Cricket [SPORT]

GTR

51548 Posts

December 03 2004 15:46 GMT

I believe most of you Americans don't know what cricket is, but for them people who do (frolix etc), i sometimes play it XD

Also I got Cricket 2004, i was australia, they were dukes, 10 over match, i scored over 250 runs, them, under 40 :D

Anyway, cricket is a game of 2 teams of 11, 1 player is a wicketkeeper and.... umm i cant be bothered saying more

well the point of the game basically is to when your batting, smash the ball as far as you can with the cricket bat and when your bowling, try to \"bowl\" the ball to the \"wickets\".

i think this kinda summerises it :X

fearus

China2164 Posts

December 03 2004 16:13 GMT

and there .... the complete tl.net's cricket 101

Legionnaire

Australia4514 Posts

December 03 2004 16:15 GMT

i got 147 in my first go at playing it, i was india vs aus i think.

Only played 3 games on it though.

GTR

51548 Posts

December 03 2004 16:17 GMT

;o i use my $3 sidewinder i got from the flea market, its way easier to play.

fearus

China2164 Posts

December 03 2004 16:19 GMT

i got 3 at burwood park last time. =\

MrEd

Australia357 Posts

December 03 2004 16:59 GMT

There is nothing like playing a game of backyard cricket with mates on a hot summers day, with beer barbeque and a pool....mmm

choader

United States487 Posts

December 03 2004 17:29 GMT

I played one evening with a few friends at a nearby schoolyard. Only one of us knew the rules, so eventually it turned into Calvinball

Freezer_au

Australia1461 Posts

December 03 2004 18:34 GMT

great game! steve waugh!! <3

Elsi

United Kingdom8173 Posts

December 04 2004 08:16 GMT

Ye, one day cricket is excellent, my mate is down under playing cricket for a team in Perth, lucky shit^^

Ashes series always exciting to watch!

Eatme

Switzerland3919 Posts

December 04 2004 10:04 GMT

#10

If I remember corectly the rules are pretty hard to understand. Any country that has not been a part of GB where cricket is played?

GTR

51548 Posts

December 04 2004 11:16 GMT

#11

netherlands, pakistan, india?

Pob

880 Posts

December 04 2004 12:41 GMT

#12

On December 04 2004 20:16 GTR-2-Go wrote:
india?

India was an english colony until i think 1948.Perhaps Kenya , Bangladesh and Canada are some answers you are looking for.

GTR

51548 Posts

December 04 2004 13:00 GMT

#13

On December 04 2004 21:41 Pob wrote:

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India was an english colony until i think 1948.Perhaps Kenya , Bangladesh and Canada are some answers you are looking for.

they still didn't play competitively until the 80's

Arbiter[frolix]

United Kingdom2674 Posts

December 04 2004 17:40 GMT

#14

Cricket is a fine game. It is also highly eccentric, which is one of its charms. Despite watching the sport for more than two decades it still never fails to amuse me that test matches last for five days and the players break for lunch and tea.

England has a fairly decent team at the moment, which makes a nice change. Still no chance of beating Australia though.