Right, the ask me anything about cricket thread.

Utd heap said:
Grow up Sults ;)

Were you any good?

Number 4 bat i reckon...
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Just having some fun mate.

I kept wicket and opened the batting.

I was a pain for the bowlers and those wanting a bat because I basically used up most of the overs whilst scoring very few runs - Boycott style.
 
Sultan said:
Just having some fun mate.

I kept wicket and opened the batting.

I was a pain for the bowlers and those wanting a bat because I basically used up most of the overs whilst scoring very few runs - Boycott style.
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:D
Atleast you're average prospered. That's all that matters ;)
 
RapidRed said:
I know what a googly is and I know what the "doosra" is (off spinners wrong'un right?)

but I never understood the difference between a chinaman, a flipper and a top-spinner.

Explain please.
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A chinaman is a left-arm legspinner. A top spinner is a ball that bouces more than the other deliveries and goes on straight(almost over-spin). And a flipper kind of skids through very straight.

Utd heap said:
Irrelevant. :nono:

School is ages back mate...So you gave it up straight after?

I got an offer from Surrey CC last week, they're scout came up to watch our cup final.

Problem being that was my last game for the club side as i got bored of giving up so much time to a game i don't enjoy a great deal anymore playing wise...

I have a dilemma now.
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That's quality, Heaps. I'd take'em up with their offer, if I were you. I reckon I stopped playing cricket a decade ago. I could bowl at a very good pace - but I tried last year and I can't get my arm around as quick as I used to.
 
mehro said:
Why is the yorker called a yorker? Why not a blockholer? I think blockholer makes more sense. And its cool.
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Wiki - The term is thought to derive from the 18th and 19th century slang term "to pull yorkshire" on a person meaning to trick or deceive them.
 
Spoony! said:
True. But there are calls to change the laws. As for Warne, I reckon batsmen would('ve) attack(ed)him more.
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It would have been carnage.

Whereas Murali would be much harder to play if the laws were changed. Pure conjecture, though. - but I think I'm right.
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Well it would make his doosra even more of a weapon I suppose.

Of course, he'd be fecked if the laws were actually enforced, rather than changed ;)


Sultan said:
I was a pain for the bowlers and those wanting a bat because I basically used up most of the overs whilst scoring very few runs - Boycott style.
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I was once in for 30 overs and scored 8. People were booing. That'll teach the coach to say "no silly risks" as I go out to bat.
 
What's the secret of reverse swing - Pakistan, ball tampering or talent?
 
Utd heap said:
:D
Atleast you're average prospered. That's all that matters ;)
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But the poor souls who never bowled or had a chance to bat just came to make the numbers up. I likely contributed to their early retirement.
 
Sultan said:
What's the secret of reverse swing - Pakistan, ball tampering or talent?
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I reckon it's a bit of both. On dry tracks the ball scuffs up naturally, but on green damp wickets something has to be done to the ball to alter the condition. South Africans were slamming the ball into the square during the T20 - whereas England used cough sweets to glaze one side of the ball during the last Ashes in England and in the past I'm sure Pakistan have picked at the quarter seam. That said, you still have bowl over 90mph and with a slingy action.
 
Was Anderson rubbishness today got something to do with Welsh air?
 
Plechazunga said:
It would have been carnage.



Well it would make his doosra even more of a weapon I suppose.

Of course, he'd be fecked if the laws were actually enforced, rather than changed ;)




I was once in for 30 overs and scored 8. People were booing. That'll teach the coach to say "no silly risks" as I go out to bat.
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Thing is Plech, I think the Indians have always attacked him in India - which is why he was never successful over there. But again, it could be because they're fecking brilliant at playing leg spin.

As for Murali - I just don't know. A few weeks ago my right arm virtually seized up - I couldn't straighten it. But could I bowl magical off spins?????!! Also another thing, most bowlers straighten their arm. That's a proven fact, actually. He clearly does straighten his arm but it probably looks worse due to his double jointed wrists or whereever he's double jointed.
 
Sultan said:
What's the secret of reverse swing - Pakistan, ball tampering or talent?
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"The sling was something Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, who could reverse swing almost at will, also possessed.

"It is about releasing the ball at a particular angle," Aaqib said.

"When you release the ball your wrists should point outside the off stump and you do that at higher speeds.

If you bowl at 80mph then the batsman will easily guess that it is reverse.

That's why people like Wasim, Waqar and now Gulli [Gul] get late, late swing due to their ability to bowl really fast."

Aaqib Javed interview from during the World T20.
 
zing said:
"The sling was something Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, who could reverse swing almost at will, also possessed.

"It is about releasing the ball at a particular angle," Aaqib said.

"When you release the ball your wrists should point outside the off stump and you do that at higher speeds.

If you bowl at 80mph then the batsman will easily guess that it is reverse.

That's why people like Wasim, Waqar and now Gulli [Gul] get late, late swing due to their ability to bowl really fast."

