fredcat: American football, on the other hand, means sod all to me.

You mean to tell me that it is supposed mean something ? Never did figure out that game either.

give bees a chance: Is it called the silly point because you'd have to be retarded to stand that close the bat?

Yes. With a powerful batsmen you have every chance of getting hurt by a leather ball weighing 3 pounds or so traveling very quickly

little_wing: You don't watch the whole thing, you just check in for half an hour or so a couple times a day to see how the campaign is going.


Sounds like NASCAR to me.

/but then, I don't follow either one, so what do I know

THAT was a wicked googlie.

give bees a chance

Is it called the silly point because you'd have to be retarded to stand that close the bat?

Yes. Short mid-on and -off are also often referred to as silly mid-on and -off for the same reason.

/Strangely, short and short square leg are not.

OKO

Yes. With a powerful batsmen you have every chance of getting hurt by a leather ball weighing 3 pounds or so traveling very quickly

Indeed. And without Big Merv there to retrieve it, the ball might never be seen again.

/Obscure
//Probably only to non-Aussies though.

Wow suprized no one did this yet....

SlothB77: How many players are there on the field? I counted 27 players and two umps.

There are 11 players a side. The team who is bowling (pitching, as it were) mans the field with all 11, while the batting team has two batters on the field at any one time.

Is onside and offside different if the batter/ striker is a lefty?

Strategically, yes, which is why left-handed batsmen are useful...it farks with the field placements.

I think they try to hit foul balls in this.

There's no such thing as foul balls. The further you hit it in any direction the better.

And is it good to try to hit a home run, right?

No such thing.

Finally, where are the bases?

There are no bases. A batsmen is placed at either end of the bowling pitch, and when the ball is hit they run between these ends as many times as possible, each time they cross over constituting one point, called a 'run'.

Do they run the bases, or just hit it and then go back to the bench?

You keep batting until you are out, which happens if you are caught on the full, the ball hits the stumps, the ball strikes your leg in front of the stumps, or the stumps are hit with the ball as you are running between wickets.

To the other guys try to catch the ball when it is hit?

Yes. And they have to return it to the pitch ASAP to stop the batsmen running.

With what?

With our hands, like God intended.

little_wing: With our hands, like God intended.

Pretty righteous there...but you are using a foreign object to strike the ball, yes?

Little Wing
Well explained! :) Loved the last line, especially.

Cricket is my favourite sport in the world. There is nothing, absolutely nothing as fun as backyard cricket, after Xmas lunch, with your extended family. It's as Aussie as you can get.

Where getting our ashes back biatches :D

For all you Americans who don't get cricket, its really simple read this http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/hosking/cricket/explanation.htm

Khaine: Where getting our ashes back biatches :D

Where?

Not on a cricket ground, Aussie scum.

Who's winning?

H31N0US: Pretty righteous there...but you are using a foreign object to strike the ball, yes?

We pious Australians strike a cork and leather ball with a bat crafted from willow. None of this heathen aluminium rubbish.

MLB uses wooden bats, often ash. Aluminum in the pros would kill people. College and below use metal.

*cough* 2/28

Oh. See, I read that as:

Australians claim Porns are cheating

Might have made more sense that way.

And is it good to try to hit a home run, right?

No such thing.

The equivalent is a boundary - hitting the ball out of the ground wins you four runs. Do it without it bouncing, six.

Oh man, now I know I've been up too late. I read the link Khaine posted and I think I actually understand this game.

Even scarier, patdoodys rant makes sense now.

Off to bed. Hopefully I will have forgotten it all when I sober up.

At least this isnt a Baseball thread.

why complain. we brits are getting violated anyway.

You poms are always getting violated :D

England 53-3

Suck it Trebek

so i read all the links here about how to play cricket, and i'm still confused. stupid golden ducks.

This should clear things up

Clear as mud, but it cover the ground.

/Harry Belafonte

"And on the second pitney of the third triad, the leading two gamers roll their wirtlings into the kitchen, whispering "And now I roll my wirtling into the kitchen"

obscure, no?>

I've never played cricket but I'd rather watch criket any day than have to watch baseball. Baseball has to be to most boring game ever created. Followed closely by American "Football."

Cricket is farking awesome.

I taught my septic husband cricket. Now he gets it, he loves it.

I love baseball. When God blessed me, and let me marry and american and earn my green card the sexy way, do you think I got a baseball loving american to take me to the yankies, explain the nuances i have missed?

Fark no, I got me a green bay packer loving american who spits on baseball, and really only goes to the football for those drinking parties in the carpark out of the boot. Life is unfair.

I love people that explain jokes before they've told them

/golf clap submitter

I love cricket threads. The nonsensical explanations, the American football bashing, and the cute little animals who have no idea what you're talking about make my heart smile.

Hey, somebody let Ellen Ripley know that the guy in the photo stole the pants from her space suit.