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Subject: [Leica] Cricket images MCG
From: len-1 at comcast.net (Leonard Taupier)
Date: Thu Jan 11 06:51:42 2007
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Hoppy,

I wish I had that explanation a few years back. On my business trips  
to Australia I would spend between two weeks and a month. A few times  
there would be highlights of a cricket match on TV. I would only last  
a few minutes. Couldn't understand a thing that was happening and  
likened it to a sophisticated version of lawn croquet. ;-)  No  
offense intended.

Len


On Jan 11, 2007, at 9:11 AM, G Hopkinson wrote:

> Ric, I am by no means expert. I don't follow a lot of team sport  
> frankly. Nevertheless you can hardly be an Aussie and not have some
> appreciation. Here is a simplistic description of the game. As you  
> may appreciate there is quite a bit of tradition and jargon
> associated with the game.
> While there are shorter, more modern versions of the game, the  
> traditional competition takes place over several days. Nations having
> teams include Australia, England, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New  
> Zealand, West Indies, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
> Each side has 11 players. Within a test match each team normally  
> bats twice and bowls (pitches) twice. Bowling is a formal over arm
> action which is quite odd compared to a baseball pitch, I suppose.  
> The ball is typically bounced on the hard ground (pitch) in front
> of the batsman. It is intended to bounce up to either hit the three  
> stumps (wickets)behind the batsman or cause him to hit (even
> just a tiny snick) the ball so that one of the bowler's team  
> catches the ball on the full. The bowler may typically bowl the ball
> very quickly, perhaps approaching 90 mph or so or he may cause the  
> ball to spin so that it bounces unexpectedly. A very good spin
> might angle dramatically after bouncing and confound the batsman.  
> It is also possible to dismiss the batsman by hitting his legs (if
> they are in front of the stumps)when he doesn't play a shot with  
> his bat. The batsman attempts to hit the ball out of reach of the
> fielding team. He runs to the other end of the pitch, swapping  
> places with a second batsman at the other end. Each time they swap
> ends without the ball hitting their stumps is one run. Hitting the  
> ball all the way to the boundary scores more runs (4). Hitting it
> over the fence without a bounce scores six runs. Once all of the  
> batting team are out by being caught or their wickets hit, the
> other team bats. A very good score for a batsman might be 100 or  
> more runs, but it is by no means certain and even the best batsman
> might be out for a low or 0 score. A side might for example score  
> 150 runs say (a low score) or 500 or more.
> So whichever team has the most runs after the two innings (turns at  
> bat) is the winner.
> The attractions for the fans include the competition between the  
> bowlers and batsmen. The catching is often extremely fast and
> athletic. For example a catch might happen only a couple of metres  
> from the bat at full speed (perhaps .5 second reaction time or
> after the ball has travelled all the way to the edge of the ground.  
> The batting and bowling skills are very subtle and fascinating
> to the cognoscenti.
> An additional benefit is that there is considerable national pride  
> in the competition and all of the teams have very skilled and
> popular members within their home countries. Currently it would be  
> fair to say that Australia is the dominant country. The current
> series of five matches between Australia and England has just  
> finished with Australia regaining the perpetual trophy, if you like,
> which was won by England on the last occasion.
> Australia defeating England in a sporting competition is a matter  
> of much satisfaction locally, akin to say beating an American team
> in an international swimming competition.
>
> OK I hope that makes some sense. I have been careful to be polite  
> to our English brethren in this simple description. At no time did
> I mention the 5-0 result of the five matches, oh sorry England   
> LUG, that just slipped out. We LUG folk include folks from three
> fiercely keen cricketing countries, the third being India which  
> also has a world class and formidable team.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org  
> [mailto:lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Ric Carter
> Sent: Thursday, 11 January 2007 23:06
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Cricket images MCG
>
> atsa start
>
> tanks
>
> ric
>
>
> On Jan 11, 2007, at 12:49 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>> Hi Ric,
>>
>> Here is a bit of translation:
>>
>> bowler=pitcher
>> boundary=home run
>> wicket keeper=catcher
>> the three pieces of wood behind the batter=strike zone
>> tea=warm beer
>>
>> That's a start, I will leave it to our Aussie members to fill in
>> the rest.
>>
>> Nathan
>>
>> Ric Carter wrote:
>>> Hey, guys, can one of you recommend an online synopsis of the game
>>> for the unwashed?
>>>
>>> Listening to the Beeb, they seem to shift to some language other
>>> than English when they begin talking cricket.
>>>
>>> I don't need to become an expert, but a passing acquaintance would
>>> be nice.
>>>
>>> Ric
>>>
>>>
>>> On Dec 31, 2006, at 7:18 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> For those of English bent, a few images from my visit to the MCG.
>>>> It was a great send off for SKW, but a somewhat foreshortened
>>>> contest sadly. On to Sydney and cheers:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tiny.cc/4HVpF
>>>>
>>>> Alastair
>>>>
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>>
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In reply to: Message from kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy) ([Leica] omg, the images, they're moving!)
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Message from ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] Cricket images MCG)
Message from hoppyman at bigpond.net.au (G Hopkinson) ([Leica] Cricket images MCG)