Post by phugly on Aug 30, 2005 14:20:45 GMT 1
Cricket is a simple game. You have two sides - one out in the field and the other one in.
Each player in the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
The game ends when both sides have been in and out twice, includÂing those who were in and not out.
There are 11 players on each team, and two umpires. Plus two 12th men and a third umpire.
A Chinaman may appear, but that's just a left-handed wrong 'un. A right-handed wrong 'un is a googly - not to be confused with a flipper. Watch out, also, for an assortment of animals.
A duck is most likely to be scored by a rabbit. A ferret, who is so poor he goes in after the rabbits, is favourite to score a golden duck.
Ball handling by a batsman can get him out, but a bowler may polÂish his ball as much as he likes in a bid to bowl a maiden over or skittle a stump.
Standing with his fine leg behind his deep backward square leg a bowler will have his third man hanging back to his left.
If he moves his deep mid-on in, his silly mid-off out, his long on in and his long off out. in. out, in, out and shapes his field about, he moves his point and gully and swaps his slips around, he'll soon catch the in side out. Howzat!
Each player in the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
The game ends when both sides have been in and out twice, includÂing those who were in and not out.
There are 11 players on each team, and two umpires. Plus two 12th men and a third umpire.
A Chinaman may appear, but that's just a left-handed wrong 'un. A right-handed wrong 'un is a googly - not to be confused with a flipper. Watch out, also, for an assortment of animals.
A duck is most likely to be scored by a rabbit. A ferret, who is so poor he goes in after the rabbits, is favourite to score a golden duck.
Ball handling by a batsman can get him out, but a bowler may polÂish his ball as much as he likes in a bid to bowl a maiden over or skittle a stump.
Standing with his fine leg behind his deep backward square leg a bowler will have his third man hanging back to his left.
If he moves his deep mid-on in, his silly mid-off out, his long on in and his long off out. in. out, in, out and shapes his field about, he moves his point and gully and swaps his slips around, he'll soon catch the in side out. Howzat!