Post for the holiday weekend
Well it’s officially the weekend thanks to it being Easter and all.
So to celebrate both a 4-day weekend and the launch of this brand spanking new b5 blog (if that weren’t enough), I thought I’d do the obvious thing, and explain the Rules of Cricket.
- You have two sides: One out in the field and one in.
- Each man that’s 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.
- Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
- When both sides have been in and out including the not outs,
- That’s the end of the game.
All clear? Questions? Have a great weekend. :)
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12 opinions for Post for the holiday weekend
Bald Man
Apr 13, 2006 at 4:49 pm
Crystal…
shattered crystal. :)
Sasha
Apr 14, 2006 at 2:22 am
Hahaha. I’m sure they’ll appreciate this enlightening tip! :)
Martin
Apr 14, 2006 at 5:37 am
The rules of cricket in 6 points !!! ;-)
HeHe, if only!
sixandout.net » Six and Out officially official
Apr 14, 2006 at 3:38 pm
[…] To celebrate, I’ll clear up just what the ballyhell is going on with the name of this blog. For the uninitiated, you might want to read the Rules of Cricket. Essentially you use a cricket bat to hit a cricket ball to score runs. Now, if you hit the ball over the boundary (out of the ground) on the full (without hitting the ground) then you score 6 runs. The players find the ball and play continues. But as a child playing “back yard cricket” on barmy Summer evenings with a couple of mates (or in my case my big bro), it is common practice to adjust the rules somewhat to allow for the fact there are only a few players. […]
Jeremy Wright
Apr 14, 2006 at 8:31 pm
“Each man that’s 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. ”
WTF?!!!!
That’s like…
You win a swimming race by first not swimming, and then swimming until you’re not swimming anymore. The race is over when nobody’s swimming. Even if people are still in the pool.
:p
Rico
Jul 18, 2006 at 4:39 am
Man, my head was spinning trying to make sense of the point Jeremy cited above. I’ve been trying to understand cricket for years now, and I just discovered that all I needed was someone to point it out to me verbally.
Maybe a video “tutorial” might help greatly? I mean, it’s a lot lot easier to understand than written text. :-)
Sasha
Jul 18, 2006 at 7:54 pm
I can imagine it now… Matt in front of the camera making gestures to “teach” how Cricket is played. Oh, joy. Heehee.
SixandOut
Jul 18, 2006 at 9:30 pm
I do a mean Geoffrey Boycott impression… ;)
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Jon
Sep 12, 2006 at 6:31 pm
What does it mean when they say the bowler made the bal talk
SixandOut
Sep 12, 2006 at 7:10 pm
Most likely they were referring to a very good delivery, such that they did something extraordinary with the ball… like making it talk…
Stickiewicket
Nov 1, 2006 at 6:37 am
Seems quite interesting.
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