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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:44 pm 
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Rule changes ODIs could use

http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/858173.html

Interesting article. I don't understand the power play overs but think it would be good to have six outside the circle in the last ten. And increasing the quota per bowler sounds like really messing with the rules. I took the poll and am in the majority :) Although I think letting the captain decide, would give McCullem an advantage. I thought New Zealand's fielding in the Cup matches was outstanding.


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Schedule for IPL Cricket beginning April 8, 2015

http://www.iplt20.com/schedule

Watch live: http://watchcric.net/channel/live-cricket_5?url=live-cricket-5

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I thought I would try and get interested in Cricket but I just don't have the time or desire to devote to learning enough about it to make it interesting to me. Besides it is :heart tennis :heart season and that is my favorite sport, tomorrow Djokovic and Murray are playing for the Miami Championship :63 Tennis the King of sports :Gslap I have convinced my family members that we should work Easter dinner around the match :91

I am glad you guys like Cricket :69

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Hi Carm :28

I was at a good place when Rump started talking World Cup on twitter with another guy friend. I lurked and tried to learn late at night when I normally did work - proofing depositions. I quit that work and had more time to read about cricket. I also closed three online stores that took up about 12 hrs in my day, which gave me even more time. I only know the basics now, enough rules to enjoy a game. As I've said a million times, it is a fascinating sport (to me) and I'm lucky to have the time to enjoy it.

I did catch a bit of tennis yesterday but was pulling for Murray.

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:32 pm 
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Australian and world legend spin bowler, Shane Warne joins the commentary team for today's (pink) Test Match..

A bit of controversy swirled around Shane Warne when he was playing... off the field stuff.. hotel romps and sexting etc..


The Shane Warne song by Kevin Bloody Wilson


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2015 11:57 pm 
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LOL!

OMG, I remember you telling me about this.
I read the articles and saw the photos ... how embarrassing for him.

He should have known better.

And shame on those women for blabbing. Like they didn't get anything from it all. Sold out to the tabloids from what I remember.

You can't trust anyone. ;)


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Ex-New Zealand cricket all-rounder Chris Cairns cleared of perjury
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Brendon McCullum (left) and Chris Cairns were New Zealand team-mates from 2002-06

Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns has been cleared of perjury and perverting the course of justice.

Mr Cairns, 45, was accused at Southwark Crown Court of falsely declaring under oath during a 2012 libel case that he had "never, ever cheated at cricket".

During that libel case he had successfully sued Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi for accusing him on Twitter of match-fixing.

Speaking outside court, the retired all-rounder said it had been "hell".

His former adviser, barrister Andrew Fitch-Holland, 50, from Manchester, was also cleared of perverting the course of justice.

Mr Cairns is considered one of New Zealand's greatest ever all-rounders, having played 62 Tests for his country between 1989 and 2004.

He captained the national one-day side on a number of occasions, and also played for Nottinghamshire before a spell in India.

More at link: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34962745


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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 7:07 pm 
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THX Molly.

I cant say I followed the trial at all... but Chris Cairns is an iconic NZ Cricketer.. so I am pleased to see him get out of the crap. :)

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Brendon McCullum: New Zealand captain to retire in February
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Brendon McCullum was named New Zealand captain in 2012

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum is to retire from international cricket.

The 34-year-old batsman has confirmed that the Test series against Australia in February will be his 101st and last.

McCullum is second on New Zealand's all-time Test run scorers, with 6,273 runs from 99 matches.

"I've loved my opportunity to play for, and captain the Black Caps. But all good things have to come to an end, and I'm just grateful for the wonderful experience," he said on Tuesday.

Kane Williamson will captain New Zealand at the World Twenty20 in India, which starts on 8 March.

More at link: http://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/35157724?OCID


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Americans Watch Cricket For The First Time





What playing cricket looks like to Americans


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ROTFLMAO! :Gslap

Oh my gosh, Rumpole! Hilarious.

"Where are the bases?" LOL! I've got to watch it again and show Chris.

I can't see the second one ... in my country, the country that doesn't understand Cricket. Apropos, eh?


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 1:26 am 
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You should watch the second one :stamp

That vid vanished anyway.. and I posted a different link.

There is also a DailyMotion version.....


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Oh My Gosh!

My stomach is hurting from laughing so hard!

