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Post by moskvaprof on Mar 11, 2007 10:01:34 GMT -5
The World Cup is about to start in the Caribbean with England and Canada in the same group. Do we have any cricket fans here?
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Post by romanmachine on Mar 12, 2007 21:49:41 GMT -5
You know, I've always wanted to know more about cricket. Just from the scores alone, it seems a bit tough to understand. But, I'd love to see a match sometime. Hopefully, some of the WC will be televised here.
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Post by topcat on Mar 17, 2007 4:34:43 GMT -5
Not seen any cricket yet but I understand England almost collapsed yesterday!! Poor Freddie - quack, quack.
Roman, cricket is not the easiest sport to describe. I remember a 'rules of cricket' thing from my teenage days that was brilliantly funny but I can't find it. Do you know the piece I mean Prof?
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Post by moskvaprof on Mar 18, 2007 6:10:17 GMT -5
I've managed to watch some of the matches, must say well done to Ireland for sending Pakistan (one of the favourites) back home almost before they've begun.
As for England, well they could be on their way too if they're not careful. If we've got drunken bowlers on the field Canada have a good chance of beating us today! (Apparently some of the English players have been drinking and partying too much).
As for the rules, they are difficult to explain - Topcat perhaps you were thinking of these -
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 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.
This is an explanation of the longer version of the game where both sides have two innings and the game lasts for up to 5 days. In the World Cup they only have one innings and the idea is to score as many runs as possible off 50 overs bowled without getting out.
I think its a game you either love or hate - I love it, even though English performances can be very frustrating at times.
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Post by endangeredspecies on Apr 4, 2007 15:37:38 GMT -5
We have that on a tea towel moskvaprof. ;D It looks as though England are about to throw away the match against Sri Lanka. If they lose I think it will be the end for them. I can't see them beating SA on Saturday. I have a sneaky feeling that the Black Caps are going to come up trumps, but you can never discount the Aussies. Losing isn't built into their psyche.
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