The Official BleachForums Cricket Thread

[Nick]

Anybody from UK here?
Does anyone like this sport?
I love it, I am in the US..and there is going to be an International team for the USA.
I personally support the Indians, sicne I am from there. but I have been living in the US for like a lot of years...

[Jikes]

no-one can match the allmighty power of Australia in cricket

[Aya]

australian cricket rules ^-^
hope they blast the indians in their tour! but Ponting and the "Little Master" are gonna miss out......

[Jikes]

I dont really follow cricket, all i know is that we Australians are gonna kick some booty

[Nick]

australian cricket rules ^-^
hope they blast the indians in their tour! but Ponting and the "Little Master" are gonna miss out......

:p Indians are gonna blast the Aussies in thsi tour. Sachin is gonna miss out but still =\
I know cause i am an indian. :D

[Aya]

the tour would be good.....hope the aussies win!

[Scrumhalf]

I'm from Australia. And I freaking love my cricket during the summer.

It's rather becoming our sport than a world sport. It's a shame the Aussie cricket team rolls everyone. :D

I played as a batsman during my high-school days. Highest ton was 274*. Test-match cricket.

It's also a shame the Indian cricket team form's slumped since last year. I expected the current India v Australia series to be a cracker. Oh well..

By the way, for the thread creator/moderators in here: can you please rename this thread to "The Official BleachForums Cricket Thread"?

[Scrumhalf]

STUMPS - Progress Score.
Australia 235
India 28/1 (13.0 ov)

India trail by 207 runs with 9 wickets remaining in the 1st innings

Stumps - Day 1 India RR: 2.15

Full Scorecard

Hours of Play (GMT): 0400-0600, 0600-0645 Lunch, 0645-0845, 0845-0905 Tea, 0905-1105 Stumps.

Batsmen: R B 4s 6s S/R
V Sehwag (RHB) 20 36 3 0 55.56 Striker
IK Pathan (LHB) 0 2 0 0 0.00 Non-striker

Bowlers: O M R W Econ
MS Kasprowicz (RFM) 1.0 0 5 0 5.00 (0nb, 0w) V Pattabhiraman Gate End
SK Warne (LBG) 2 1 1 1 0.50 (0nb, 0w) Anna Pavilion End


Recent Overs: 4 . . . 2 . | . . . . . . | . 4 1 . . . | 1 . . W . . |

Current Partnership: 0 runs, 0.2 overs, RR: 0.00


Last Wicket: 28/1 (12.4 ov); Partnership RR: 2.21
Yuvraj Singh c Gilchrist b Warne 8 (40b 1x4 0x6) SR: 20.00
Match State: Stumps - Day 1

and that's stumps on the day one
an exciting day's play, Kumble and Harbhajan did the damage early
on
`Warne striking back for Australia with the wicket of Yuvraj Singh
in the last over of the day
in the end it's safe to say that day one belonged to the Indians
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05/AUS_IN_IND/
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End of over 13 (1 run) India 28/1 (trail by 207 runs)
SK Warne 2-1-1-1 - Anna Pavilion End
V Sehwag 20* (36b 3x4) IK Pathan 0* (2b)

12.6 Warne to Pathan, no run, outside the off stump, defended on the
front-foot
12.5 Warne to Pathan, no run, tossed up outside the off stump, defended
12.4 Warne to Yuvraj Singh, OUT: got'm! wide outside the off stump and
turning in, Yuvraj goes after it hard, ball takes the inside edge
and goes behind, Gilchrist takes a fantastic catch to give Warne
the wicket that will put him on par with Murali

India 28/1, Partnership of 28
Yuvraj Singh c Gilchrist b Warne 8 (40b 1x4 0x6)
V Sehwag 20* (36b 3x4) SK Warne 1.4-1-1-1

Gilchrist had very little time to react, it's Warne 532 - Murali
532!
Pathan is the next man in
12.3 Warne to Yuvraj Singh, no run, tossed up outside the off stump,
defended straight to the silly point at one bounce
12.2 Warne to Yuvraj Singh, no run, wide outside the off stump, left
alone
12.1 Warne to Sehwag, one run, tossed up on the pads, Sehwag reaches
forward and drives it away to the deep cover region


[B]What a miracle spell by Anil Kumble. :eek:

[Aya]

its cool that Warne got the world record....but then the other Mula**** (can't spell his name) dude is gonna keep fighting out the record with Warne.....
anyway, australia's doing really badly -_- hope they don't lose the second test!

i sooooo want brett lee to play! poor thing! he's been left out!

[Lss]

i see a group of ppl playing near my house but i just cant figure out the rules of the game haha.

[Babbo]

whats a Wicket?

[teferi]

this thread made me think about hitchikers guide to the galaxy...teh whole thing about how boring cricket is...

[Scrumhalf]

whats a Wicket?

A wicket is one of those two peculiar bars you might see erected, & opposing each other on the cricket field.

A wicket is also a period of success when the bowler of the fielding team manages to oust the batsman of the batting team by either:

- Stumping him
- Running the batsman out
- Leg-before-wicket
- Caught & bowled

In other words a wicket for a fielding team is best equivilant to either of:

- Strike 3 in Baseball/Catch in Baseball
- Touchdown in American Football
- Goals in Football or Hockey

[Scrumhalf]

this thread made me think about hitchikers guide to the galaxy...teh whole thing about how boring cricket is...

People like you, frankly, claim that the sport of cricket is boring simply because it's a either a foriegn sport to Americans & the non-Commonwealth or the explicit rules of the game.

That's a ludicrious statement - no offence.

I'm very conscious that if one may come to understand the rules of cricket with common sense (which really isn't hard to pickup - when I first noticed the rules of baseball I found it harder to learn than cricket), one may actually have interest in the game.
You could still, however, claim the sport is boring only because if you understand the sport. Now that's a valid reason as to why you would think a sport like cricket would be boring.

Here's a website that contains the Laws of cricket:
http://www.lords.org/cricket/laws.asp

Scrum

[Scrumhalf]

http://www.southernstars.org.au/Images/calogo.gif v http://www.id.co.nz/images/logo_nzc.gif

Starts at the Gabba - Brisbane, Australia. This thursday.
Check your local guides.

GO AUSSIE GO!

[Soul Slayer]

Who's been following the India Pakistan series?!??!

Its INTENSE! :eek: