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| Author: | Hang [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
Loving the overseas interest in this thread! It's about damn time, too! Pgm, supporting Ireland is a cool idea if you're only gonna follow the world cup and then never watch cricket again. They're actually a decent side in the scheme of things (they're not one of the test playing nations aka the real teams). But beyond the world cup they basically have no presence in international cricket and you wont hear from them again until 2019. Ireland are playing West Indies tomorrow, who are one of the test playing nations but are actually a mess right now as a team and I wouldn't be surprised if Ireland upset them so I'd try and seek that game out. Definitely don't support the West Indies - historically one of the coolest and most exciting teams but right now they are a joke. Not just on the field but off the field. Terrible administration and selection policy and not a great looking near future. They are close to no chance of doing well in this world cup. Ind v Pak has been a lot of fun. Hope it's a tight finish. |
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| Author: | Nick [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
This is going pear shaped very quickly for Pakistan. |
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| Author: | Anpass [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
yar. |
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| Author: | Quinnsy Lohan [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
Afridi and Misbah would have to be close to the two oldest players in the tournament, eh? They'd have my complete support regardless of whether or not I had money riding on this game |
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| Author: | Nick [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:20 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
You have money riding on this game? |
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| Author: | Quinnsy Lohan [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
Where they found the saddle to fit I'll never know |
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| Author: | Nick [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
Kohli. Hard to like. |
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| Author: | pgm [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
Nick wrote: http://watchcric.net/channel/live-cricket-1 Dammit. I was trying to avoid seeing who won and then I click on this and it tells me right away At least the game isn't available right now. I'm watching Pakistan-New Zelaand from February 2. Don't tell me what happens, please. |
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| Author: | pgm [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
When do they change bowlers? I also realized something that makes Cricket hard to get into. If your team bats second, it takes forever for you to get up to bat. For an experienced fan, I'm sure this isn't a huge problem, but I'm still learning what I'm supposed to look for. What's a good run total to hold a team to? Obviously any out is good, but how many overs typically go by before there are any outs? |
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| Author: | Quinnsy Lohan [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 1:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
I'll answer in detail in the morning or I'll be up what's left of the night, but I'll just say for now that the answers to those questions are subjective and are often dependent entirely on the context of the game. Could you explain that second paragraph though? It seems as if you're trying to compare the game to baseball though, which it does have similarities to, but doesn't have quite the same rigidity in structure |
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| Author: | Paulie [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
tuned in for about an hour last night, right when Misbah and Afridi were up. Some pretty good strokes, saw Afridi's sixer, unlucky with the placement of others, or maybe that was mostly good fielding/positioning from India. Think I passed out when Afridi went out, looks like I missed some good work by Misbah. Main theme I took away tho was just really solid bowling from India. Sharma and Shami ballin. |
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| Author: | Rudy Rules [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 4:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
Yeah I also fell asleep 2:30 around when Afridi went that wrapped it up p much. Far as I'm concerned we already won the world cup |
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| Author: | Hang [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
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| Author: | Hang [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:31 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
pgm wrote: When do they change bowlers? I also realized something that makes Cricket hard to get into. If your team bats second, it takes forever for you to get up to bat. For an experienced fan, I'm sure this isn't a huge problem, but I'm still learning what I'm supposed to look for. What's a good run total to hold a team to? Obviously any out is good, but how many overs typically go by before there are any outs? The bowlers change every over (6 deliveries). At the end of each over the fielding team swap ends so the new bowler will bowl the following over from the opposite end and one bowler can't bowl consecutive overs. In one day matches, each bowler is only allowed 10 overs maximum. Typically a bowler will bowl 2-4 overs in a row (that is, one will bowl the 1st, 3rd and 5th over and the other will bowl the 2nd, 4th and 6th over) before they have a break or spell. That is just an example though and is not a requirement and may change depending on the situation. While a lot of people do mostly enjoy watching their team bat, the bowling/fielding aspect is equally as interesting. You're right that cricket relies on big chunks of batting rather than split innings. So from youre perspective it might be like a baseball game where they play all 27 outs in a row and then the other team has 27 outs to beat that score. It's a very nuanced sport and can be hard to know what to look out for but one dayers are relatively straightforward, at least from a cricket fans perspective. Historically the magic number is 300. There are 300 balls bowled in a match (50oversx6=300) and scoring at 6 runs per over is usually seen as quite a safe and defendable score. This has changed (as in the number is probably higher now) over the years due to a number of reasons (bat power, smaller fields, flatter pitches, changing rules, different formats being introduced) but a score of 300 will still more often than not not be chased down. There is no typical amount of overs before wickets fall. In the first innings there will often be wickets early (the new ball swings, the bowlers are fresh, the field is up, the batting team needs to set a platform). Then the middle overs generally see a consolidation period where they try and get to a good score so that the last few overs can be dedicated to big and risky hitting to try and increase the total over and beyond the 300 mark (or whatever total is good on the day). This means you'll also see a lot of wickets in the last few overs as the riskier shots are played and wickets become less important than runs. Again, this is just an example and is not a sure thing. A team could go the whole innings without losing a wicket (which is basically their aim) or they could lose several wickets early and try to scrape to a total of less than 200. The India vs Pakistan match sort of fizzed out although it was a good example to follow considering he got exactly 300 with late wickets and big late hitting. Because the World Cup has the biggest difference between the best and worst teams, you will see score of 375+ (possibly 400+) and also teams be bowled out for less than 75. Scores of 400 were once unheard of and once upon a time a score of 200 was seen as tough to chase. Don't hesitate to ask any question! |
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| Author: | Hang [ Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Cricket. |
Ireland ripping through the Windies top order. |
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