[wdvltalk-social] Any Cricket Players?

[Matthew Macdonald-Wallace]

What about fast pace, medium pace, around or over the wicket, top spin,
side spin, reverse-spin, dirt in pockets[0], ball tampering[1],
obligatory pedalo contests at 3am during one of the most important ODI
series in your life [2], shall I go on? :oP

Personally, if it's an English game, then you should drink English beer.
Someone pass the rigwelter[3]...

Cheers,

M.

[0]
http://www.sportasylum.com/page/CricketVideoArchiveDetail/0,,10301~1008777,00.html
[1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/5270308.stm
[2] http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6465475.stm
[3] http://www.blacksheepbrewery.com/Beers/BottledBeers/Riggwelter.aspx


On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:46 +0000, joseph harris wrote:
> Throw, Sah!!     THROW!!!   that'll be another gin and it, thank 
> you.   Multitharan perhaps, the restofus BOWL.   We bowl 
> spinners, leg breaks - or maybe off breaks, chinamen, googlies 
> and bodylin...  er that is to say fast.
> 
> And POINTS???!!!!    Just leave the gin bottle thanky you very 
> mush....
> 
> Otherwise an exellent short summary of the game...   But I hope 
> you are booking in for that PhD Chris...    ;-)
> 
> Joseph  [Water Polo - doesn't the mint just dissolve?]
> 
> 
> > Christina
> >
> > Extremely simplified and expecting nit-picking from the cricket 
> > fanatics:
> >
> > * 11 players per team.
> > * One team bowls while another bats, there are two batsmen in 
> > play at any
> > one time, one at each end of the wicket which is twenty two 
> > yards long and
> > has a set of wickets at each end.
> > * The wickets comprise of three vertical sticks (the stumps) 
> > and the bails,
> > two short sticks across the top of the stumps.
> > * The bowling team's bowler bowls (throws) the ball at the 
> > wickets. If he
> > succeeeds in removing the bails the player is out.
> > * The batter can also be out by hitting the ball in the air and 
> > being caught
> > or by preventing the ball stricking the wickets using his leg.
> > * Bowling is grouped into "overs", there are six throws of the 
> > ball in an
> > over. After an over the bowler switches ends to bowl at the 
> > other wicket.
> > * Play continues until ten players on the batting side are out.
> > * The batsman tries to strike the ball so that the two of them 
> > can run from
> > one wicket to the other. Each time they does this it's a "run", 
> > i.e. one
> > point to the batting side.
> > * If the batsman hits it over the pitch boundary it's four 
> > points, or six if
> > it goes over without touching the ground.
> > * Both sides get two attempts at batting called an innings or 
> > alternatively
> > a fixed number of overs is agreed.
> > * When the game is over the side with the most runs wins.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: "Christina Lannen" <chris at lannendesigns.com>
> >>Reply-To: Web development and beer 
> >><wdvltalk-social at wdvltalk-social.org.uk>
> >>To: "'Web development and beer'" 
> >><wdvltalk-social at wdvltalk-social.org.uk>
> >>Subject: Re: [wdvltalk-social] Any Cricket Players?
> >>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 20:14:55 -0400
> >>
> >>Wow!  I've never heard of a game being asexual.  Too mild 
> >>mannered?  IN
> >>other words a game for gentlemen? Anyway I'm not going to play 
> >>it....give
> >>me
> >>baseball anyday.
> >>
> >>And he's an Aries.  I've never heard of an Aries being asexual. 
> >>They're
> >>worse the Scorpios.
> >>
> >>Chris
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk
> >>[mailto:wdvltalk-social-bounces at wdvltalk-social.org.uk] On 
> >>Behalf Of David
> >>Blakey
> >>Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 7:36 PM
> >>To: Web development and beer
> >>Subject: Re: [wdvltalk-social] Any Cricket Players?
> >>
> >>At 12:00 p.m. 7/11/2007, you wrote:
> >> >Can someone explain to me in very simple terms how one plays 
> >> >cricket?  Is
> >> >the whole purpose to knock the sticks down? And is that 
> >> >before someone
> >>hits
> >> >the ball or if it's in play knock them down before getting 
> >> >"home"
> >>(baseball
> >> >vernacular)?
> >>
> >>Don't bother learning.  Cricket is exceedingly asexual (pace P
> >>Tinniswood).  Find another of his interests.
> >>
> >>Yours helpfully,
> >>David
> >> 
> 
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