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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 31, 2015 10:16:07 GMT
If KP is in I shan't be watching. A more backward step I can't imagine.
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Post by tod2 on Mar 31, 2015 11:52:05 GMT
Yes, he is a controversial figure to be sure - comes from my home town as you know. Wanted desperately to play for South Africa but had the wrong skin colour at that particular time in his career so was overlooked. Got the zig and thought I'll show 'em. Did well to begin, with but what is it with these hotheads.. You got to admit Mick, he had some style on the pitch.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 31, 2015 12:41:51 GMT
He did but he's history now.
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Post by questa on Mar 31, 2015 12:43:28 GMT
He has a style about him that amuses me. Of course great to watch when he gets going. Anyway...he and Warne are best friends...can't be too bad. (they both like to stir up the crowd)
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 31, 2015 13:28:31 GMT
Not for me I'm afraid.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 17:19:52 GMT
I am still determined to understand cricket some day. This thread got off to a very confusing (to me, obviously) start, so I will ask a couple of simple questions (again?).
Okay, the match is beginning. I think there is a bowler and a batter (I may have the names wrong.). (How many people per team?)
I presume that the batter is supposed to hit the ball as well as possible. The other team is supposed to stop it or catch it? If it goes a long way unimpeded, does that give the most points? How are the points counted? What is the penalty if the batter misses the ball? (I will stop there for the moment or the flurry of replies is likely to make my head hurt.)
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Post by onlyMark on Apr 5, 2015 18:36:33 GMT
As George Bernard Shaw said, "The English are not very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity."
Or -
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2015 19:10:01 GMT
That is very helpful. I think there should be three teams then.
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Post by questa on Apr 5, 2015 21:15:22 GMT
Mark, you are very naughty. Go to your room!
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Post by tod2 on Apr 6, 2015 14:07:04 GMT
I'll give you a hug Mark for making me laugh...a lot! There is no way anyone can understand what you just wrote!(but I bet that is exactly the way the game is played!)
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 7, 2015 7:35:42 GMT
He got it off a tea towel.....
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Post by tod2 on Apr 7, 2015 14:47:51 GMT
Aah! Thought I'd seen it somewhere before! Darn good explanation....to those who actually play the game I do like Oneday cricket - I can grasp what's going on instead of wandering off and then coming back to the TV and asking a dumb question like...'who's winning'??
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 7, 2015 15:00:46 GMT
Our club season starts next Sunday.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 8, 2015 9:57:26 GMT
Cricket season at school all finished now. New rugby and hockey outfits for my grandson. Actually I think he is playing soccer because he has shown me how you run towards the ball and then slide sideways on the grass... I'll have to go and watch when school starts in two weeks time.
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Post by questa on Apr 10, 2015 21:49:04 GMT
RIP Richie Benaud,
A great cricketer, bowler, Captain of Australian team but mostly remembered for his years of commentating and support for younger players. His voice was the voice of summer and his wit and humour famous. We have lost a 'marvellous' Australian.
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Post by tod2 on Apr 12, 2015 17:13:02 GMT
Yes indeed Questa. I remember him even though I wasn't into cricket at the time. Perhaps you can tell me if he played in the 1950's? If so then I am recalling the exciting cricket commentary coming over the old wooden radio and my grandfather sitting almost on top of it with one ear cupped so he didn't miss a word!
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Post by questa on Apr 12, 2015 22:57:04 GMT
Oh, Tod, that describes my scene too, except the radio was that flashy new Bakelite. We had to keep quiet so he could hear every sound, and he groaned or muttered comments at whatever was happening on the field.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 13, 2015 7:47:52 GMT
What a huge loss indeed - very sadly missed. They don't make them like that now. Boy took 2-22 off 8 overs in his first match this season.
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Post by questa on Apr 13, 2015 9:19:28 GMT
Good tight bowling, make the opposition frustrated then come the wickets...Well done
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Post by tod2 on Apr 13, 2015 12:26:37 GMT
I don't know enough about cricket to know if that's good going but if Questa says so - I believe her! Congratulations young man! My love of cricket comes from watching the different bowling styles, the way the batsman hits a six ( like down on one knee) and the awesome catches made in the field. Technically I'm still learning but with grandson now entering the arena and being in earshot of all instructions and advice given by their mentors, I should improve!
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 14, 2015 7:39:20 GMT
Good going for a 16 year old in first XI men's cricket. Also bowled 4 consecutive maidens. Perfect for a 40 over game.
Tod, you'll soon be up to Questa's level!
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Post by questa on Apr 14, 2015 23:07:34 GMT
I still have only vague ideas of the names of all the field placings, batting strokes and bowling actions, but I can see Boy pinning the batsmen down until they lash out and lose their wicket. It is, after all a game of psychology as well as physical capabilities.
Tod, Usually batting teams make 5-6 runs per over. Mick's lad stopped them making runs with his accurate bowling...for 4 overs they made no runs at all, and knew their team were getting impatient. Somewhere in his 8 overs Boy got 2 wickets when the batsmen, under pressure to score, make a mistake and were declared "out"
To have the skill and self-discipline to bowl like that at his age is remarkable...no 'loose' balls to be hit to the boundary and relieve the pressure on the batsmen.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2015 7:54:11 GMT
Mark?
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Post by questa on Apr 15, 2015 9:26:18 GMT
Sorry 'bout that. Have corrected brain-fade moment.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2015 9:32:39 GMT
No problem Question.
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Post by questa on Apr 15, 2015 11:29:47 GMT
That cleared the boundary rope and was taken in the 6th row!
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Post by tod2 on Apr 15, 2015 12:08:40 GMT
Thanks for that explanation Questa! It really made everything clear to me and I can now appreciate his skill. Not getting any runs for 4 overs...that ball must have been hitting the ground right near the batsman's feet. I've seen them kind of 'block' it but don't try and hit the ball. I get quite impatient myself and shout at the TV...."hit the damn ball you oaf!" But now I can see this is not possible when our 'boy' is bowling
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2015 14:31:32 GMT
I will add both of you to his considerable fan club....
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Post by questa on Apr 15, 2015 21:31:56 GMT
and when he is Captaining England [and why not? everyone else has a go], I shall be the toothless old crone who tells all the visitors to the Home, "I remember when he was just a lad and playing like a demon then"
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 16, 2015 7:48:43 GMT
And you can push me to the SCG in my wheelchair......
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