[SOC] Cricket

[Ian C. Purdie]

Claude TERRIER - F5PBL wrote:
> 
> I just know that you need a ball, a small one.

Try an extremely hard red one, bowled at times about 140 Km/PH or about 85 - 90
mph, a broken jaw, fingers etc. are definite maybes...

> That you have to wear short pants, white shirt and a cap, white socs and funny shoes.

Never, flannel trousers etc. We *are* gentlemen...

> The piece of wood is a bit like the one you are using for the base-ball except
> that, if I am right, some elephant went on the wooden equipement so that it
> looks like some long tongue (the piece of wood, not the elephant !!).

It's called a "bat" and is fabricated from the very best wood from a willow
tree.

It's not a game but an absolute science. Requires (at an international level)
skills akin to a chess master.

Being good at bowling or good with the bat are insufficient skills. Games often
last five days. Your team may be well in front at the beginning of the last day
and end up losing. Tactics, psychology etc. all play a role. It is frequently a
battle of wits between the bowler and batsmen, who is mentally going to get the
upper hand?

A modified version, purely for TV, involves each team facing 250 balls over 4
hours. Surprising how many games are decided on the very last ball bowled late
at night.

FWIW

72/73's

Ian C. Purdie
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