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Post by sigurdur on Feb 27, 2017 14:47:38 GMT
Ok. The "Batter"............is he stuck in stone or something? Is there a parameter where the ball has to hit the ground before it goes to the wicket? Isn't there suppose to be a pitchers box per se? I see the pitcher going out of the box all the time, and no one seems to care?
Ok.......I am lost. I AM trying.
Looks like glorified croquet?
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Post by nautonnier on Feb 27, 2017 15:59:08 GMT
Ok. The "Batter"............is he stuck in stone or something? Is there a parameter where the ball has to hit the ground before it goes to the wicket? Isn't there suppose to be a pitchers box per se? I see the pitcher going out of the box all the time, and no one seems to care? Ok.......I am lost. I AM trying. Looks like glorified croquet? There is no box - but in front of the wicket at each end of the pitch is a line called 'the crease' the batsman (batter is so baseball or as it is called in UK Rounders) is required to keep at least one foot on or behind the crease that includes the batsman at the other end of the wicket too or anyone with the ball can knock the bails (the top) off the wicket and the batsman at that end is out. The bowler (note throwing the ball is not allowed must have a straight arm when bowling) should bowl the ball at or before the crease. Some slow bowlers and spinners have almost no run to the wicket before bowling, however some fast bowlers may take 20 or 30 yards of run up to bowl. After bowling 6 times (an over) the entire field changes ends and a different bowler will bowl from the other end of the wicket. Simple - I am sure Ratty will be able to provide an advanced version though (One late note: Wicket is an overloaded term. It means the 3 stumps with wooden bails on top at each end of the Wicket which is the 22 yard long strip of well maintained grass. Oh and it is 22 yards because that is a chain - a tenth of a furlong.)
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Post by Ratty on Feb 28, 2017 1:12:47 GMT
Ok. The "Batter"............is he stuck in stone or something? Is there a parameter where the ball has to hit the ground before it goes to the wicket? Isn't there suppose to be a pitchers box per se? I see the pitcher going out of the box all the time, and no one seems to care? Ok.......I am lost. I AM trying. Looks like glorified croquet? There is no box - but in front of the wicket at each end of the pitch is a line called 'the crease' the batsman (batter is so baseball or as it is called in UK Rounders) is required to keep at least one foot on or behind the crease that includes the batsman at the other end of the wicket too or anyone with the ball can knock the bails (the top) off the wicket and the batsman at that end is out. The bowler (note throwing the ball is not allowed must have a straight arm when bowling) should bowl the ball at or before the crease. Some slow bowlers and spinners have almost no run to the wicket before bowling, however some fast bowlers may take 20 or 30 yards of run up to bowl. After bowling 6 times (an over) the entire field changes ends and a different bowler will bowl from the other end of the wicket. Simple - I am sure Ratty will be able to provide an advanced version though (One late note: Wicket is an overloaded term. It means the 3 stumps with wooden bails on top at each end of the Wicket which is the 22 yard long strip of well maintained grass. Oh and it is 22 yards because that is a chain - a tenth of a furlong.) You've done well Naut. I would have just ignored him .....
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Post by Ratty on Feb 28, 2017 1:17:30 GMT
This is easier to understand .... You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in the field goes out and when he’s out comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out. Sometimes there are men still in and not out. There are men called umpires who stay out all the time, and they decide when the men who are in are out. Depending on the weather and the light, the umpires can also send everybody in, no matter whether they’re in or out. When both sides have been in and all the men are out (including those who are not out), then the game is finished. – Attributed (tenuously) to the Marylebone Cricket Club.
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 28, 2017 2:09:09 GMT
This is easier to understand .... You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in the field goes out and when he’s out comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out. Sometimes there are men still in and not out. There are men called umpires who stay out all the time, and they decide when the men who are in are out. Depending on the weather and the light, the umpires can also send everybody in, no matter whether they’re in or out. When both sides have been in and all the men are out (including those who are not out), then the game is finished. – Attributed (tenuously) to the Marylebone Cricket Club. Here, Crickets are insects that make noise at night. I assume that Cricket players do too.
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 28, 2017 2:39:37 GMT
Ah yah. Cricket seems to easy. I will stick with hockey.
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 28, 2017 3:03:50 GMT
Ah yah. Cricket seems to easy. I will stick with hockey. Yah. Blood is thicker than water.
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Post by Ratty on Feb 28, 2017 3:25:54 GMT
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Post by sigurdur on Feb 28, 2017 4:33:57 GMT
Let me know when you see a unicorn.
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Post by Ratty on Feb 28, 2017 5:39:28 GMT
Let me know when you see a unicorn. We keep them as pets Down Under.
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Post by missouriboy on Feb 28, 2017 10:13:52 GMT
Let me know when you see a unicorn. We keep them as pets Down Under. I hear they make good Prime Minister material.
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Post by Ratty on Feb 28, 2017 10:18:28 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Mar 1, 2017 10:39:29 GMT
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Post by missouriboy on Mar 1, 2017 12:06:38 GMT
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Post by Ratty on Mar 1, 2017 12:28:56 GMT
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas ...... so I've heard.
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