Originally posted by Red NightYou say Yes you have played cricket and then go on to say
Yes and yes.
Several years after we moved to the US, I was an ESU exchange student in Bristol. My "room mate" was a speed bowler from Trinidad. He was a rich kid with a mountain of hash.
Ask me sometime about watching the agonizing ritual of taping up the tennis ball and then my experiences getting yelled at for whacking the thing.
But, in all fairness, I never got the chance to try with a real cricket ball.
"But, in all fairness, I never got the chance to try with a real cricket ball."
I am sorry but playing a game of bedroom cricket with your room mate from Trinidad while smoking a large reefer does not constitute having playing a game of cricket.
I will concede you may have watched some but you ain't played none.
Originally posted by Red NightNot quite.
Classic...strictly construe a general argument and then twist it around to suit your purposes.
Well done Dan90210.
So the perfect cricket player would bunt 9 out of 10 to the pitcher and then randomly foul-tip the 10th off in an unpredictable direction.
That same guy's equally talented American cousin is still selling peanuts in the stands over here after flunking out of little league.
You said the backward screamer will get you lots of runs.
I applied a general rule - Yes of course I did because what happens one day will not always happen the next.
Caught behind is one of the most common dismissals in cricket.
So sometimes the backward screamer will evade the field and go for 4 - but it most likely going get you OUT.
But since you know so much about the god dam game from your SPEED mate from Trinidad I am sure you will question this as well.
Educate yourself - watch some footage of SachinT bat (Generally regarded - YES GENERALLY 90210) you will see there is not many runs scored by way of the backward screamer.
In fact wait just leave your head buried in the sand because some are posts are getting quite amusing.
Played cricket - 'Yes - but we used a tennis ball'
Did you use a tennis racket as well ?
My guess is you were probably actually playing tennis.
Originally posted by Red NightI have posted my opinion, backed up by decades of playing experience.
I know that is troubling for those of you who just like to make up your own facts.
Tell me the story about Don Bradman and the three little bears again!
All you do is keep on regurgitating some 'article' you read about on the web where some americans beat some amateur cricket players over a hundred years ago.
Please tell me this isn't the sole, crubmling pillar of your 'argument'.
Originally posted by CrowleyI've never seen anything 'backed up'. Please point me to the info that 'backs-up' your point. And what was your point again?
I have posted my opinion, backed up by decades of playing experience.
All you do is keep on regurgitating some 'article' you read about on the web where some americans beat some amateur cricket players over a hundred years ago.
Please tell me this isn't the sole, crubmling pillar of your 'argument'.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitLook, let me spell it out for you two again.
I've never seen anything 'backed up'. Please point me to the info that 'backs-up' your point. And what was your point again?
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There is no way to really compare the two sports.
Bottom line, in it's simplest form:
Bowling is more difficult than pitching. (Basic, bloody physics and body mechanics)
Batting is (ball for ball) easier than hitting.
Fielding is very much the same.
Other than that, what else is there to compare? Antagonizing each other leads nowhere.
The end.
Originally posted by CrowleyWell, actually there is one way to compare them. Did you know that in 1874, a group of American baseball professionals toured England in an effort to sell baseball to the British public. Along with baseball exhibitions, the tourists, in a show of goodwill, agreed to play a number of cricket matches. The Americans, who took on the likes of Prince’s Cricket Club, All Ireland XI, and Surrey, won all the competitions.... the Americans, who included future Hall of Famer Adrian “Cap” Anson, must have mastered cricket batting to a certain degree as they amassed more than 200 runs on at least two occasions during the tour. That’s nowhere near earth shattering, but not bad against some top British and Irish bowlers of the time.
Look, let me spell it out for you two again.
There is no way to really compare the two sports.
Bottom line, in it's simplest form:
Bowling is more difficult than pitching. (Basic, bloody physics and body mechanics)
Batting is (ball for ball) easier than hitting.
Fielding is very much the same.
Other than that, what else is there to compare? Antagonizing each other leads nowhere.
The end.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitHaha.
Well, actually there is one way to compare them. Did you know that in 1874, a group of American baseball professionals toured England in an effort to sell baseball to the British public. Along with baseball exhibitions, the tourists, in a show of goodwill, agreed to play a number of cricket matches. The Americans, who took on the likes of Prince’s Cricket ...[text shortened]... near earth shattering, but not bad against some top British and Irish bowlers of the time.
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Originally posted by CrowleyTry as you may it ain't going to happen.
Look, let me spell it out for you two again.
There is no way to really compare the two sports.
Bottom line, in it's simplest form:
Bowling is more difficult than pitching. (Basic, bloody physics and body mechanics)
Batting is (ball for ball) easier than hitting.
Fielding is very much the same.
Other than that, what else is there to compare? Antagonizing each other leads nowhere.
The end.
It is like trying to explain red to a color blind person - they just ain't going to get it.
Originally posted by CrowleyJust to continue the tradition by Red Night of digging up useless bits of information that prove nothing.
We have to try and help our self-righteous american friends.
In the name of world peace, if nothing else...
The USA has only won the world cup of baseball twice out of 30 odd times.
What do you know in 1938 the UK beat the Yanks 4-1 to take the crown.
I wonder if the cricketers were involved in that team.
Year Host Nation Number of Teams Winner
1938 United Kingdom 2 United Kingdom
1939 Cuba 3 Cuba
1940 Cuba 7 Cuba
1941 Cuba 9 Venezuela
1942 Cuba 5 Cuba
1943 Cuba 4 Cuba
1944 Venezuela 8 Venezuela
1945 Venezuela 6 Venezuela
1947 Colombia 9 Colombia
1948 Nicaragua 8 Dominican Republic
1950 Nicaragua 12 Cuba
1951 Mexico 11 Puerto Rico
1952 Cuba 13 Cuba
1953 Venezuela 11 Cuba
1961 Costa Rica 10 Cuba
1965 Colombia 9 Colombia
1969 Dominican Republic 11 Cuba
1970 Colombia 12 Cuba
1971 Cuba 10 Cuba
1972 Nicaragua 16 Cuba
1973 Cuba 8 Cuba
1973 Nicaragua 11 United States
1974 United States 9 United States
1976 Colombia 11 Cuba
1978 Italy 11 Cuba
1980 Japan 12 Cuba
1982 Korea 10 Korea
1984 Cuba 13 Cuba
1986 Netherlands 12 Cuba
1988 Italy 12 Cuba
1990 Canada 12 Cuba
1994 Nicaragua 16 Cuba
1998 Italy 16 Cuba
2001 Taiwan 16 Cuba
2003 Cuba 15 Cuba
2005 Netherlands 16 Cuba
Originally posted by PhlabibitHa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Well, actually there is one way to compare them. Did you know that in 1874, a group of American baseball professionals toured England in an effort to sell baseball to the British public. Along with baseball exhibitions, the tourists, in a show of goodwill, agreed to play a number of cricket matches. The Americans, who took on the likes of Prince’s Cricket ...[text shortened]... near earth shattering, but not bad against some top British and Irish bowlers of the time.
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