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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: beet1e on July 23, 2004, 11:35:02 AM
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Oh what a cracking start! England finishing on 568 in the first innings. The famous England batting collapse did not start till about 390 - lol. Windies now 169-4; looking like they'll be struggling to avoid the follow on.
Any Ozzies here following this? We STILL have Richie Benaud as commentator - he's been doing it for about 100 years. Heard he actually PLAYED for OZ c1956?
Classic quote: "I used to wish I didn't have so much grey hair. Now I wish I had more of it" - Richie Benaud today at Lords. :lol
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Windies entire cricket program is a disaster.
If England don't win easily they should be ashamed of themselves.
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Crickets is fishbait :D
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Originally posted by X2Lee
Crickets is fishbait :D
Crickets ARE fishbait.:p
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Originally posted by Curval
Crickets ARE fishbait.:p
They is ifn u from GA
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Cricket is NOT a sport. It is a confusing jumble of pseudo-rules and madeup phrases that the Brits used to confuse and sublimate their colonies. Notice how it didn't catch on here? We were smart enough to morph it into baseball... a real sport.
Now go throw a googlie.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Now go throw a googlie.
Now go BOWL a googlie.:p
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Originally posted by Curval
Now go BOWL a googlie.:p
SEE!!!!
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Originally posted by midnight Target
the Brits used to confuse and sublimate their colonies.
The Brits vaporised their colonies? Wow! How aggressive!
BTW, what sort of test do you give crickets? Do you try to stomp them and see if they leap out of the way? Or is it a written test?
If a cricket scores 100 on the test, does he get a good job?
How's this whole "testing of crickets" thing work, anyway? Do you guys test other insects as well?
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LOL Mr. Toad! :lol
When are you next coming to England? You should try to be here a fortnight on Thursday - the Glorious Twelfth! :cool:
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Nice try Mr. Toad... but there is an alternative meaning...
To divert the energy associated with (an unacceptable impulse or drive) into a personally and socially acceptable activity.
So there :p
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Originally posted by beet1e
Oh what a cracking start! England finishing on 568 in the first innings. The famous England batting collapse did not start till about 390 - lol. Windies now 169-4; looking like they'll be struggling to avoid the follow on.
Any Ozzies here following this? We STILL have Richie Benaud as commentator - he's been doing it for about 100 years. Heard he actually PLAYED for OZ c1956?
Classic quote: "I used to wish I didn't have so much grey hair. Now I wish I had more of it" - Richie Benaud today at Lords. :lol
Richie is a living legend , still going strong at 73. The Poms giving the calypso lads a thrashing, how the mighty have fallen !
Just as well the colonials are still around to put you back in your box ;)
Name: Richie Benaud, OBE
DoB: 6.10.1930
Known as: Richie, The voice of cricket
Cricket CV: Leg-spinning all-rounder who captained Australia in 28 of his 63 Tests, never losing a series while in charge. Became the first Test player (in 1963) to complete the double of 200 wickets and 2,000 runs, ending his Test career with 248 wickets at 27.03 and 2,201 runs at 24.45. Represented New South Wales when not on international duty and remains one of only 10 Australians to have scored more than 10,000 runs and taken over 500 wickets in first-class cricket. Began his broadcasting career on BBC Radio in 1960 and then moved across to BBC Television three years later. Has been working for Australia's Channel 9 since 1977 and joined Channel 4 in 1999.
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Cricket?????? Oh sorry, I thought this was about perch bait.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Cricket is NOT a sport. It is a confusing jumble of pseudo-rules and madeup phrases that the Brits used to confuse and sublimate their colonies. Notice how it didn't catch on here? We were smart enough to morph it into baseball... a real sport.
Now go throw a googlie.
Let me get this right, the other countries (oz, NZ, india, w. indies, pakistan, bangladesh, south africa, sri lanka etc etc) who had no problem adopting cricket with all its "complicated" rules are stupid but the US who had to simplify it untill it resembles rounders, a game played by primary school girls (aged 5-11) are smart and manly.
I think i see.
:)
On a slightly more serious note here is an introduction to cricket for americans
http://slate.msn.com/id/100692
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The Windies are 208-4 at stumps on day two (having been 118-0 at one point). Lets hope England can force the follow-on tomorrow.
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Originally posted by niknak
Let me get this right, the other countries (oz, NZ, india, w. indies, pakistan, bangladesh, south africa, sri lanka etc etc) who had no problem adopting cricket with all its "complicated" rules are stupid but the US who had to simplify it untill it resembles rounders, a game played by primary school girls (aged 5-11) are smart and manly.
I think i see.
:)
On a slightly more serious note here is an introduction to cricket for americans
http://slate.msn.com/id/100692
The rules of Cricket aren't that complex, even some of my Yank friends have manage to grasp them! :).
The problem for non-cricketters (or Poor Benighted Heathens as I like to refer to them) is the nuances and tactics of the game, which of course is part of it's beauty.
In theory the Yanks should have no problem even if the rules are complex - after all we are talking about a nation who took a simple game like rugby and turned it into a 98-player, 3 hour monster.
