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Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by senthil_rajasek »

topgrain2 wrote: post #123
bruce511 wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Actually "wicket" is used for 3 different things. Behind the batter, between the batter and the catcher are 3 vertical sticks. This is called the wicket. The batter is protecting those sticks, the bowler is trying to hit them. If the bowler succeeds he has "got a wicket" and the batter has "lost his wicket." These 2 terms are used though regardless of the actual manner of the out. To make things more confusing,…

So you bowl the ball against the wicket so the batter can try to hit your bowl? And then if the ball you bowled hit another thing that is also a wicket, you got a wicket? Not confusing at all. :-)

There is more... The batter can swing, miss the ball completely and hit the wicket! Then it's a "hit wicket" and the batter is out.

You still with me ;-)

Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by foobar1962 »

adastra22 wrote: post #95
pdpi wrote: post #52

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It’s surprisingly simple, actually. A cricket pitch is a long strip. Bowler bowls from one end, batter strikes the bowl from the other. Scoring is done by running from one end of that strip to the other (the unit of scoring is literally called a run). Six legal bowls make an over. There are two batters in play at each point in time, one at each end of the pitch, and they both must run towards the other end of the pit…

It’s surprisingly simple, actually. Basically, there's three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and a player at Whackbat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls hotbox. Finally, you count up however many score-downs it adds…

So who's on first?

Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by [deleted] »

pdpi wrote: post #52
dvh wrote: post #6

> Bruce Edgar, who was on 102 not out, was stuck at the non-striker's end the entire over. Now Americans can finally know how Europeans feel when watching baseball

It’s surprisingly simple, actually. A cricket pitch is a long strip. Bowler bowls from one end, batter strikes the bowl from the other. Scoring is done by running from one end of that strip to the other (the unit of scoring is literally called a run). Six legal bowls make an over. There are two batters in play at each point in time, one at each end of the pitch, and they both must run towards the other end of the pit…

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Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by aidenn0 »

dismalaf wrote: post #100
senthil_rajasek wrote: post #55

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Explaining Cricket to a Baseball fan only makes it worse. I have tried it many times and failed. Personally, playing a few games of cricket is the best way to learn the rules of the game. As an example, in your explanation ( which is good to this lifelong cricket fan from India) your first sentence starts "A cricket pitch..." And when a baseball fan reads it he is probably asking "What is a cricket pitch?"

Nah, cricket is pretty analogous to baseball. Instead of 9 innings there's one inning, at least in ODI or T20 formats (best to watch anyway). Instead of 3 outs there's 10 outs (called wickets). An out is having a ball caught after you hit it (same as baseball) or the ball hitting the wickets when at bat (kind of like strikeout) or a fielder knocking the wicket off with the ball before you reach the line, which is bas…

If outs are like in baseball, how can there be a "last ball" known before it is bowled -- in baseball balls are delivered until the final out is made.

Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by AussieWog93 »

as1mov wrote: post #103
CamouflagedKiwi wrote: post #3

This was pretty bad. Will never be forgotten in NZ. Has probably been forgotten by Australia and everywhere else though.

This along with the Aussie sandpaper-gate is probably one of the most infamous incidents in cricket history. I doubt anyone who follows cricket doesn't about it. Also the 2019 world cup finals! ;)

I am an antisocial nerd and even I know about these incidents!

Although to be fair, my wife is a saffa so I'm not allowed to forget sandpapergate.

Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by microgpt »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #106
adastra22 wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s surprisingly simple, actually. Basically, there's three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and a player at Whackbat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls hotbox. Finally, you count up however many score-downs it adds…

That sounds like Calvinball

So does cricket

Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by topgrain2 »

senthil_rajasek wrote: post #131
topgrain2 wrote: post #123

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So you bowl the ball against the wicket so the batter can try to hit your bowl? And then if the ball you bowled hit another thing that is also a wicket, you got a wicket? Not confusing at all. :-)

There is more... The batter can swing, miss the ball completely and hit the wicket! Then it's a "hit wicket" and the batter is out. You still with me ;-)

I learned the rules to and terminology of (American) football by playing football video games (mostly nfl2k1 on the Dreamcast). Similar story for ice hockey.

What’s the video game to play to understand cricket?

Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by microgpt »

kstenerud wrote: post #92
pdpi wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s surprisingly simple, actually. A cricket pitch is a long strip. Bowler bowls from one end, batter strikes the bowl from the other. Scoring is done by running from one end of that strip to the other (the unit of scoring is literally called a run). Six legal bowls make an over. There are two batters in play at each point in time, one at each end of the pitch, and they both must run towards the other end of the pit…

It's surprisingly simple, actually. The bariet takes a pull at the fumbler, and then one of two things happens: Either he misses, or hits it (towards the flange or along the foul line to the base). There are three spichies who can try to deflect the fumbler, either towards the simulcum or out to the field. The simulcum is the more audacious play, giving an instant spiel if they succeed in darving the bariet. But it r…

It's surprisingly simple, actually.

The foo walks into the bar and he qax. The bartender says, what can I do you for? The foo says, breed me daddy. The network bleeps that part out. The foo says, I'll have a beer of pint. The tomato exists. Existence is suffering. Existence is despair.

Re: Underarm bowling incident of 1981

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Post by senthil_rajasek »

topgrain2 wrote: post #137
senthil_rajasek wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is more... The batter can swing, miss the ball completely and hit the wicket! Then it's a "hit wicket" and the batter is out. You still with me ;-)

I learned the rules to and terminology of (American) football by playing football video games (mostly nfl2k1 on the Dreamcast). Similar story for ice hockey. What’s the video game to play to understand cricket?

Aahh video games that's clever. I apologize, I am not a video game person.

Hopefully someone here knows a good cricket video game.

Best.

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