At first, I couldn't understand one word the narrator was saying, but soon realized it didn't matter! :lol

That ring, that chess-looking board, those three guys and the ref. That double cafe-looking door that went no where!

Hysterical!


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PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2016 1:47 am 
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And... some poor American might well see/hear it like that.... then it gets worse... it goes on an entire day... but wait... it goes on still the next day.. then the next.. 5 long days of it.. and at the end of all that? A DRAW!!! :lol

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Test Cricket ball ..... nails (not mine). :)

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Cricket is a funny old game.

TODAY - 3 games of cricket that we are following. A test match in Australia V West Indies, A Test match in South Africa V England, and an ODI in NZ V Sri Lanka. I just had a thought that a RANGE of some of the aspects of cricket are on display.

In SA.. we have the sort of game that those unfamiliar (Americans) have difficulty appreciating. A guy bowling a ball in one direction, then another guy bowling it in opposite direction. Occasionally some players run about in several different directions all at the same time. Nobody is out, even after hours of it. While all this is going on the guys dressed as Mounties (Umpires) are making all manner of hand gestures.. even standing on one leg and tapping their knee at times.. how weird is that. This game is likely to end in a draw.... after 5 days!!!! Yet it is ( I think) a good Test match. Funny old game, cricket.

In Australia we have another type of game. STILL a cricket test match, but very different from the one in South Africa. This test match features..... RAIN!!!!..... people standing in a wet field with umbrellas... tarpaulins dragged on and off the field. One has to monitor the goings on just in case the rain allows some play.. and so you can waste a whole day watching "nothing happening". And even so... this farce still goes on for 5 days and likely ends in a draw.. just like the "exciting" SA Test.

The third game is an ODI (fingers crossed no rain)... after my two descriptions of Test matches.. no surprise that "Test Cricket" is not regarded as great (5 day) entertainment by some people. Hence we have the shorter, 1 day version. Still a whole day and so it retains that traditional cricket thing of long periods and strange activities. ODI too can be a bit boring... can even suffer from the same RAIN issues. As yet the jury is out on this ODI.

Cricket...... It's a funny old game.

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From an American newbie's point of view (one year in the watching).

ODI is my favorite, especially after watching the World Cup and learning a bit about teams other than NZ, SA, ENG and AUS. I knew nothing about the USA team, and still don't ... ;) I like the one day playing of an ODI, to know there is a result at the end of the day.

I have grown to like Test Cricket a lot. I think because there are countless variables to winning, losing or a draw -- in the game. And there is so much more for me to learn which holds my interest. As I told you, Rumpole, I favor Days 2, 3 and 4 to Day one ... and of course, Day 5 is the most exciting -- it it goes to the fifth day.

I'm looking forward to watching T20 this week for the first time. I have watched parts of a few non-international teams play, during off season, as a cricket fix. :) It's just not the same.


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Mumbai teenager scores record 1009*
India news January 5, 2016
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KC Gandhi English School 1465 for 3 dec (Dhanawade 1009*, Aakash 173, Patil 137)
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Arya Gurukul
1st innings 31 (Patil bowled 5-3)
2nd Innings 52 (Kamath bowled 8-16)

Won by an innings and 1382 runs

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Pranav Dhanawade, a 15-year-old cricketer from Mumbai, smashed an unbeaten 1009 not out off 327 deliveries to notch up the highest individual score in minor cricket, breaking a 117-year-old record. His team, Smt KC Gandhi School, Kalyan, declared soon after at a mammoth 1465 for 3 and then wrapped up an overwhelmingly one-sided game against Arya Gurukul - bowled out for 31 and 52 - by an innings and 1382 runs.

...more at link
http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/conte ... 58265.html

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BTW he scored the first 300 with a broken bat :cool

Match full scorecard

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/958397.html

LOTS of things to note for the "adults" playing cricket, eg

  • They managed to complete a proper 2 innings per side match in 2 days.
  • The guy had a SR of 300% over 90 overs.....surely the big guys can manage 100% over 50 overs or 200% over 20 overs?
  • The captain allowed the time need for this personal milestone (1,000 runs), but time to complete the game was NOT compromised. The team did then bowl the opposition out for a WIN.


The Inningss:
P Dhanawade 1009*, 396 mins, 327 balls, 129x4, 59x6

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