@@aussiedevil3465 glad you liked the video, a very playable and enjoyable game. I had a set back in the day but the wicket didn’t play well on a shag pile carpet! Much better on a table 🏏👍
Another great video Dean! A pleasure meeting you at the Leicester Foxes Subbuteo Collector's Fair. Nice to see the teams in action, Hope you continue to enjoy them along with the bats.. Thanks for your support 👍🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏
Thanks for dropping by and viewing the video, we have highlights of the Cricket season opener, Gloucester v Worcester Rapids! Hope you enjoy the video.
Late to the Subbuteo Cricket party, but thank you for this wonderful introduction! My wife is going to kill me when she finds out I have a new collecting obsession! Looking forward to the new projects! Take care, sir!
Welcome to the party, my wife is the same however I’m wearing her down and she’s becoming a little more accepting of my hobby, I hope the collecting goes well for you, it’s a nice hobby to have 👍😊
I had a game called Test Match when I was growing up. It was far better than the Subbuteo one here. It was the best thing I ever owned. Does anyone remember it?
@@Benjamin00720 great stuff, not easy to play to start with but like everything, the more you play the better you get. Great fun though and very underrated compared to the football and very playable 🏏👍
david’s stuff is great isn’t it. I bought a few sets and painted them (old fashion whites) also you can buy the slips and wicker keeper as a set of five, so can mix with existing outfielders. hope he’s ok, his sight was not selling for a while due to personal reasons. five overs great.. i know what you mean 10 overs each does take a while.. 😊
Everything on the pitch looked great and I haven’t got the skill or patience to paint anything like that. It would be an absolute disaster. Happy to leave it to the experts like David. 5 overs was literally a blast, and I enjoyed it. It’ll be interesting to see how my two innings Ashes test match turns out 🫣
Wow, really enjoyed that. I was a tad dismissive of cricket for awhile, but its really growing on me. Would be fun to adapt the bowler to indicate different speeds. For example, a quicky could have a smaller ball. Medium pacer, standard size etc.
Pleased you enjoyed the video, for me the Cricket is great fun, all the elements are very satisfying. From timing a good shot, placing a fielder for a catch and the stumps flying etc, all great when they happen. The speed of bowling is quite a difficult thing to determine, with spin bowling I angle the triangle at the back of the bowler more and try and slow the flick down, but it isn’t easy to get the direction right. So something like you suggested might work.
Hello Iv just built my own subbuteo cricket stadium(paid a fortune for the pitch lol) And am I'm process of collecting enough teams to paint for a world series cricket compo....but need to purchase white cricket balls ....any ideas where I can get these from? Many thanks in advance Gary
@@GarySmith-go5vb Hello Gary, I got my white balls off Amazon, just do a search for 8mm Plastic white balls. They’re not expensive and you can get quite a few for a few quid. Hope that helps, cheers Dean
Great question, yes exactly like normal cricket, over the boundary line or rope, and bloomin hard to achieve. I think in all the games I’ve played I’ve hit about 3 sixes 🏏👍
I'm not into cricket or football at all but I found this video amazing. My favourite sports are actually American Football🏈 and Short Mat bowls(portable,rolling up a bowling mat) and I live in Northern Ireland. PLEASE don't laugh😅. There is a similar American Football 🏈mini version called Electric Football but it's USA based and I have nobody to play it with. I have heard about Subbuteo Cricket before and that there have/are versions of Rugby and even swimming. I might be wrong about swimming. It is a nice sideline (pardon the pun) to the sport you love even, may say so,if a person is not that good at the sport or are slightly older. May I ask,you mentioned going to Subbuteo Cricket markets, is Subbuteo Cricket commercially available like Soccer is in shops? I wish miniature American Football 🏈 was availablee in the UK😢 Ah well I still have Shortmat Bowls.😅😅 Each to their own full size or minature version of their own favourite sports. I for one won't knock it. I think that a variety of interests makes the world go around.
Hi Adrian, glad you liked the video. Subbuteo made various games, Football, Cricket, Rugby, Hockey, Speedway and Fishing! Personally I only played Football and Cricket and recently purchased Rugby. I’ve seen the Electric (American) football on TH-cam and it looks interesting if not a little complicated. Short mat bowls I’ve never played but sounds fun. Being in Northern Ireland there is quite a large active Subbuteo community, might be worth you looking them up. To buy Subbuteo Cricket and the likes, sometimes there are Subbuteo events that are promoted on different Social media groups and platforms. These usually have people selling Subbuteo stuff. So again it might be worth looking those up. And finally there’s eBay. I would say 90% of my stuff is off eBay. This tends to be the best place to pick up some Subbuteo stuff. I hope that helps and it might be worth you checking out some of my other videos on the channel. And not to miss anything you could always subscribe 😉 cheers Dean.
