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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: SysError on February 20, 2015, 04:21:31 AM
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For those of you who do not follow cricket, this is really really bad...
"England suffered a humiliating eight-wicket thrashing by New Zealand as Tim Southee became only the fourth man to take seven wickets in a World Cup match.
Southee's 7-33 saw England blown away for 123, the last seven wickets falling for 19 runs.
Brendon McCullum then smashed an 18-ball half-century, the fastest in World Cup history, to propel New Zealand to their target in just 12.2 overs.
That equalled the shortest ODI chase against England, in a match that lasted just 45.4 overs in total.
Only when McCullum was bowled by Chris Woakes for a 25-ball 77 did England avoid the ignominy of being beaten before the scheduled tea interval."
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/31546429
As one blogger put it:
"Look on the bright side - we have not peaked too early."
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They were following this live at work - the Pommy cricket fan behind me, resplendent in his England football strip for casual Friday, was being mocked mercilessly and relentlessly by our local tame kiwis. It was at its worst after McCullum's half-century, four sixes off consecutive balls. Twenty-bloody-nine off the over.
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Feel like I need a degree in something to decipher what was just posted......guess I need to do a bit of research. :D
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My wife is Indian. I know that India beat Pakistan a few days ago. :P
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8 Wicket thrashing? Poor Ewoks.
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HARRY POTTER HAS CAUGHT THE GOLDEN SNITCH! GRIFFINDOR WINS!
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I think I might take the flag down for a while...
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It is good to NZ cricket finally doing it again...it has been 15 years of this for us ... This season we have managed to muster a good team.... However for England this really does have to hurt.... and Piers Morgan ...what a dick.....you guys should give him to ....well you know who( don't want to get banned)..although they won't want him either....
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HARRY POTTER HAS CAUGHT THE GOLDEN SNITCH! GRIFFINDOR WINS!
:rofl
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Swoop, help a guy out will ya, what does all that mean? The numbers and the terms are outside of my tiny realm of knowledge. Thanks.
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Every fella on both teams has to have a go at batting, no choice. Once every player of one side has had his turn batting it's the other sides turn......in this case NZ had beaten the English score with 8 players still to take a turn. ie, beaten by 8 wickets, which is a lot.
A 'wicket' is the arrangement of wooden things the bowler (pitcher) aims at, you hit the wicket with the ball and the player 'at bat' is out. Slang usage has made 'taking a wicket' mean 'got a player out' over the years.
An 'over' is a set of....pitches. Every 6 pitches the bowler has to change to another player, a set of 6 pitches is called an 'over'. Except a pitch is called a 'delivery' and has to bounce once before reaching the crease. The 'crease' is like.....the batters area, like the goalies area in soccer, special rules about ball handling are in force when the batsman is behind the crease. From here on it gets a bit mystical, some teams use the bats blood and frog spawn rule.
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http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12309957
(http://www.teachindiaproject.org/img2B.jpg)
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good vid on rules.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqtpNkMvj5Y
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A 'wicket' is the arrangement of wooden things the bowler (pitcher) aims at, you hit the wicket with the ball and the player 'at bat' is out. ...
Cricket is sometimes explained as trying to knock over three wooden sticks with a ball while defending with another stick.
:old:
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My wife is Indian. I know that India beat Pakistan a few days ago. :P
India is in Pool B
England is in Pool A
Current standings:
http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/standings
Fixtures:
http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/fixtures
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Wow! Looks kinda cool actually. I'm going to have to try and catch this on TV and check it out ASAP.
Is this the type of game you boys play as kids like we play baseball here in the states?
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Tried to watch the India-Pakistan game. It was on the TV from 10:00PM to 7:00AM but fell asleep around 5:00AM.
One of the Sport channels here has an hour summary of each match.
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Wow! Looks kinda cool actually. I'm going to have to try and catch this on TV and check it out ASAP.
Is this the type of game you boys play as kids like we play baseball here in the states?
I can't speak for the UK or NZ, but in India it is played by kids the way American kids play baseball.
