So with day 4 complete, it looks like a series whitewash down under in the last test match between South Africa and Australia will come to be. :o
I really do feel for the Aussies, they have been top of their game for so long that losing must come as a really bitter pill to swallow. [thumbsup]
Quote from: Big Troubled Bear on January 06, 2009, 06:54:28 AM
So with day 4 complete, it looks like a series whitewash down under in the last test match between South Africa and Australia will come to be. :o
I really do feel for the Aussies, they have been top of their game for so long that losing must come as a really bitter pill to swallow. [thumbsup]
are you talking about cricket?
Quote from: KnightofNi on January 06, 2009, 07:01:45 AM
are you talking about cricket?
Yes, and having a big grin on my face while doing it ;D
Grasshoppers?
Quote from: Big Troubled Bear on January 06, 2009, 07:04:19 AM
Yes, and having a big grin on my face while doing it ;D
i can't imagine if baseball games lasted for more than a few hrs. i was going to try to learn cricket until i found out that games could last a few days.
Quote from: KnightofNi on January 06, 2009, 07:06:35 AM
i can't imagine if baseball games lasted for more than a few hrs. i was going to try to learn cricket until i found out that games could last a few days.
There are 2 main versions of the game
1. Test match Cricket that can not be longer than 5 days
2. Limited Overs games ( usually 50 overs per side )
It will take a really long time to explain the whole process
Quote from: Big Troubled Bear on January 06, 2009, 07:11:50 AM
There are 2 main versions of the game
1. Test match Cricket that can not be longer than 5 days
2. Limited Overs games ( usually 50 overs per side )
It will take a really long time to explain the whole process
so a bowl game in cricket would take a week?
this is why it isn't popular
wives would not allow this
There is also 20 20 Cricket http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty20 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty20), which lasts about as long as an average baseball game. This version is becoming really popular in India.
I had the same prejudices against cricket that most Americans have until I started working in India. After playing the game and watching it on TV, I have to say it is a great sport.
it's the 5 days thing that gets me.
a shortened version might be ok. i wasn't told about the shorter versions though.
Having just moved to Oz I am just now starting to get into Cricket. As far as I can tell it is mainly an excuse to stay drunk for five days straight.
[beer]
Not a whitewash but still a series win for South Africa [thumbsup] [drink]
why does it have to be a WHITEwash anyways? why cna't it be brownwash or a blackwash?
why is it always about color?
Quote from: KnightofNi on January 06, 2009, 11:08:43 AM
it's the 5 days thing that gets me.
a shortened version might be ok. i wasn't told about the shorter versions though.
Think of a 5 day-er as being similar to a five game series in baseball.
Quote from: ducati_tim on January 07, 2009, 09:17:10 AM
Think of a 5 day-er as being similar to a five game series in baseball.
also not something i look fwd to.
and there's usually a day off between games 2 and 3, then again between games 4 and 5.
Quote from: KnightofNi on January 06, 2009, 11:08:43 AM
it's the 5 days thing that gets me.
a shortened version might be ok. i wasn't told about the shorter versions though.
Bah, one of my favorite sporting events takes over twenty days... and involves a bunch of skinny guys riding their bicycles around France in the summer.
Quote from: triangleforge on January 07, 2009, 02:34:00 PM
Bah, one of my favorite sporting events takes over twenty days... and involves a bunch of skinny guys riding their bicycles around France in the summer.
that's different. biking is very active.
and it's not all that complicated...get on the bike, pedal, go that way faster than those guys...
and besides, i actually understand biking ;D
Quote from: KnightofNi on January 07, 2009, 05:33:32 PM
that's different. biking is very active.
So 5 day cricket aren`t a active sport ???
I went to the 1st day at Sydney last week. It really was an excuse to get drunk. In itself, not very interesting to watch. But, I learned the basics, got drunk with a bunch of locals, had a nap (didn't miss anything) and then left. Only reason I went was the great timing of the match and I've never been to one before.
Quote from: Big Troubled Bear on January 07, 2009, 10:21:55 PM
So 5 day cricket aren`t a active sport ???
i have no idea, but i'm guessing that since all of the participants of a bike race are in constant motion (unless they drop out, crash or stop to take a leak) there is more activity. who moves during a cricket match? the bowler and the batter, and then the people trying to catch the ball?
The thing I could never get used to with cricket is how the bowler (that's the guy who throws the ball, for my fellow Yanks) always rubs the ball on his white pants to heat up the rosin for a better grip. Consequently, he spends most of the match with a huge red stain pointing at his crotch...
Quote from: triangleforge on January 09, 2009, 12:13:07 PM
The thing I could never get used to with cricket is how the bowler (that's the guy who throws the ball, for my fellow Yanks) always rubs the ball on his white pants to heat up the rosin for a better grip. Consequently, he spends most of the match with a huge red stain pointing at his crotch...
He's actually polishing one side to make the ball spin, he will 'spit' the other side