@@SubbuteoFocus Thanks ever so much for your detailed reply and not just replying by saying "Thanks for watching ." Shortmat bowls was invented by someone from Northern Ireland as far as I know and I play for a church club but it can be played in a community hall as well. It's on TH-cam. It's a shorter version of the indoor bowls you see on TV from Potters Resort England. I remember some local teenagers and I were members of a small Subbuteo Soccer League as a teenager in the mid eighties but we didn't stick to the rules eg we moved the figure to the ball. Thanks for all the information. I've always liked interests which are complicated and have some logic to them. I love a good whodunnit
@@adrianbradley8513 I’m always more than happy to do a detailed reply if someone has commented with an interesting back story or question. I’ll have a look out for the Short Mat on TH-cam. And like you, other peoples interests, interest me as well 👍
subbuteo i played 30 years ago but subbuteo cricket never heard of it thx for showing this
@@aussiedevil3465 glad you liked the video, a very playable and enjoyable game. I had a set back in the day but the wicket didn’t play well on a shag pile carpet! Much better on a table 🏏👍
Brilliant, not seem subbuteo cricket in action before , really enjoyed that
Thank you Tony, it’s really fun to play. It’s so random it never ceases to surprise me when a catch is taken or when a well timed shot occurs. 🏏👍
I'm gonna have to look for a set now lol
@@tonycollier1569 absolutely 😁
Another great video Dean! A pleasure meeting you at the Leicester Foxes Subbuteo Collector's Fair. Nice to see the teams in action, Hope you continue to enjoy them along with the bats.. Thanks for your support 👍🏏🏏🏏🏏🏏
Thank you David, and it was a pleasure to meet you too, and all the items on the pitch that you created looked fantastic and played brilliantly 🏏👍
Great match loved the action, loved the new teams in coloured kit, really excellent.
Thanks Ian, they are cracking looking kits and looked great under the floodlights 🏏👍
Thanks for dropping by and viewing the video, we have highlights of the Cricket season opener, Gloucester v Worcester Rapids! Hope you enjoy the video.
Late to the Subbuteo Cricket party, but thank you for this wonderful introduction! My wife is going to kill me when she finds out I have a new collecting obsession! Looking forward to the new projects! Take care, sir!
Welcome to the party, my wife is the same however I’m wearing her down and she’s becoming a little more accepting of my hobby, I hope the collecting goes well for you, it’s a nice hobby to have 👍😊
I had a game called Test Match when I was growing up. It was far better than the Subbuteo one here. It was the best thing I ever owned. Does anyone remember it?
I remember it, not as detailed and not as many add ons as Subbuteo but very playable. Not easy to play solo either but a great game all in all.
Yup. The batsman had a string and the bowler had a ramp. it was a big Octogon felt field. great fun. A small ball bearing was the ball.
Great video as always 🎥
Look forward to seeing some Ashes action.🏏
Hopefully an 🏴 win.
Thanks Dave 👍 It could go either way, a bit like this third test 🫣 🏏👍
It's a great channel this Dean. Keep up the good work 👍
Thank you Mike, appreciate those kind words and glad you’re enjoying the content, still plenty to come 👍
Merci pour ce reportage. J'ai un jeu de cricket, Subbuteo il me semble, mais qui n'utilise pas ce système.
Un Français qui aime le cricket.
Thank you for viewing the video, great to know there are Cricket fans in France 🏏👍
Love the figures - magic!!
A work of art!
@@SubbuteoFocus Is the bat also 3D printed?
the material must be pretty robust what with all those boundaries you keep whacking with it!🤩
@@soitra Darren they were Resin prototypes and worked really well. A bit bigger than the usual bats and very comfortable to hold. 👍
@@SubbuteoFocus I'd love to find the rules for those guys who used the wider bats for the better batsmen and wider fielder bases....
@@soitra it’s a good idea doing that. But I’d end up forgetting to swap them around!