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It's played mostly by people who go to private schools in NZ and the UK. In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, Cricket is more important than Oxygen.
Even more humiliating for the UK is that NZ's population base is less than that of Hampshire, so it's like the UK National team being beaten by a UK counties team.
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Bollocks is it. I went to comprehensive (means State run school) and it was Autumn term: Football. Spring term: Rugby. Summer term: Cricket. With basketball in the sports hall whenever it was windy cos the P.E. Master didn't want anyone to know he wore a wig.
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dbl post
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Bollocks is it. I went to comprehensive (means State run school) and it was Autumn term: Football. Spring term: Rugby. Summer term: Cricket. With basketball in the sports hall whenever it was windy cos the P.E. Master didn't want anyone to know he wore a wig.
It's not hard to wind you people up. Think of it as two fingers up for all the sheep jokes.
Oh, and only rich ponces play Rubgy in the UK.
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The last one I was working midnights and followed it with an Indian friend. I found myself liking the game quite a bit, "they are quite mad about it over there".
It has evolved into a powerhouse sport with a lot of dough at stake. To think NZ spanked England like this is unprecedented. England and Australia are power houses. Look at McCullom bat against England http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/2015/features-and-specials/85964/new-zealand-v-england-in-numbers Its just a slaughter.
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They were following this live at work - the Pommy cricket fan behind me, resplendent in his England football strip for casual Friday, was being mocked mercilessly and relentlessly by our local tame kiwis. It was at its worst after McCullum's half-century, four sixes off consecutive balls. Twenty-bloody-nine off the over.
I am quite certain this is some form of English, I recognize many of the words...
:D
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http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12309957
(http://www.teachindiaproject.org/img2B.jpg)
Cool stuff, thanks for posting this.
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(http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/user/1/161667-233327-HitchhikersGuideGalaxyTertiaryPhaseDouglasAdamsunabridgedcompactdiscsjpg-620x.jpg)
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(http://bulk2.destructoid.com/ul/user/1/161667-233327-HitchhikersGuideGalaxyTertiaryPhaseDouglasAdamsunabridgedcompactdiscsjpg-620x.jpg)
You reminded me of something. Found it:
"Of all the races in the Galaxy, only the English could possibly revive the memory of the most horrific wars ever to sunder the Universe and transform it into into what I'm afraid is generally regarded as an incomprehensibly dull and pointless game."
Douglas Adams, Life the Universe and Everything (1982).
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It's played mostly by people who go to private schools in NZ and the UK. In India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, Cricket is more important than Oxygen.
Even more humiliating for the UK is that NZ's population base is less than that of Hampshire, so it's like the UK National team being beaten by a UK counties team.
Not to mention half of NZ would rather watch grass grow.
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Just as embarrassing.
West Indies 310/6 (50) vs Pakistan 160/10 (39)
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Was never a big fan of cricket, despite playing a rather loose version of it as a kid. But that was before the Irish cricket team started to improve. They've beaten the West Indies in their first match and really should beat the UAE in their second. :pray So I'm quite enjoying this world cup so far.
Cricket was in decline in Ireland until recently but the influx of emigrants from cricket loving countries like Australia, New Zealand, India and Pakistan to Ireland in recent years has helped make it more popular. The team actually has English, South African and Aussie born players in it.
Ironically the England Captain is from my home town, Dublin, which is absolutely not in England! Another Irishman plays for England too.
I would like England to do better just so we can beat them in the final. Or maybe the Australians. :rock :cheers:
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So I guess that is it.
:embarrassed:
Cricket World Cup 2015: England knocked out by Bangladesh
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/31792930
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Oh dear,
how sad,
never mind.
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So I guess that is it.
:embarrassed:
Cricket World Cup 2015: England knocked out by Bangladesh
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/31792930
First football and now this.
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Oh, and only rich ponces play Rubgy in the UK.
Wrong !! if you called a Gloucester player a rich ponce not only would you get a good kicking but you would also be very wrong
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Especially in your case. :p
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Ahem i played for Cheltenham not GRFC
(now their a bunch of rich ponces oh yes)