The Ashes

[margo49]

Oh, Light, is *that* the best you can do for an explanation?
I refer you to my previous posts.

[Trekhawk]

Trekhawk..have you been able to follow much of the first test?

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Just a little - Im pleased to see we gave the Poms a good thrashing in the first Test. The English Captain seems to think they can recover and take the second so it should make for some good cricket.

[light_sabe_r]

Yup Margo... The canadian and the Mandarin chinese here at work seem to get it now. ^_^ So it must've done some good

But Yeah... HEBREW would be hard. lol

[LittleBlackDuck]

Hope this clears it up for those of you who don't know the rules of cricket:

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he is out. When they are all out, the side that's been 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 are 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.

Now don't tell me after reading that that you're STILL confused .

Scary as it seems, if you know the rules of cricket and you read the above carefully, all of it makes sense .

[Trekhawk]

Hope this clears it up for those of you who don't know the rules of cricket:

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he is out. When they are all out, the side that's been 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 are 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.

Now don't tell me after reading that that you're STILL confused .

Scary as it seems, if you know the rules of cricket and you read the above carefully, all of it makes sense .

LOL - now you have made my cup of tea come out of my nose.

[margo49]

Pretty good LittleBlackDuck-ie - for a start

But would it explain LBW when the batsman is facing a leg spinner?
Also it doesn't deal well with tactics - whether to go in or stay out when you win the toss, when to take the New Ball, when to declare; or field placement eg when does 3rd slip become short cover, and we won't even go into silly fine leg!

[Trekhawk]

Pretty good LittleBlackDuck-ie - for a start

But would it explain LBW when the batsman is facing a leg spinner?
Also it doesn't deal well with tactics - whether to go in or stay out when you win the toss, when to take the New Ball, when to declare; or field placement eg when does 3rd slip become short cover, and we won't even go into silly fine leg!

LOL - this time I was smart enough to put my cuppa down before reading this thread.

Have a look at these links and they may help you sort it out.

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/s99035...-positions.gif

or this one might be easier to follow

http://www.nicholsoncartoons.com.au/cartoon_2135.html

[margo49]

The second one is brilliant!
Took me back 40 years and playing with my brother and Dad (both dead now)

[light_sabe_r]

well we've won the ashes back... YAY like there was any doubt... And in a whitewash 3 games as well.

Oh well. England. maybe next year...

[DirtDiva]

When the ball is bowled, the batsman obviously hits the ball or in some cases perhaps not...

Hahahahaha. This sentence fragment sums up exactly how the game of cricket works (or in some cases perhaps doesn't).

[crazycanuck]

Thank you...I'm happy I can provide entertaining sentences about cricket..

I'm actually getting a smidgen bit more interested in the game. Who knew cricket could be exciting in some way...I'd like to watch the Boxing Day test from the MCG but we could be mtn biking in Rotorua...

Ya know what's even more exciting than cricket...the off field tales of shane warne..

I can't go down that garden path here though...


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[DirtDiva]

Cricket on telly is alright, but actually being there with your mates and a picnic is the best. (Especially good somewhere with an embankment.)

[margo49]

yeahhhhhh!

[Trekhawk]

Cricket on telly is alright, but actually being there with your mates and a picnic is the best. (Especially good somewhere with an embankment.)

LOL - that reminds me of the last cricket match I went to.
Adelaide Cricket Ground with an esky on a beautiful summer day. Aaahhh good times.