which football team do you support?
08-20-2004, 06:24 AM
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ok, I'll bite
Rugby players don't need helmets, since their brains are so small and their skulls so thick, there is no chance of braindamage whatsoever..
(don't really care, just like to piss off rugby players)
(oh, and non-thinking sports are only to keep the masses under control, just like religion for that matter)
Hatches battened down..
Rugby players don't need helmets, since their brains are so small and their skulls so thick, there is no chance of braindamage whatsoever..
(don't really care, just like to piss off rugby players)
(oh, and non-thinking sports are only to keep the masses under control, just like religion for that matter)
Hatches battened down..
08-20-2004, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbelk' date='Aug 20 2004, 04:21 PM
And can someone please explain Cricket to me?? How the hell do you interpret the scores?? And where is Harare, or Chittagong?? When I'm in Europe travelling and watching BBCWorld, those two places come up alot in the context of Cricket.
Seriously, Harare is the capitol of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe was known as Rhodesia and Harare was known as Salisbury while they where part of the Commonwealth. But since they became "free" they changed everything. Now it is Zimbabwe, capitol Harare. The country is located north of South Africa with a direct boarder. In the North West it has a boarder to Zambia, in the East to Mozambique, in it's West to Botswana.
Chittagong is a harbour city in the South East of Bangladesh, what is surrounded by India and has a boarder to Myanmar (formerly known as Birma) in the very South East.
Both Countrys have been a part of the Comonwealth - that's why they play Cricket, they learned it from the British.
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08-20-2004, 07:32 AM
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Thanks for the history lesson, Iceman. Now can you explain the wacky scoring system? What is an "over?" What does it mean when someone goes <x> for <y>?
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08-20-2004, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbelk' date='Aug 20 2004, 05:32 PM
Now can you explain the wacky scoring system?? What is an "over?"? What does it mean when someone goes <x> for <y>?
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I have no clue about Cricket! :winkcool:
08-20-2004, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Iceman' date='Aug 20 2004, 12:16 AM
You are talking about SOCCER... and NO, I don't support the most boring sport (IMHO) in the world in any way... 
sorry...
sorry...
I'm a Liverpool fan.
08-20-2004, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbelk' date='Aug 20 2004, 04:32 PM
Thanks for the history lesson, Iceman. Now can you explain the wacky scoring system? What is an "over?" What does it mean when someone goes <x> for <y>?
-MrB
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An "over" is a series of 6 balls bowled by a bowler at one end of the wicket.
At the end of the over, another bowler bowls from the other end,
Right, the x for y bit.
In England, WI, India, Pakistan etc. we say 260 for 3.
Which means the batting team has scored 260 runs and lost 3 wickets.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, NZ, SA etc. they reverse it - all the commentators would say 3 for 260. But they mean the same thing.
08-20-2004, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by browellm' date='Aug 20 2004, 06:30 PM
An "over" is a series of 6 balls bowled by a bowler at one end of the wicket.
At the end of the over, another bowler bowls from the other end,
Right, the x for y bit.
In England, WI, India, Pakistan etc. we say 260 for 3.
Which means the batting team has scored 260 runs and lost 3 wickets.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, NZ, SA etc. they reverse it - all the commentators would say 3 for 260.? But they mean the same thing.
At the end of the over, another bowler bowls from the other end,
Right, the x for y bit.
In England, WI, India, Pakistan etc. we say 260 for 3.
Which means the batting team has scored 260 runs and lost 3 wickets.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, NZ, SA etc. they reverse it - all the commentators would say 3 for 260.? But they mean the same thing.
Now, what the heck is a wicket, why is it a series of 6 balls and how come you can score 260 runs by losing 3 wickets ???
And finally: I understand there is a bowler that bowls from the other end... Isn't that called "Bowling" ???
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
08-20-2004, 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by browellm' date='Aug 20 2004, 10:30 AM
MrBelk are you ready:?
An "over" is a series of 6 balls bowled by a bowler at one end of the wicket.
At the end of the over, another bowler bowls from the other end,
Right, the x for y bit.
In England, WI, India, Pakistan etc. we say 260 for 3.
Which means the batting team has scored 260 runs and lost 3 wickets.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, NZ, SA etc. they reverse it - all the commentators would say 3 for 260.? But they mean the same thing.
An "over" is a series of 6 balls bowled by a bowler at one end of the wicket.
At the end of the over, another bowler bowls from the other end,
Right, the x for y bit.
In England, WI, India, Pakistan etc. we say 260 for 3.
Which means the batting team has scored 260 runs and lost 3 wickets.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, NZ, SA etc. they reverse it - all the commentators would say 3 for 260.? But they mean the same thing.
So a team "in the field" has to change bowlers and sides every six batters? or every six "bowls" of a ball?
How does an over relate to an innings (or does it?)? Is it the ratio of runs to wickets that determines who wins a game?
How is a wicket different than an "out?"
When does the other team get to bat?
How many innings, or "overs" or whatever, is in a game?
-MrB
08-20-2004, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbelk' date='Aug 20 2004, 08:14 PM
OK. I'm beginning to understand...a little.
So a team "in the field" has to change bowlers and sides every six batters? or every six "bowls" of a ball?
How does an over relate to an innings (or does it?)? Is it the ratio of runs to wickets that determines who wins a game?
How is a wicket different than an "out?"
When does the other team get to bat?
How many innings, or "overs" or whatever, is in a game?
-MrB
So a team "in the field" has to change bowlers and sides every six batters? or every six "bowls" of a ball?
How does an over relate to an innings (or does it?)? Is it the ratio of runs to wickets that determines who wins a game?
How is a wicket different than an "out?"
When does the other team get to bat?
How many innings, or "overs" or whatever, is in a game?
-MrB
OK... This is it for me... 
Over and out.
08-20-2004, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mrbelk' date='Aug 20 2004, 07:14 PM
[quote name='browellm' date='Aug 20 2004, 10:30 AM'] MrBelk are you ready:?
An "over" is a series of 6 balls bowled by a bowler at one end of the wicket.
At the end of the over, another bowler bowls from the other end,
Right, the x for y bit.
In England, WI, India, Pakistan etc. we say 260 for 3.
Which means the batting team has scored 260 runs and lost 3 wickets.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, NZ, SA etc. they reverse it - all the commentators would say 3 for 260.? But they mean the same thing.
An "over" is a series of 6 balls bowled by a bowler at one end of the wicket.
At the end of the over, another bowler bowls from the other end,
Right, the x for y bit.
In England, WI, India, Pakistan etc. we say 260 for 3.
Which means the batting team has scored 260 runs and lost 3 wickets.
In the Southern Hemisphere, Australia, NZ, SA etc. they reverse it - all the commentators would say 3 for 260.? But they mean the same thing.
So a team "in the field" has to change bowlers and sides every six batters? or every six "bowls" of a ball?
How does an over relate to an innings (or does it?)? Is it the ratio of runs to wickets that determines who wins a game?
How is a wicket different than an "out?"
When does the other team get to bat?
How many innings, or "overs" or whatever, is in a game?
-MrB [/quote]
Sorry MrB you're a bit off-base there (groan
)On a cricket pitch there are two sets of stumps, these are the bits of wood sticling up.........
Oh bugger it, I am sure some other poor sod has been here before me.................
Et Voila!
