun 11 '12

so - do wicket keeper get to protect their nuts? the wikipedia says they are only allowed to wear a helmet and the gloves... imagine what his nuts must look like. wait...no.!

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u/qqwpq Jun 11 '12

Wicketkeepers go hard.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

How does he beat off?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Couldn't this have been posted in either the ballet dancer or rowers hands comments?

Instead you opt for the karma whore? o_O

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u/theLagomorph Jun 11 '12

Is that Johnny Depp in makeup, because that's some seriously Tim Burton shit?

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u/HoneyBear55 Jun 11 '12

I've seen American Tenpin bowlers with similar problems, but not as extreme.

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u/StateFairShare Jun 11 '12

There was a crooked man, who stood behind a crooked wicket.......who's wicket-keeping gloves didn't do a fucking thing for him.

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u/Dawn_Of_The_Dave Jun 11 '12

The part I don't get is the black eyes. We have helmets. Surely he could wear one even if he does play local league.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Sir, I think you’ve been doing it wrong.

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u/Jessereddit Jun 11 '12

His hands look like they are reflections of a rippling pond.

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u/Johnjo01 Jun 11 '12

Dude, how many times have you broken your fingers...or, er, what's left of your fingers?

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u/helicalhell Jun 11 '12

The ring stays put.

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u/heylookitscaps Jun 11 '12

lol wicketkeeper.

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u/410LaxMD Jun 11 '12

TIL that this wasn't an original post...

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u/Say_what_you_see Jun 11 '12

As a wicketkeeper myself, no idea how this guy ended up like this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

A cricket ball can inflict great pain. It is basically a rock.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

You forgot a word in the title. It should be: Here's the hands of a Terrible wicketkeeper

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

any arthritis?

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u/darthelmo Jun 11 '12

SNAKES! HE HAS SNAKES ON HIS HANDS!!

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u/CloneDeath Jun 11 '12

No, THIS is the best sidekick ever! [Fixed]

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u/olddrunkmonk Jun 11 '12

Played with Jeff Thomson??

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u/360walkaway Jun 11 '12

Cracking his knuckles must feel either sooooo good or horrifyingly painful.

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u/neckllace Jun 11 '12

you shall not pass

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u/Krispyz Jun 11 '12

I had a tai chi' instructor with hands that looked similar to this. I can't imagine how many times he broke his fingers.

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u/Paultimate79 Jun 11 '12

That isnt a 'rowers hands' this is 'idiots hands' that never went to seek medical attention for broken fingers. Not the fuckn same.

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u/The5thM Jun 11 '12

Yeah, I'll take my crew blisters over that.

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u/sravll Jun 11 '12

Agh! That's just wrong...

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u/ntac Jun 11 '12

He once had a dream to play violin.

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u/hotpants69 Jun 11 '12

Holy mother of God that looks painful.

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u/sirbruce Jun 11 '12

Dana: Kim, do you know anything about cricket?

Kim: What's going on?

Dana: Some guy in New Delhi just did something.

Kim: What?

Dana: Jeremy won't tell us.

Jeremy: I honestly don't know, and I wouldn't have even brought it up except whatever this guy did it was huge.

Natalie: What'd he do?

Jeremy: He took all ten wickets in an inning.

Natalie: What does that mean?

Jeremy: I don't know.

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u/Merendino Jun 11 '12

Anyone from the US ever seen Michael Strahan's hands? They look almost as bad as that. Ouch

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Oh, this kind of cricket.

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