the saint Posted June 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 A complete beginner's guide to CRICKET! This is from the BBC Website. Should be a little clearer than Roland's explanation!! If you can understand the lbw law, then you know the game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Ah yes, the LBW laws... As Willow would say to Stumpy, "Well young Stumpy, a batsman is out LBW if the umpire judges that the ball hits the batsman's leg (or any other part of the body, with the exception of the gloves if the gloves are holding on to the bat), and would have gone on to hit the wicket: EXCEPT if the ball pitched outside leg stump, he shall be given not out. EXCEPT if the ball struck the batsman outside of the area between the two sets of stumps AND the batsman is making a genuine attempt to play the ball. EXCEPT if the ball struck the bat or gloves when holding on to the bat BEFORE striking the leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Ah yes, the LBW laws... You forgot the part about assuming it is a legal delivery :D Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Some of the fielding positions and other expressions from cricket must sound pretty weird to outsiders: Third man, slip, gully, night-watchman, googly, chinaman, doosra, protected area, popping crease, no ball, wide ball, byes, leg byes, timed out are just a few examples. You really should be at a cricket ground and have an expert by your side to tell you about the various details when they happen. TV is ok, but there is no substitute for the real thing. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Muralitharan has 6-fer. We're not going to win this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Muralitharan has 6-fer. We're not going to win this one... 84-0, 136-8. I'm speechless. Back to the well known English collapse of the past. Full credit to Murali of course, but .... Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Was listening at work. Was quite hopeful at 84-0 even though Banger had repeatedly tried to get out before he actually managed it. That turn an afternoon depressing very rapidly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Some of the fielding positions and other expressions from cricket must sound pretty weird to outsiders: Third man, slip, gully, night-watchman, googly, chinaman, doosra, protected area, popping crease, no ball, wide ball, byes, leg byes, timed out are just a few examples. You really should be at a cricket ground and have an expert by your side to tell you about the various details when they happen. TV is ok, but there is no substitute for the real thing. Roland Stick the telly on and listen to Test Match Special on the radio at the same time. Works wonders for learning the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 At lunch on the final day of WI vs India. WI are 72-3. Chris Gayle is 28no off 100 balls. Is this possible? Chris Gayle only on 28 off 100? WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2006 Oh No!! Simon Jones reported as unlikely to be fit for the Ashes. Plunkett and Mahmood had better sort themselves out soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 I'm off to the Oval on Tuesday. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 I'll be out of the country, which bodes well compared to the lack of success this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Well we lost. I blame my dad for being a jinx on seeing his first international.... Harmison was superb - 3-31 off his 10, only got hit in his last over. But Sajid Mahmood's poor first two spells gave Sri Lanka momentum and Jayasuriya and Jayawardene took full advantage. We only split that partnership on a comedy run-out and hadn't looked even remotely like doing it ourselves up to then. Dalrymple and Collingwood did well to get any control back when it looked as if Sri Lanka were headed for 350+, but the entire ground is still wondering why Strauss brought back Mahmood, especially when Bresnan had just bowled a couple of tidy overs. In reply. Strauss and Trecothick seemed to give their wickets away quite cheaply, and although we almost dragged it back on the Duckworth-Lewis comparisons, we just lost wickets at crucial moments, just as we were getting some momentum. Bell and Colly did OK, KP was great considering he was a cripple for most of his knock and Dalrymple at least had the balls to have a go. GoJo got a shocker from Darell Hair. To be honest, we always looked as if we had conceded 30 too many earlier on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 To be honest, we always looked as if we had conceded 30 too many earlier on. What do you expect when you concede 42 and 34 extras (Lord's and the Oval respectively)? Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 To be honest, we always looked as if we had conceded 30 too many earlier on. What do you expect when you concede 42 and 34 extras (Lord's and the Oval respectively)? Roland Don't think every England fan hasn't noticed that. The collective groan every time the umpires called a wide was getting more audible with each occurence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 Next Question - will England have eleven fit players by the end of the summer. Colly is a doubt for the remaining ODIs now, Vaughan needs more surgery and KPs knee seems a magnet for errant cricket balls. What next? Trescothick to choke on one sausage too many? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I suggest that Frances returns to the cricket grounds. It can't get any worse for England. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted June 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 We have approximately 1 and a half bowlers. We need 5. We are consistently 30-40 runs behind a competitive total. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted July 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 On an even lighter note. We have managed to get worse at Cricket. We now have half a bowler (Dalrymple). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted July 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Wahey!! Essex top their group in the 20/20 qualifiers!! And - soon time for England vs Pakistan!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walddk Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 And - soon time for England vs Pakistan!! Don't hold your breath. The current English team is not the same as last summer - far from it!. Maybe they will earn a draw because most of Pakistan's fast bowlers are injured. Roland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 I'll be at Lord's tomorrow hoping for a good start. I did get this last time I was there when we bowled Australia out for 190 on the first day of the Ashes. Of course that day would have been better if we had not been 21-5 a very short time later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikl Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 The big talk in Australia right now is whether Glenn McGrath should play the 1st Test of the Ashes having not played at all for many months. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the saint Posted July 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 We got a little lucky (big understatement) with a few dropped catches, but all credit to Cook and Colly for taking advantage. Now we should push on, get 500 and give Hoggy's hand an extra day to heal. Having said that, Strauss got an inside edge on his lbw and KPs was reckoned to be going over the top, so these things balance out a little. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr1303 Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 At the end of the day, if you can't hold your catches, you don't win test matches, something we discovered at the Lord's test. Having said that, if the weather stays nice I can't see the result being anything other than a draw. Danish Kaneria is no Muralitharan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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