Bush tries to play cricket, sucks.

[Grandpa Troll]

whiskey
tango
foxtrot

I cant imagine why it hadnt caught on in America

[Alexander's Horse]

The best part of intimidatory bowling is when the batsmen goes down hurt the first person to run up and help is the bowler

Typical conversation:

Bowler: Are you alright mate?

Batsman: Yeah, I just need to put my eye back in its socket and I'll be fine

[MrFun]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Desperation has set in, if criticizing someone trying something new is the best effort.
Timex nailed it.

I doubt those who are having fun with Bush's antics in trying cricket really believe this is on the par with criticiziing Bush on important issues. It's just another avenue for us who oppose to Bush to point and laugh at him -- there's nothing to seriously criticize here in regards to how he ****ed up in Iraq, for example.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
The best part of intimidatory bowling is when the batsmen goes down hurt the first person to run up and help is the bowler

Typical conversation:

Bowler: Are you alright mate?

Batsman: Yeah, I just need to put my eye back in its socket and I'll be fine

AH, now you got my interest up.....

I wonder if this ever gets televised?

I also wonder in your descriptions uf the US of A would water it down

I would actually like to see this sport now


Like Rugby, I never thought much of it til I watched it a few times

Thanks for enlightening me

[SlowwHand]

Cricket is like croquet with a Brit accent. So what?

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Cricket is like croquet with a Brit accent. So what?

I played Croquet as a child, but the way AH describes it it would be somewhere between UFC-Pride fighting, wrassling and Rugby

[Frozzy]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll


AH, now you got my interest up.....

I wonder if this ever gets televised?

I also wonder in your descriptions uf the US of A would water it down

I would actually like to see this sport now


Like Rugby, I never thought much of it til I watched it a few times

Thanks for enlightening me

Well, I watched a game yesterday, and the bowler bowled a ball which, travelling at 90 MPH, bounced up and hit the batsman (a very good one too) on the helmet by the temple. Two balls later he was out when potentially he could have lasted nearly a hundred. Hurting someone is part of the strategy.

There are many reasons I prefer cricket to baseball.

1) When I bat, if I bat well, I get rewarded by being able to bat longer, as opposed to baseball where if you bat well you sit on the bench quicker

2) With cricket I can hit the ball anywhere in the 360 circle, whereas you're far more restricted in baseball. You can be a lot more creative batting wise in cricket.

3) When I bowl I have all sorts of tricks to fool the batsman. I can also set my fielders to create pressure on the batsman, try to stop runs, etc, whereas with baseball it's one vanilla field.

4) Stunning fielding brings about higher rewards than baseball. In cricket, you basically get one chance to bat in the entire game, so if you get that guy out, it means a lot more than baseball, where potentially you have to get that same guy out 3 or 4 times.

There are more too I just find cricket is a better challenge than baseball. Brute force may win in the short term, but creativity and technique often win out on the day. There are so many variables in the game, from the type of pitch to where your guys are fielding to the types of balls you bowl to the type of shot you play...

It's a game for everyone.

[Frozzy]

Here you go troll: A highlight reel

And AH will appreciate it too

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8500401081471609052&q=cricket

[Alexander's Horse]

http://3lib.ukonline.co.uk/cricket/

clips of some of the greats - including Inzamam

Check out Geoff Thomson - smell the fear

or Wes Hall - "deadly aggression"

or Michael Holding - "whispering death"

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Grandpa Troll
I played Croquet as a child, but the way AH describes it it would be somewhere between UFC-Pride fighting, wrassling and Rugby

He's overexaggerating, of course. I never saw even one injury while watching cricket in Pakistan.

[Winston]

Great pictures in the OP.

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


He's overexaggerating, of course. I never saw even one injury while watching cricket in Pakistan.

It was worth it just to get your admission that you had ever been in Pakistan

And you wouldn't see much carnage in Pakistan because the ball doesn't bounce much there, not much above knee height due to the pitches they play on.

[Tim_Augustus]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
I don't know why Americans are so against cricket. They love baseball and cricket is a very similar game - the batter against the pitcher and the field - statistics galore, the atmosphere, the way it builds up, its all very similar.

Personally I think its because in cricket only one of the fielders gets to be a pansy and wear gloves...

[Terra Nullius]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
Cricket is fun.

Wash your mouth out man!

Cricket is war!!!

[Alexander's Horse]

aggression is only one facet but the idea that cricket is somehow a soft game is simply wrong