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paulwiggins	Post subject: A minor observation Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 8:38 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	Australia have Sri Lanka at 8-85 in the first innings of the Test.<p>]<p>[ July 05, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]</p>
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: A minor observation Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 9:00 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	Sri Lanka all out for 97. Now THAT'S news...... Australia 3-14 that's almost billboard news<p>[ July 01, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]<p>[ July 01, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]</p>
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Re: A minor observation Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:20 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	What does "all out" mean? I'm trying to piece this cricket stuff together but it's a slow process.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: A minor observation Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2004 10:35 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	It esentially means that 10 batters are out, akin to getting three outs in a baseball inning. More detail, hopefully not too complex, here.<p>[ July 05, 2004: Message edited by: Paul Wiggins ]</p>
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Re: A minor observation Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2004 12:35 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	Paul, you'll be happy to know I've finally found a way to expose myself to cricket:<p>www.procricket.com<p>It's an eight-team U.S. professional cricket league. I only discovered it this morning. Apparently they've condensed the game into three-hour matches digestible by Americans.<p>They have a team on Staten Island. I'm going to try for this Friday's match.
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: A minor observation Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2004 7:52 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Matthew Grieco: They have a team on Staten Island. I'm going to try for this Friday's match.<hr></blockquote> Enjoy. Note though that the most fascinating part of this distorted version of cricket is not when the batsmen hits the ball out of the park but when the bowler beats the batsman but the batsman still stays in. Bizzarely, cricket is at its mi\ost fascinating when nothing happens.
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