Sparrow
Veteran
... a photo of some English chaps playing cricket, I thought it best not to mention the test match ... to avoid controversy with the Aussie members ... Oh, BTW that's an English wicket falling in case you'd forgotten 
... for those in the New World who don't understand the game, this is a pic of a chap who,s been in but then got out so he's going back in, once all that team have gone in been out and gone in then the other side come out and are in ... until they are out
... for those in the New World who don't understand the game, this is a pic of a chap who,s been in but then got out so he's going back in, once all that team have gone in been out and gone in then the other side come out and are in ... until they are out
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
What about the guy who's hugging the the inside line on the running track ... what's his role?
bigeye
Well-known
...and the guy in the lab coat?
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Sparrow
Veteran
Sweeper I think or deep forward .....
Sparrow
Veteran
square leg umpire
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
The only reason men actually play cricket in Oz is so that they can actually have physical contact with each other without arousing suspicion.
All that hugging and leaping about and touching each other on the bottom ... they don't fool me for one minute!
All that hugging and leaping about and touching each other on the bottom ... they don't fool me for one minute!
Richard G
Veteran
Deep forward square leg. And the guy in the coat is the square leg umpire. Beautiful double century of Pietersen today, and Bell was playing beautifully as well. It's an impressive side. Glad my mother is not alive to see such domination, but like most Australians she appreciated good cricket whoever was playing it.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
I think it would be nice if Alastair Cook whipped a clarinet out during the drinks break occasionally and gave the Aussies a few bars of an Artie Shaw classic or similar ... I'm sure it wouldn't break his concentration! LOL
Sparrow
Veteran
oftheherd
Veteran
... for those in the New World who don't understand the game, this is a pic of a chap who,s been in but then got out so he's going back in, once all that team have gone in been out and gone in then the other side come out and are in ... until they are out
Being from the "New World" I had been struggling with understanding the game. Thanks for that succinct but clear explanation. Now I enjoy much better. It was all so confusing before.
oftheherd
Veteran
Thanks Keith. I will add this to my understanding of the game. One more facet now explained.
Sparrow
Veteran
Delph and Dobcross up in the Pennine Hills ... where we still do battle with the old enemy; no not that one ... the Lancastrians, well except when they escape through bad weather
bigeye
Well-known
Being from the "New World" I had been struggling with understanding the game. Thanks for that succinct but clear explanation. Now I enjoy much better. It was all so confusing before.
I've spent many nights on business trips watching Sky to try. Hopeless.
I imagine the only solution is a complete long test at Lord's someday with a friend who knows the game.
- Charlie
will-i_am
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yes same with AFL all that manly back slapping we all know whats going on. i love seeing Australia get done in the cricket so un patriotic of me i just got so sick of seeing them winning every time when they were doing well it got so boring.
tomalophicon
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England: what a team. I love to see the cocky Australians getting dominated. Although I'm a bit worried about Strauss's declaration on the 4th day. We'll see some great cricket on the final day.
peter_n
Veteran
Lovely pic Stewart!Delph and Dobcross up in the Pennine Hills ... where we still do battle with the old enemy; no not that one ... the Lancastrians, well except when they escape through bad weather
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
tlitody
Well-known
Many moons ago I worked for a company in UK who had an American Director. He brought his teenage son over one summer for some work experience.
We had a very active sports and social club with regular inter-departmental and site cricket matches. So we took this young American along to educate him in the gentle art of leather on willow. He was confused so we thought we'd make him umpire with strict instructions on what to do. It was simple. If anyone from our team shouted "Ows that" he should stick his finger in the air. If anyone from the opposition shouted "Ows that" he should put his hands in his pockets. That's all there is to it. We won that one laughing all the way.
Somewhere in America there is at least one man who can claim to have umpired a cricket match even if he's still clueless as to what it's all about.
We had a very active sports and social club with regular inter-departmental and site cricket matches. So we took this young American along to educate him in the gentle art of leather on willow. He was confused so we thought we'd make him umpire with strict instructions on what to do. It was simple. If anyone from our team shouted "Ows that" he should stick his finger in the air. If anyone from the opposition shouted "Ows that" he should put his hands in his pockets. That's all there is to it. We won that one laughing all the way.
Somewhere in America there is at least one man who can claim to have umpired a cricket match even if he's still clueless as to what it's all about.