Love this. Have a Test Match set tucked away. Inspuredme to blow the dust off and have a game
@@Benjamin00720 great stuff, not easy to play to start with but like everything, the more you play the better you get. Great fun though and very underrated compared to the football and very playable 🏏👍
david’s stuff is great isn’t it. I bought a few sets and painted them (old fashion whites) also you can buy the slips and wicker keeper as a set of five, so can mix with existing outfielders. hope he’s ok, his sight was not selling for a while due to personal reasons. five overs great.. i know what you mean 10 overs each does take a while.. 😊
Everything on the pitch looked great and I haven’t got the skill or patience to paint anything like that. It would be an absolute disaster. Happy to leave it to the experts like David. 5 overs was literally a blast, and I enjoyed it. It’ll be interesting to see how my two innings Ashes test match turns out 🫣
Wow, really enjoyed that. I was a tad dismissive of cricket for awhile, but its really growing on me. Would be fun to adapt the bowler to indicate different speeds. For example, a quicky could have a smaller ball. Medium pacer, standard size etc.
Pleased you enjoyed the video, for me the Cricket is great fun, all the elements are very satisfying. From timing a good shot, placing a fielder for a catch and the stumps flying etc, all great when they happen. The speed of bowling is quite a difficult thing to determine, with spin bowling I angle the triangle at the back of the bowler more and try and slow the flick down, but it isn’t easy to get the direction right. So something like you suggested might work.
Nice watch. Lovely caught and bowled.
Thanks David 🏏👍
Hello
Iv just built my own subbuteo cricket stadium(paid a fortune for the pitch lol)
And am I'm process of collecting enough teams to paint for a world series cricket compo....but need to purchase white cricket balls ....any ideas where I can get these from?
Many thanks in advance
Gary
@@GarySmith-go5vb Hello Gary, I got my white balls off Amazon, just do a search for 8mm Plastic white balls. They’re not expensive and you can get quite a few for a few quid. Hope that helps, cheers Dean
@@SubbuteoFocus Thank you Dan you are a legend 👍👍😀😀😀
Fantastic
@@JonnieKid thank you 👍
How do you get a 6? Same as normal cricket or are there areas where if the ball lands there it’s a 6?
Great question, yes exactly like normal cricket, over the boundary line or rope, and bloomin hard to achieve. I think in all the games I’ve played I’ve hit about 3 sixes 🏏👍
I'm not into cricket or football at all but I found this video amazing. My favourite sports are actually American Football🏈 and Short Mat bowls(portable,rolling up a bowling mat) and I live in Northern Ireland. PLEASE don't laugh😅. There is a similar American Football 🏈mini version called Electric Football but it's USA based and I have nobody to play it with. I have heard about Subbuteo Cricket before and that there have/are versions of Rugby and even swimming. I might be wrong about swimming. It is a nice sideline (pardon the pun) to the sport you love even, may say so,if a person is not that good at the sport or are slightly older. May I ask,you mentioned going to Subbuteo Cricket markets, is Subbuteo Cricket commercially available like Soccer is in shops? I wish miniature American Football 🏈 was availablee in the UK😢 Ah well I still have Shortmat Bowls.😅😅 Each to their own full size or minature version of their own favourite sports. I for one won't knock it. I think that a variety of interests makes the world go around.
Hi Adrian, glad you liked the video. Subbuteo made various games, Football, Cricket, Rugby, Hockey, Speedway and Fishing! Personally I only played Football and Cricket and recently purchased Rugby. I’ve seen the Electric (American) football on TH-cam and it looks interesting if not a little complicated. Short mat bowls I’ve never played but sounds fun. Being in Northern Ireland there is quite a large active Subbuteo community, might be worth you looking them up. To buy Subbuteo Cricket and the likes, sometimes there are Subbuteo events that are promoted on different Social media groups and platforms. These usually have people selling Subbuteo stuff. So again it might be worth looking those up. And finally there’s eBay. I would say 90% of my stuff is off eBay. This tends to be the best place to pick up some Subbuteo stuff. I hope that helps and it might be worth you checking out some of my other videos on the channel. And not to miss anything you could always subscribe 😉 cheers Dean.
@@SubbuteoFocus Thanks ever so much for your detailed reply and not just replying by saying "Thanks for watching ."
Shortmat bowls was invented by someone from Northern Ireland as far as I know and I play for a church club but it can be played in a community hall as well. It's on TH-cam. It's a shorter version of the indoor bowls you see on TV from Potters Resort England. I remember some local teenagers and I were members of a small Subbuteo Soccer League as a teenager in the mid eighties but we didn't stick to the rules eg we moved the figure to the ball. Thanks for all the information. I've always liked interests which are complicated and have some logic to them. I love a good whodunnit
@@adrianbradley8513 I’m always more than happy to do a detailed reply if someone has commented with an interesting back story or question. I’ll have a look out for the Short Mat on TH-cam. And like you, other peoples interests, interest me as well 👍
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