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PacManDreaming

2012-01-09 12:14:05 AM

Whoa, that was cool. That fielder has some fast reflexes.

ArkAngel

2012-01-09 12:15:59 AM

Let me guess... you didn't pay money for this?

Coelacanth

2012-01-09 12:22:06 AM

What a real crumpet might look like Link (new window)

GAT_00

2012-01-09 12:32:19 AM

I saw a couple of catches almost that good today watching the playoffs.

snuff3r

2012-01-09 12:34:45 AM

What sort of uneducated, human swill wouldn't recognise a crumpet if he saw one?

Good work kiwis, but a bit reckless throwing away the single decent catch a year you're capable of at the start of the year. Should've saved it for a proper match.

snuff3r

2012-01-09 12:35:24 AM

GAT_00: I saw a couple of catches almost that good today watching the playoffs.

Real men do it without gloves ;p

CyberDave

2012-01-09 04:54:36 AM

ArkAngel: Let me guess... you didn't pay money for this?

Do you like... penicillin on your pizza?

/work with a lot of cricket fans...don't think I will ever understand it.

SJKebab

2012-01-09 05:27:53 AM

Very possibly the greatest catch I've ever seen. Bra-farking-vo!

SJKebab

2012-01-09 05:32:52 AM

And before anyone asks, the instant that a fielder places a foot over the rope, the ball is considered to have travelled over that rope and a boundary (in this case 6 runs) is awarded to the batsman. By performing this catch in this way, the ball is judged to have been within the field of play the whole time, and so the batsman is out.

Just getting that out of the way.

Argyle82

2012-01-09 05:34:33 AM

At least I know if my kids fail at real sports they can always play cricket....

gmoney101

2012-01-09 06:26:43 AM

Argyle82: At least I know if my kids fail at real sports they can always play cricket....

Likelihood that you will have kids... not good

NobleHam

2012-01-09 06:36:12 AM

I did not know what a crumpet was, so I looked it up. Now I want one. Right now.

Oh yeah, and nice catch.

433

2012-01-09 06:37:59 AM

The narrator said it was possibly the best catch ever, but she hasn't seen the top shelf pussy I reel in. Awwwww yeah.

Muta

2012-01-09 06:55:18 AM

Nice pink uniforms.

bionicjoe

2012-01-09 07:04:55 AM

SJKebab: And before anyone asks, the instant that a fielder places a foot over the rope, the ball is considered to have travelled over that rope and a boundary (in this case 6 runs) is awarded to the batsman. By performing this catch in this way, the ball is judged to have been within the field of play the whole time, and so the batsman is out.

Just getting that out of the way.

It's like a center-fielder saving a homerun in baseball. However the fielder can't touch out of bounds.
If the fielder's foot is out of bounds so is the ball, like an NFL reception or basketball pass.
But since we're talking ancient baseball (cricket) the ball would've been 'OUTTA HERE' for a 6 run homer.

/American translation

DjangoStonereaver

2012-01-09 07:05:30 AM

What a bit of crumpet really looks like:

30.media.tumblr.com

0Icky0

2012-01-09 07:14:58 AM

snuff3r: What sort of uneducated, human swill wouldn't recognise a crumpet if he saw one?

Americans call them English Muffins, so most of them wouldn't know them by that name.

/English muffins are a bit more crispy, but mostly the same.

IlGreven

2012-01-09 07:37:42 AM

snuff3r: What sort of uneducated, human swill wouldn't recognise a crumpet if he saw one?

That's the brass instrument, right?

No, not the one with the slide.

No, not the big one.

No, not the one with the wooden reed...

This Looks Fun

2012-01-09 07:49:36 AM

snuff3r: What sort of uneducated, human swill wouldn't recognise a crumpet if he saw one?

Well, me. And I lived in England for a year and a half. It never really came up. But the headline is quoting the TMNT movie, that much I do know.

wheresmypen

2012-01-09 07:53:23 AM

greatest!

ToddMU03

2012-01-09 08:08:27 AM

A Jose Canseco bat?

D-D-D-Dave

2012-01-09 08:12:43 AM

snuff3r: What sort of uneducated, human swill wouldn't recognise a crumpet if he saw one?

Your imposing of provincial nomenclature on an international audience is bad and you should feel bad!

Weigard

2012-01-09 08:34:16 AM

Even more impressive considering the batsman looked like Wayne Gretzky on steroids.

Devolving_Spud

2012-01-09 08:42:31 AM

Who knew croquet was so exciting?

moistD

2012-01-09 08:45:38 AM

How about a five-minute game misconduct for roughing, pal?

tillerman35

2012-01-09 08:48:10 AM

I couldn't believe those blokes (or is it chaps? or mates? tossers? well, whatever) don't use gloves. Maybe that's why cricket takes so long. They have to have time-outs for the catching blokes to yell "ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch! ouch!" after every successful catch.