Aaqib Javed interview from during the World T20.
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Gul got it to reverse after 10 overs. I've never seen anything like it. I think a good action and pace are the main ingredients.
 
Here's a question that bothers me.. why are no-balls above the shoulder signaled as wides?
 
Theres none of that in football yet it's still exciting.
 
Questions to Spoony

why english cricket team are horribly gay?

which English cricketer was sacked from the squad in the a middle of a test series against India in India and for what reason?

why TCCB got renamed as Emirates Cricket board?

why england has a old cricket stadiums with less capacity?

I have been dating millions of old women through out England and they all allege 20-20 was refreshing. Does this mean the death of test cricket in England not far away.
 
Spoony! said:
Wiki - The term is thought to derive from the 18th and 19th century slang term "to pull yorkshire" on a person meaning to trick or deceive them.
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:lol: You learn something new everyday.
 
vijay said:
why english cricket team are horribly gay?

which English cricketer was sacked from the squad in the a middle of a test series against India in India and for what reason?

why TCCB got renamed as Emirates Cricket board?

why england has a old cricket stadiums with less capacity?

I have been dating millions of old women through out England and they all allege 20-20 was refreshing. Does this mean the death of test cricket in England not far away.
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Thought I would answer a few .

English Cricket team GAY , I bet you would not say that to Flintoff's face or any of them for that matter.

TCCB has not been remaned . Emirates Cricket Board is what the name of the governing body of Crikret is called in the United Arab Emirates
The TCCB IS to administer Test and county cricket in England.

Test Cricket will never die .
 
Plechazunga said:
I was once in for 30 overs and scored 8. People were booing. That'll teach the coach to say "no silly risks" as I go out to bat.
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Do you hold the world record for the worst strike rate of all time?
 
Why do they use, seemingly unnecessarily, what's basically a rounded rock as a ball, then throw/hit it at each other as hard as possible, yet still manage to act like such a bunch of poofs?

Why can't Cricket be played in the rain, despite being invented in England?

When fielding for an entire day, is it possible to not realise you're literally wasting a significant portion of your life?
 
noodlehair said:
Why do they use, seemingly unnecessarily, what's basically a rounded rock as a ball, then throw/hit it at each other as hard as possible, yet still manage to act like such a bunch of poofs?

Why can't Cricket be played in the rain, despite being invented in England?

When fielding for an entire day, is it possible to not realise you're literally wasting a significant portion of your life?
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Unless they switch to playing on a concrete surface with a tennis ball they cannot play in the rain. You've obviously never seen a game of cricket.

They get paid silly amounts to 'stand around all day'. It's their livelihood, so no, they're not wasting their time.
 
noodlehair said:
Why do they use, seemingly unnecessarily, what's basically a rounded rock as a ball, then throw/hit it at each other as hard as possible, yet still manage to act like such a bunch of poofs?

Why can't Cricket be played in the rain, despite being invented in England?

When fielding for an entire day, is it possible to not realise you're literally wasting a significant portion of your life?
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Cricket was invented in hyderabad India not in England. it was then played in Bombay, it went to Swansea via Cardiff it reached Midlands and finally Lords.
 
mehro said:
Unless they switch to playing on a concrete surface with a tennis ball they cannot play in the rain. You've obviously never seen a game of cricket.

They get paid silly amounts to 'stand around all day'. It's their livelihood, so no, they're not wasting their time.
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I've been dragged to a game of cricket. They could easily play in the rain if they used a less shite type of ball, or just designed a way round it. When it rains during a Formula 1 race, the race doesn't get paused so all the drivers can get out of their cars and have some cake until the track's dried up

What it boils down to is, cricket players don't want to play in the rain, because they're afraid of getting wet, or slipping over, or that the gay white patch on their nose might wash off.

I'm guessing most cricket players don't get paid that much money, if they get paid at all.
 
Formula1 works on a completely different surface. There's no way to compare how the two sports fare under rain.

Well, in India cricketers are amongst the richest and treated like celebrities. I'm guessing they make a decent paycheck in other countries too.
 
noodlehair said:
I've been dragged to a game of cricket. They could easily play in the rain if they used a less shite type of ball, or just designed a way round it. When it rains during a Formula 1 race, the race doesn't get paused so all the drivers can get out of their cars and have some cake until the track's dried up

What it boils down to is, cricket players don't want to play in the rain, because they're afraid of getting wet, or slipping over, or that the gay white patch on their nose might wash off.

I'm guessing most cricket players don't get paid that much money, if they get paid at all.
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If you play in the rain, the pitch and ball gets damaged. The ball wont bounce if it gets really wet.
 
mehro said:
Formula1 works on a completely different surface. There's no way to compare how the two sports fare under rain.
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Yes there is. I just did

I've played cricket before and I never got paid for it. Though the ball did bounce up and hit me in the nose at one point, and it took so fecking long I ended up not having time to do my college assignment which I'd left until the last minute.
 
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