Well Its Back

[Steel Tiger]

As of yesterday the international cricket season in Australia began again. This time the unfortunate deer in the headlights of the juggernaut that is the Australian cricket team is Sri Lanka. As of writing this Australia is batting and is 3/410 (meaning that three players are out and they have scored 410 runs). Not looking too good for the Sri Lankans.

Could be a tough summer for the visitors.:uhyeah:

 

[TheOriginalName]

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[jks9199]

As of yesterday the international cricket season in Australia began again. This time the unfortunate deer in the headlights of the juggernaut that is the Australian cricket team is Sri Lanka. As of writing this Australia is batting and is 3/410 (meaning that three players are out and they have scored 410 runs). Not looking too good for the Sri Lankans.

Could be a tough summer for the visitors.:uhyeah:

Y'know...

I've tried to understand cricket several times.

I've gotten very confused several times.

I know they say it's like baseball... but it ain't!

 

[Steel Tiger]

Y'know...

I've tried to understand cricket several times.

I've gotten very confused several times.

I know they say it's like baseball... but it ain't!

You're right.

It is a beautifully arcane game with many obscure rules.

You should look at the definitions of what actually constitutes bowling as opposed to throwing. OMG!

 

[jks9199]

You're right.

It is a beautifully arcane game with many obscure rules.

You should look at the definitions of what actually constitutes bowling as opposed to throwing. OMG!

See...

There's proof it's confusing!

Bowling is something you do in an alley. With beer. (With LOTS of beer!) In borrowed shoes. (More reason for lots of beer. If you sweat enough alcohol out your feet, you won't catch anything!) OK, I'll admit; there are some lawn bowling games, too. But they don't really count. I'm sure they got started because serious bowlers were too intent on getting to the beer to actually make an alley first!

 

[Steel Tiger]

See...

There's proof it's confusing!

Bowling is something you do in an alley. With beer. (With LOTS of beer!) In borrowed shoes. (More reason for lots of beer. If you sweat enough alcohol out your feet, you won't catch anything!) OK, I'll admit; there are some lawn bowling games, too. But they don't really count. I'm sure they got started because serious bowlers were too intent on getting to the beer to actually make an alley first!

Now you are beginning to crack the code!

Bowling in cricket derives from the bowling of lawn bowls. Originally bowling was done underarm in cricket until some bright spark realised that he could be more effective overarm and that the rules did not say you couldn't do that. For a while there you could see both underarm and overarm bowling in the same game. But that was 150 years ago and we don't do that anymore.

 

[jks9199]

Now you are beginning to crack the code!

Bowling in cricket derives from the bowling of lawn bowls. Originally bowling was done underarm in cricket until some bright spark realised that he could be more effective overarm and that the rules did not say you couldn't do that. For a while there you could see both underarm and overarm bowling in the same game. But that was 150 years ago and we don't do that anymore.

See... I tried bowling overhand once. I was asked to leave and advised I wouldn't be welcome back! (It did make quite a bit of noise... And, more importantly, caused people to spill their beer.)

 

[Steel Tiger]

And that's the end of the first test between Australia and Sri Lanka. A dominating performance from the number one team in the world. Sri Lanka, in two innings, were unable to score as much as Australia did in one.

On to Hobart!

 

[grydth]

We've been doing our level best to rescue the mother country from such bizarre sports by sending our NHL hockey teams and NFL football teams over to London..... guess we have to add some trans-Pacific voyages.... try and hold out until then....

 

[Steel Tiger]

We've been doing our level best to rescue the mother country from such bizarre sports by sending our NHL hockey teams and NFL football teams over to London..... guess we have to add some trans-Pacific voyages.... try and hold out until then....

By bizarre sports you could not possibly be refering to the divine games of cricket and rugby could you?

Hockey, hockey, let me think. Ah yes that quaint variation you have of a game all good school girls learn at the age of twelve.:uhyeah:

Actually, I find the idea of ten men chasing a bar of soap around on a frozen pond quite entertaining. If I lived in the US I think I would be a big fan.