Iblis824

2012-01-09 09:03:52 AM

DjangoStonereaver: What a bit of crumpet really looks like:

[30.media.tumblr.com image 414x504]

Isn't that strumpet?

dopeydwarf

2012-01-09 09:09:20 AM

So long freak, I have work to do.

DjangoStonereaver

2012-01-09 09:21:45 AM

Iblis824: DjangoStonereaver: What a bit of crumpet really looks like:

[30.media.tumblr.com image 414x504]

Isn't that strumpet?

A bit of both, probably.

puckrock2000

2012-01-09 09:38:40 AM

DjangoStonereaver: What ~~a bit of crumpet~~ poorly done oversized breast implants really looks like:

[30.media.tumblr.com image 414x504]

FTFY.

RQB1018

2012-01-09 09:38:57 AM

Awesome catch, but does it really mean all that much in a 20-over match?

Adalius

2012-01-09 09:39:39 AM

DjangoStonereaver: What a bit of crumpet really looks like:

[30.media.tumblr.com image 414x504]

That looks tasty. And by tasty I mean it looks like it tastes just like herpes.

RobotSpider

2012-01-09 09:45:45 AM

RQB1018: Awesome catch, but does it really mean all that much in a 20-over match?

I usually catch the BBC sports news on NPR getting ready for bed, and I swear to the FSM that they're making shiat up as they go... "...the test ended 474 to 123 on 20 leaving them up 18 in the match standing at 4-naught..."

Before you tell me that's not a real score or whatever: I know. That's what it sounds like to me, and I've been listening to it for years. They're still using new words to explain the score.

macadamnut

2012-01-09 09:58:57 AM

Starts tonight. Come on Combined Campuses & Colleges!

SomeTexan

2012-01-09 10:15:21 AM

I thought the cricket ball was red.

/ Texans mostly play "kill the man with the football" until about age 13, then they play actual [American] football.
// Except those weenies who play soccer.

0Icky0

2012-01-09 10:23:02 AM

RobotSpider: They're still using new words to explain the score.

That's cuz you got brain before wicket disease.

macadamnut

2012-01-09 10:25:58 AM

SomeTexan: I thought the cricket ball was red.

In one-day cricket it's white. Sometimes pink.

OhMyTVC15

2012-01-09 10:45:35 AM

Ninja Turtles reference?

Primitive Screwhead

2012-01-09 10:47:41 AM

Cor Blimey!

factoryconnection

2012-01-09 10:58:23 AM

ArkAngel: ~~Let me guess~~Tell me... you didn't pay money for this?

FTFY

"Two for one sale, pal."

I effing LOVE that movie and need to watch it again, for the 157th or so time, tonight!

/Brilliant use of reference, Subby

Swiss Colony

2012-01-09 11:31:13 AM

0Icky0: snuff3r: What sort of uneducated, human swill wouldn't recognise a crumpet if he saw one?

Americans call them English Muffins, so most of them wouldn't know them by that name.

/English muffins are a bit more crispy, but mostly the same.

What now? "English" muffins and crumpets are not the same thing. If you call crumpets English muffin, what do you call muffins?

American Decency Association

2012-01-09 11:37:05 AM

DjangoStonereaver: What a bit of crumpet really looks like:

[30.media.tumblr.com image 414x504]

that is precisely what a skank looks like

here's some crumpet....

whitepaintedwoman.files.wordpress.com

kmaywfec

2012-01-09 11:55:24 AM

American version youtube link (new window)

/OU grad
//It's awesome when it doesn't happen to your team.

Stile4aly

2012-01-09 12:54:56 PM

I say, Jolly good show, old boy.

Electriclectic

2012-01-09 01:17:15 PM

Well, it looks like you're the one that needs to be taught a lesson. The class is "Pain 101"

factoryconnection

2012-01-09 01:17:51 PM

kmaywfec: American version youtube link (new window)

/OU grad
//It's awesome when it doesn't happen to your team.

I think we can all agree that the cricket play would have had more impact with marching band music spicing up the replays.

downstairs

2012-01-09 01:42:21 PM

I don't understand cricket... can he not fall beyond that white line for some reason?

French Rage

2012-01-09 02:16:21 PM

ArkAngel: Let me guess... you didn't pay money for this?

Should I be proud or ashamed I immediately knew what that was from?

Leskay

2012-01-09 02:17:05 PM

SJKebab: Very possibly the greatest catch I've ever seen. Bra-farking-vo!
.
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Sorry to be Mr Negative here. It was awesome teamwork, but a great catch? The first guy did all the work but didn't catch it. The second guy caught a mildly difficult dolly from a few feet away.

Professional T20 cricketers would practice these sorta outfield catches regularly. They should catch them regularly. It's what they're paid for.

All things being equal, running with the flight of the ball and catching it is much more difficult. The 2 greatest catches of all time:

Steve Waugh

Fatty Vautin

Same commentator, BTW.

Leskay

2012-01-09 02:18:33 PM

downstairs: I don't understand cricket... can he not fall beyond that white line for some reason?
.
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Think: the out-of-bounds rule for basketball.

It's the same as that.

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