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Cricket
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I guess this will answer any doubt if it's a sport or not: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket.
I don't understand cricket. Nor am I going to try to
The test matches between India and Pakistan can be quite intense and involve actual fights over bad calls or a play that's considered unfair.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WHTK7vRvl4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WHTK7vRvl4
The Dragon Master said:
let me help
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 all 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 been 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!
Simple!
Remember, the fielding team can arrange the other nine of their players, besides the bowler and the wicket keeper (pitcher and catcher) which gives a total of eleven fielders, in any of the below positions.
And yes, silly mid on / off is a valid position for a fielder.
And yes, silly mid on / off is a valid position for a fielder.
Durandal said:
That chart is for the fielders facing a right handed batter, if the batter is a lefty they would switch sides to the mirror image. So, for instance, the Mid On and Mid off would change sides.
Test cricket is boring to watch, particularly when Australia opens the 4th Ashes test with a score of all out for 90 something. That's not even a respectable one day game score!!! And now we are going into the 5th test with Michael Clarke as captain
. Oh dear.
That's why when I'm watching it with a friend of mine from India... we'll sometimes spend more time watching the shots of the people in the stands than the game.
You can see some rather, how should I put it, unusual? eccentric? maybe 'inappropriate' behavior in the stands at matches. Not to mention the fans for either side trying to outsing the other.
Sometimes, it's worse than the grandstands at Association Football (soccer) games.
You can see some rather, how should I put it, unusual? eccentric? maybe 'inappropriate' behavior in the stands at matches. Not to mention the fans for either side trying to outsing the other.
Sometimes, it's worse than the grandstands at Association Football (soccer) games.
In any case, the USA national team is playing in a tournament that can lead to the next Cricket World Cup in Division 3 in a couple of weeks.
More info here: http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/wcl/newsdetails.php?newsId=12662_1293697680
More info here: http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/events_and_awards/wcl/newsdetails.php?newsId=12662_1293697680
