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Well, it's been very quiet out on the pitch, and I know a couple of people still have... um... Balls in their pockets? Wickets up their sleeves Stories they were thinking about, so we shall have some extended play this weekend, rather than start a new match - if you'd like a new commentary quote prompt then do let me know (I'm away and my co-mod is also way out in the field for a while, so there may be a pause, but I should be able to get online on the odd occasion) or if you just feel cricket-ly inspired then feel free to post that too, otherwise keep writing, and the current scores look like this - there's definite star quality to our opening batsman too... *g*

Current Batting Line Up
First Match
tears_of_nienna - first innings - not out for 7
byslantedlight - second innings - not out for 2
heliophile_oxon - third innings - out for a duck, but we adore her and her fic anyway... *g*
greengerbil - fourth innings - not out for 3
jaycat - fifth innings - LBW, but in very nice form... *g*
probodie - sixth innings - not out for 2
kiwisue - seventh innings - not out for 7, and she hit a six to get there!
callistosh65 - eighth innings - not out for 2
sunray45 - extra man - hit a four

Second Match
tears_of_nienna - first innings - hit a six!

It's Friday 7th August, and the Ashes are being played out at Headingley this weekend. I'm reading the commentary here and I think England is in to bat (and that we're missing Freddie Flintoff this match for some reason...) but it's a little hard to tell because... well, check out the commentary page and you'll perhaps see what I mean. So...

...I thought it might be fun to use prompts from the commentary today, because honestly, they could mean anything. For example:

Right, it's Jerusalem, and here come the players. - B/D are sent to pick up a villain who's been hiding out as set designer in a professional theatre company.

Siddle shares the new cherry with Hilfenhaus, and here's Cook on strike... - Siddle and Hilfenhaus are in charge of training new boys, Bodie and Doyle...

No need to worry folks, here comes KP... hang on a minute... come on Belly, now's your time. He gets a poor leg-side full-toss first up and sees out the over. - Bodie's shirt has been torn away, revealing his tummy, which Doyle... no, I'm just gonna leave the rest of that to your imaginations... *g*

So... If you think you might manage a bizarre-commentary inspired ficlet, drabble, or... well, anything really, comment below and I will give you a random snatch of commentary from this weekend's test match... There are runs in it for anyone who participates, all counting towards the ultimate ProsTestFic trophy prize, awarded at the end of the series... *g*

Posting anytime you like, as long as it's by midnight Tuesday 11th in your timezone (or Pago Pago, as always). As always, feel free to claim a prompt just in case you might manage it, and feel free to claim and post as often as you like!

Anyone fancy the game? *g*

In something bearing absolutely no resemblance to test match cricket timings, we're now up to the eighth innings, with roughly 21 hours still to play (midnight Pago Pago time/12 noon Tuesday lads' time) - anyone like to follow on from kiwisue, who hit a brilliant six by declaring that she was going to follow the theme from the previous entry - and doing it?

Current Batting Line Up
tears_of_nienna - first innings - not out for 7
byslantedlight - second innings - not out for 2
heliophile_oxon - third innings - out for a duck, but we adore her and her fic anyway... *g*
greengerbil - fourth innings - not out for 3
jaycat - fifth innings - LBW, but in very nice form... *g*
probodie - sixth innings - not out for 2
kiwisue - seventh innings - not out for 7, and she hit a six to get there!

Last word of the last fic was thought - any takers? Go on, you know you want to - all those straps, all that lovely clean, crisp white gear... and the lads, our lads?

Current Batting Line Up
tears_of_nienna - first innings - not out for 7
byslantedlight - second innings - not out for 2
heliophile_oxon - third innings - out for a duck, but we adore her and her fic anyway... *g*

Wow, cricket really is the slowest game in the world, even on lj, even with our lads involved! Anyone else like to play? The next post only needs to start with the word "well"...

Current Batting Line Up
tears_of_nienna - first innings - not out for 7
byslantedlight - second innings - not out for 2

It's a beautiful day here at discoveredinalj, blue skies and a light breeze, leaving us a fabulous pitch. Play started slowly, but with a beautiful innings from our first batsman, tears_of_nienna who clipped away the first ball with wristy relish (What? It's a thing they say! *g*) for a six, and finished in nice time with a final score of 7.

Current Batting Line Up
tears_of_nienna - first innings - not out for 7
byslantedlight - second innings -

Keep an eye on... yeah, okay, my form in the next innings, and if you fancy having a go all you need to do is comment to the fic I post to claim the third innings - your fic will start with the last word of the fic I write. And there's no length requirements (though more than half a dozen words would be nice), so...

*straps on leg pads and helmet, eyes box with disdain, picks up keyboard bat...* *g*

It's still summer here, and we've had holidays, we've had weddings, and it's finally time for those immortal words...

We welcome World Service listeners to the Oval, where the bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey. (Try reading it out loud for that heeee moment... *g*)

Yes - the sport of gentlemen (and Bodie) - cricket!

We thought we'd try something a wee bit different for this challenge too - something fast-paced, hard-hitting (no, it is based on cricket, really...), that will work best if lots of people join in... a Prosfic Test Match series!

I know, I know - the Ashes are half over - third test started today at Edgbaston... but that's okay, we shall take it one match at a time, and see if there's a winner by the end of the series. (Don't worry, you don't actually have to write about cricket - unless of course you want to imagine the lads in their cricket whites, with that long mark where they've been rubbing their balls on their trousers... *g*)

( How to Play the Game )