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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 12, 2010 21:43:24 GMT
When he wears extra-padded shin guards, you can call him "Hwimp".
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 13, 2010 9:00:13 GMT
Don't worry, I have time... Ms. Bix!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2010 13:23:05 GMT
Okay, here is a short excerpt from today's BBC Sports article. Can you tell me what happened in the coloured phrases?
Umar Akmal added a breezy 28 with three successive fours in a Broad over that also contained two wickets, although Pakistan may have felt that more than 73 should have been made from their final 10 overs.
Indeed England were ahead of the rate from the off with left-handers Strauss and Steven Davies playing in calm fashion, picking off the loose balls and using the pace of Shoaib Akhtar to good effect.
But Shoaib, often measured above 90mph despite having the appearance of a man clearly in the twilight of his career, angled one across to take the edge of Davies and the scoring slowed.
Strauss backed away to smash Shoaib down the ground and record the 50 in the ninth over but he was reprieved next ball on 23 when the giant Mohammad Irfan, rather incongruously stationed at leg gully, could not get his 7ft 1in frame down in time and spilled the low chance.
The England captain had another moment of fortune on 39 when Umar Gul nipped one back and the ball flicked off the glove before being superbly snaffled by a wrongfooted Kamran diving back to his right, but umpire Billy Doctrove deemed that no contact had been made.
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Post by BigIain on Sept 14, 2010 18:44:31 GMT
Cricket is deliberately made to be vague so that the French are either unable to grasp its complexities or to feign disdain across the English channel with a gitane in one hand and a permenent shrug attituge on the other.
I shall adopt a simular stance of shrug/disdain in a Southerly direction!
Umar Akhmal, brother of the Pakistani wicketkeeper Kamran, hit 3 shots to the boundary (each scoring as 4) in an over (6 balls bowled) by Stewart Broad (Son of England legend Chris) in which England also took 2 wickets (got 2 other pakistani players out).
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Post by hwinpp on Sept 20, 2010 7:57:51 GMT
Are they at it again? I cannot believe this! ICC probes Pakistan's victory over England at The Oval The International Cricket Council has launched an investigation into Friday's third one-day international between England and Pakistan at The Oval.The game's world governing body says the probe is based on information passed on by The Sun newspaper. ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat says the match, won by Pakistan by 23 runs, featured "a certain scoring pattern" that warranted further investigation. The ECB has been told that no England player is involved in the allegations. "We feel it is incumbent upon us to launch a full enquiry," Lorgat said. The investigation is the latest blight on Pakistan's summer tour, with four members of the team - none of whom were involved in Friday's match - being investigated amid allegations of "spot-fixing". ... news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/9011427.stm
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 20, 2010 12:50:51 GMT
Ah, but Pakistan have got their own back now by accusing England of throwing the match.......
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2010 13:55:45 GMT
Lifetime supply of chapatis for the English team for letting Pakistan win?
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 22, 2010 15:48:12 GMT
They seem to be letting them win again today.
2 all in the series and today is the final game. We aren't doing very well.........
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 23, 2010 12:49:21 GMT
...but we won!
And with it, the series.
Time to go home.....
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 27, 2010 15:18:03 GMT
Ashes series starts soon.............
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Post by bjd on Oct 27, 2010 17:16:07 GMT
Amazing, I understood it perfectly when Bill Bryson described cricket in Australia, but #32 has me confused.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 29, 2010 16:14:55 GMT
Clear as a bell to me bjd........ ;D
Which one can I help you with?
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Post by bjd on Oct 29, 2010 16:18:35 GMT
I was trying to be funny. But you could tell me what a 'leg gully' is.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 29, 2010 16:23:23 GMT
Me too...
Leg gully - it's a fielding position close to the wicket on the leg side. The leg side is the side where the batsman's legs are and the side away from his legs is the offside. Leg gully has to have very quick reactions becuase there is little time between the ball hitting the bat and reaching leg gully.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 29, 2010 16:26:49 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 9, 2010 15:39:24 GMT
We won the first game of the ashes series against W. Australia.
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Post by bjd on Nov 9, 2010 16:34:10 GMT
How can anyone be expected to take seriously a game with positions such as "silly point" and "short leg"?
I can just imagine a Monty Python skit where they are all sitting around with a drink and inventing the names, laughing their heads off.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 9, 2010 16:53:33 GMT
They are actually very sensible and logical.
Silly point because it's a position very close to the batsman and you have a good chance of getting a hard ball full in the face and short because it is also very close but, because you are more behind the batsman, it is a lot safer.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 9, 2010 17:03:59 GMT
We love cricket, we love cricket and once more for luck, We LOVE cricket Just look at the happy crowds - mums, dads, and the kids all enjoying a wonderful game. What other sport can offer this terrific non violent atmosphere? Baseball ??
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 9, 2010 17:29:11 GMT
We love cricket, we love cricket and once more for luck, We LOVE cricket Just look at the happy crowds - mums, dads, and the kids all enjoying a wonderful game. What other sport can offer this terrific non violent atmosphere? Baseball ?? A woman of rare breeding........... ;D
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Post by onlymark on Nov 10, 2010 10:40:31 GMT
“The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity”
George Bernard Shaw
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 10, 2010 17:12:27 GMT
“The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity” George Bernard Shaw Another fine gentleman...........
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Post by hal2000 on Nov 19, 2010 12:55:02 GMT
What is the season for cricket?
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Post by BigIain on Nov 22, 2010 13:17:17 GMT
It is a summer sport, and therefore is always being played somewhere in the world. The biggest rivalry in cricket is about to commence again between England and Australia on Wednesday of this week. A series of five Test Matches is played, each takes place over 5 days (or up to 5 days depending on how quickly one team wins). England won the last series against Australia in the (English) summer of 2009. Elsewhere in the world there are series taking place between Sri Lanka and The West Indies in Sri Lanka and also between Pakistan and South Africa in the United Arab Emirates. The latter is taking place on this neutral territory since Pakistan are currently unable to play cricket in their home country following a terrorist attack on the touring Sri Lanka team last year. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7920260.stm
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2010 13:47:34 GMT
Do cricket matches get rained out like baseball? If not, I suppose everybody could see their undies through those wet white trousers. That would probably increase the popularity of the sport with women.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 22, 2010 14:12:11 GMT
Yes, they do get rained off Kerouac.
I'm ignoring the bit about wet see through clothing btw.. ;D
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 22, 2010 14:12:49 GMT
Actually, the trousers are too thick to become see through anyway.
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 26, 2010 12:20:16 GMT
The first test between England and Australia is nicely poised after the first 2 days.
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Post by bjd on Nov 26, 2010 12:29:22 GMT
"nicely poised" -- does that mean the score is tied?
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 26, 2010 13:19:21 GMT
Sort of. After 2 days no one side really has the upper hand yet.
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