On an intersting note they are setting up a professional 20 over competiton in the States (http://www.procricket.com/index.asp). Though limited overs cricket (and 20 over cricket in particular) is an abomination it's a good start for our notoriously low-attention span cousins. It's probably the civilizing influences of all the those Pakistani and Indian immigrants over the last few decades.
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And here I always thought the Queen's subjects spoke English.
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Rugby?? Isn't that the game played by all those gap-toothed wonders?
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Rugby?? Isn't that the game played by all those gap-toothed wonders?
Yup, it's very hard to hold down both a modeling career adn a rugby career at the same time.
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I think having grown up with Cricket makes a big difference to understanding it.
One thing I'm not clear on is the LBW rule. I thought the ball had to pitch in line with the stumps for an LBW to be given. But Sarwan was given out LBW when the ball pitched outside the stumps, and the commentators seemed to agree with the umpire's decision. The other was Gayle's LBW dismissal - the commentators did not agree with that.
I take it this is a three match series: Anyone know the venues for the second and third matches?
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Originally posted by beet1e
I think having grown up with Cricket makes a big difference to understanding it.
One thing I'm not clear on is the LBW rule. I thought the ball had to pitch in line with the stumps for an LBW to be given. But Sarwan was given out LBW when the ball pitched outside the stumps, and the commentators seemed to agree with the umpire's decision. The other was Gayle's LBW dismissal - the commentators did not agree with that.
I take it this is a three match series: Anyone know the venues for the second and third matches?
Can't pitch outside leg stump beet , can pitch outside off, particularly , when the batsman doesn't offer a shot ( pad's up to the ball).
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Originally posted by Redd
Can't pitch outside leg stump beet , can pitch outside off, particularly , when the batsman doesn't offer a shot ( pad's up to the ball).
Ah, that would explain it! :aok
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After reading this thread I realize I know nothing about cricket, I didnt realize it was such a complicated game, just thought it was baseball with a different bat lol.
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Originally posted by RTStuka
After reading this thread I realize I know nothing about cricket, I didnt realize it was such a complicated game, just thought it was baseball with a different bat lol.
Don't feel bad. Many Americans think the same thing, and have no knowledge of sport as played in other countries.
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Beetle,
Smile when you say that! I may have no knowledge of cricket (Was never interested enough to investigate it, to tell ya the truth) but I betcha you've never played stump poker either. Have ya? Well HAVE YA!?
Snort! Furriners!
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Come and see the violence inherant in the system!
Help Help I'm being sublimated.
You saw him sublimating me didn't you?
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Curval,
How sophisticated can these Brits be if they've never heard of stump poker?
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The windies game was on foxsports after the South Africa vs. All Blacks tri-nations test..but didn't really watch it
Richie Benaud's a legend, once sat next to him on a flight to melbourne and was so uttterly intimidated by him all I managed to say the entire flight was G'day...
The 12th man's impersonation of him is fantastic!!
Tronsky
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Shuckins! Nothing to do with sophistication. Anyway, thanks for not doing a Dago on me by getting all bent out of shape, and telling me to fxck myself, which is what he did last time he thought I was bagging on his country. Cricket is played in most continents with strong teams fielded all around the world by such countries as England, South Africa, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and the West Indies.
Never heard of Stump Poker - in how many continents is it played?
Anyway, doh! Windies avoided the follow on. If I were England captain, I would want now to put on about another 450 runs which would hopefully put the match out of the Windies' reach, but would leave England enough time to bowl 'em out in their second innings. I'd hate to see this one end in a draw. Let's hope the weather holds for England, but I wouldn't mind seeing a shower of rain for when the Windies bat their 2nd innings - bring on the spinners!
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Stump Poker; A game sometimes played by adolescent males, who gather around a stump, ante up their bets, bare a sensitive portion of their anatomies and attempt to see who "arrives" first.
At it's best when played before an audience of adolescent females.
Was never a participant myself.
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Originally posted by Shuckins
Stump Poker; A game sometimes played by adolescent males, who gather around a stump, ante up their bets, bare a sensitive portion of their anatomies and attempt to see who "arrives" first.
At it's best when played before an audience of adolescent females.
Was never a participant myself.
Rgr that. I can see why it would be popular in America. :lol ;)
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Can you imagine it being an event at the Olympics...
Imagine the remarks made by the color commentators...
The shrieks of the fans...
"Well...Nigel...I'm afraid that the odds on favorite, Boris Petronovich has come up short...he MAY have to settle for the Bronze!"
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There is an English equivolent to stump poker played by over-privilaged toffs at expensive private schools.
Soggy Biscuit.
There are no girls around as this is almost exclusivly played in all boys schools.
Everyone is gives his "essential essence" onto the biscuit. THe last to do this must eat the biscuit.
Luckily i am far too poor to have been to a school where this was played. Who said money did you good.
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That's shrecked up. I thought it was only the AssAssIns who did that!
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Originally posted by niknak
There is an English equivolent to stump poker played by over-privilaged toffs at expensive private schools.
Soggy Biscuit.
aka The Winchester Biscuit Game after Winchester School
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I was told it was a Kiwi game. "Spoof on the ginger nut"?
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...by 210 runs.
I'm off to France now. Toodle Pip.