sevengoals

ex-pat thing here...
love the game,
+ love beating Engerland

played a bit in high school and social games years ago when i lived in Oz


game, bbq, drink beer...

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a violent narcotic.
acts of shocking violence.
incurable insanity.
soul-destroying effects.
under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an ax.
more vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs (heroin, cocaine) is the menace of marihuana!

TELL YOUR CHILDREN!

Cerebro

Yeah the pub after was awesome, towards the end of the season a few of the wives met us there for dinner. $12 T-Bone with pepper sauce.

Štulic

I don't get anything, the game seams so bloody complicated because of the sheer amount of different terms that are used.

I don't even know where to begin, I see the score but I have no clue what it actually represents, like 2-65 or 5-245 24.0 15 and heaps more numbers below it that mean nothing to me and I never know who leads or has won the game unless they say it.

I've read through many explanations of the rules but I gave up because it just seams too complicated to understand unless you grew up with the game or played it itself.

I understand the basic rule that when the bowler hits the wicket the opposite batsman is out of the game, or when he hits the ball but the dude behind the wicket catches it, he's out too, but when it comes to scoring runs and getting out and all the other extra stuff and terms, I get lost.

I don't even understand baseball btw.



bongsmilie

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Cerebro

The numbers you put up there refer to runs....the big number, and wickets...0-10. There are eleven players in each side. Each player has a bat against the oppositions bowlers.The bowling side is trying to stop you getting runs and take your wicket. The batter is trying to score runs, and keep his wicket. You dont get any second chances as a batsman, if you get bowled, or caught, or any other dismissal your day is over, and you add one to the wickets value. If you ever see a cricket score you will know who is winning. If they are 2-205 then the batting team is doing well. Two batsmen are dismissed, two more are currently batting, so they are averaging 50 runs each, which is a good start. If you saw 7-160 Then the bowling side is dominating and the game doesnt have long to go because after losing about seven wickets you will be bowling to their worst batsmen....their bowlers.
In one day cricket you have 50 overs, each over has 6 balls in a row, to score as many runs as possible. During one day cricket you are always told what the run rate is. This is the average number of runs/over. 2 or 3 is low, 5 is good, 7 is awesome. Playing for a high run rate involves riskier batting, and more chance of getting out. The other figure they relate is wickets in hand. You start with 10 and that number goes down each time there is a wicket. The more wickets in hand the riskier you can play.