tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706945509590537931.post8110362139722428486..comments2009-12-04T19:34:15.008+00:00Comments on Musings Cafe: That most English of pastimes : cricketUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706945509590537931.post-84207376336591021672009-04-23T17:25:00.000+01:002009-04-23T17:25:00.000+01:00Well they are, of course (As you know full well)
...Well they are, of course (As you know full well)<br /><br />-Caught<br />-Bowled<br />-Leg before wicket<br />-Run-out<br />-Stumped<br />-Handled the ball (This is a type of dismissal you see rarely - but it does happen.<br />Former England captain Michael Vaughan has been dismissed this way. Another former England captain, Graham Gooch, was once given his marching orders for handling the ball)<br />-Timed out (There have only been a handful of instances of batsmen being "timed out" in the entire history of first-class cricket - one of which was Nottinghamshire seamer Andrew "AJ" Harris in 2003. With Notts playing Durham UCCE in a first-class friendly match, Harris was struggling with a groin strain when he came out to bat as Notts' last man - and was halfway down the pavilion steps when he was given out)<br />-Double hit<br />-Hit wicket (Kevin Pietersen was once out "hit wicket" when the chinstrap of his helmet broke and the helmet hit the wicket after it fell off)<br />-Obstructing the field (This is a very uncommon method of dismissal hardly ever seen in club or international cricket. However Pakistan's Inzamam-ul-Haq was controversially dismissed in this fashion during Pakistan's one-day international against India in Peshawar in February 2006.)Gary Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067807863623048247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706945509590537931.post-24911696209823482092009-04-23T16:41:00.000+01:002009-04-23T16:41:00.000+01:00How can you say "10 ways to get out" and then not ...How can you say "10 ways to get out" and then not list them in an obsessive manner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706945509590537931.post-77236401578108792382009-04-21T09:33:00.000+01:002009-04-21T09:33:00.000+01:00I agree. Of course when you realise there are 10 w...I agree. Of course when you realise there are 10 ways a batsman can be 'out' you can see why people think it's complicated.<br /><br />Excellent comment, by the way. Thanks!Gary Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067807863623048247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706945509590537931.post-69081655274041884682009-04-21T01:14:00.000+01:002009-04-21T01:14:00.000+01:00Ahem, pedant's corner here.
If you were truly a C...Ahem, pedant's corner here.<br /><br />If you were truly a Cricket fan, you would have told your readers that Cricket has no "rules" at all.<br /><br />"Laws" define how the game is played.<br /><br />That sort of pedantic nomenclature is both the beauty and the downfall of Cricket as a mass-popularity proposition. An intensely simple contest is rendered incomprehensible by decades of definitions and coinings of phrase.<br /><br />If you are really keen you can find them here:<br /><br />http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/<br /><br />You're Welcome.<br /><br />======================<br /><br />All this being said, I wish people wouldn't keep implying cricket is complicated, when it's a very simple game to understand.<br /><br />Allow me to make a quick (and not funny) summary.<br /><br />The batsman tries to stay in the middle as long as possible.<br /><br />While there he wants to score "runs", so called because as a default they consist of running a short distance.<br /><br />The bowling team tries to get him out.<br /><br />Once ten batsmen have been got out, the teams swap over.<br /><br />At the end of play (which varies depending on the format agreed), whichever has the most "runs", wins.<br /><br />Everything else is just terminology, I've always viewed Cricket one ball at a time, as a contest between Batsman and Bowler.<br /><br />But as a bowler, I would say that.<br /><br />Sick of it being described as "hard to get" - the LBW rule is no harder than the offside rule, guys!<br /><br />Algo<br /><br />P.S. I'm aware, btw, that you ARE a true cricket fan - just yanking your chain. :)ALGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491809958760369383noreply@blogger.com