Cricket's "Unlucky number"

[Jason H]

w.g grace supposevley scored every possible amount of runs between 0-100 apart from 93, thats a fair effort!!

Pah - I once scored 93, so obviously I'm better than WG.

I *think* my top scores are:

105 no
100 no (both unbeaten centuries ended when we won the match...)
100
93
87
82

Next I *think* was 77, but it's a real blur from there on in.

Given that as a Colt I was a number 11, slight transformation...!

 

[Ian Sideman]

I've scrapped and edged my way to 3 figures a few times over many years - probably about 20 ish I would say.

I did once get 203*...though it was a sunday and a very very small ground. I have a photo somewhere of myself and a team mate in front of the scorebox. 349-1 off about 40o. We couldn't bowl them out and I remember dropping a couple of soft chances so I was considered a nett 0 !

Too fat, too slow and the eyes have gone these days.

 

[Jason H]

My score of exactly 100 was at a tiny ground too - Crown Taverners, used at the time by Hartley Wintney. First wicket stand was 196 that day, I believe.

 

[elginCity]

My highest ever score is 49, only 99 is an 'unluckier' number in my book.

 

[CREDYGRECIAN]

Never scored a ton as yet , plenty of 50s 60s 70s and 80s , yet to reach the magic 3 figures yet though...

And yeah David Shepard thats the geezer , quite often see him walking his dog around Instow when we play North devon , his brother still umpires for them.

 

[jambo]

I believe 87/187/etc are considered unlucky by the Aussies because they're 13 short of centuries, & 13 is an unlucky number...just the sort of implausible 'reasoning' you'd expect a bunch of diggers to come up with, in fact

 

[Gozzer]

So what's the logic behind getting nervous on 111 then?

 

[ecfcandy]

My highest ever score is 49, only 99 is an 'unluckier' number in my book.

what about 199, poor old ian bell!

 

[jambo]

So what's the logic behind getting nervous on 111 then?

it's Nelson!