COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

[Vlad D Impeller]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070321/wl_asia_afp/cricketwc2007pakwoolmer_070321093156

What a shock this has to be for cricket fans the world over. :%

 

[Haut Medoc]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

Link doesn't work......

 

[xtraham]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

Link doesn't work......

LINK

 

[Haut Medoc]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

Thanx, Hammy!
I would not be surprised if an irate fan was to blame.....
I've actually been watching some cricket lately....
t's a cool game, still don't know all the rules yet, but I'm getting there......

 

[xtraham]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

welcome, ol' mud duck.............

 

[rolmops]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

Me thinks that this cricket fellow was trying to find out what it means to be a Rastafarian.

 

[Plainsman]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

I bet he was stoned

 

[RPJS]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

The link dosn't work, but March 2007, it would have to be when the Captain of the Indian team had his house burnt down by a mob after India lost to Pakistan.

 

[Plainsman]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

He must have tried to catch one of those small balls in his bare hand and it hit him on the head.

So how many swings does a batter get?

 

[RPJS]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

You have a fascination with small balls and bare hands plainsman.

The batsman gets to face as many balls as it takes for the fielding team to get him out, several hundred in some innings.

 

[Plainsman]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

You keep reminding of how small those balls are. SO it's not 3 strikes and your out? You keep swinging until you hit it?

 

[RPJS]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

You keep swinging after you've hit it.

I think some under 10yr teams play hit and run

 

[Plainsman]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

So what's the point of hitting the ball if you don't run to base?

 

[RPJS]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

Somtimes you have no choice but to defend the ball, when the ball is hit straight to a fielder it would be suicide to try and run.

 

[Plainsman]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

So your allowed a many swings as you want until it's safe for you to run? How retarded is that?

 

[RPJS]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

Try this Plainsman

http://www.abcofcricket.com/cfb1/cfb1.htm

 

[Plainsman]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

Try this Plainsman

http://www.abcofcricket.com/cfb1/cfb1.htm

That's a lot of reading. Bit some of the links don't work. Got something better? I asked you because I thought you KNEW the game.

 

[RPJS]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

You need to click on the links not bite them.

I must be mad, trying to teach an American baseball fan the ethos of cricket.

O/K Start at the beginning.
The game is played between 2 teams of 11.
After the toss of a coin 1 team will be in bat and the other will field.
The aim of the batting team is to score as many runs as possible.
The aim of the fielding team is to take as many wickets and restrict the batsman from making runs

 

[Plainsman]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

You need to click on the links not bite them.

I must be mad, trying to teach an American baseball fan the ethos of cricket.

Mad? Are you angry or crazy?There is a thread about how folks talk funny already.

O/K Start at the beginning. I get that
The game is played between 2 teams of 11. So your playing 10 other teams at the same time?
After the toss of a coin 1 team will be in bat and the other will field. I get that
The aim of the batting team is to score as many runs as possible. Well duh!
The aim of the fielding team is to take as many wickets and restrict the batsman from making runs

Is a wicket like a picket?

 

[RPJS]

Re: COR..BLIMEY! This ain't cricket, it just can't be

Crazy
11 players
No

Lets start with the batting side.
At the start of the game the first 2 batsmen will take possition, one at the strikers end and one at the non strikers end.
The batsman at the strikers end will be the one who faces the bowler.
When the ball is delivered (bowled) by the bowler it is the job of the facing batsman to firstly defend his wicket and not get out, and also to hit the ball into the field and try to make a run.
A run is achived when both batsmen have run the length of the pitch 22yrds, at which time the batsman who was at the non strikers end will be facing and the batsman who faced the previous ball will be at the non strikers end. (unless of course if they run 2 runs then they would be back where they started)