# Cricket World Cup 2011 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076 "2011-02-21T02:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/221 "2011-03-24T16:38:53Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Quick question for the experts - how do you get 5wd? Is it just way wider than your normal wide? It’s a wide so wide the wicketkeeper couldn’t take it, and the ball reaches the boundary for four extra runs. I never had one of those, but only because the widest ball I ever bowled was caught by first slip. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/222 "2011-03-24T16:39:11Z")
Jas09 - I think it’s a wide that goes to the boundary. You get 4 for it being a boundary plus one for it being a wide. I think! Hopefully someone with a better working application of the laws will be able to provide better idea. Indeed, Duke beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/223 "2011-03-24T16:41:56Z")
Got it - so you get the boundary runs, plus the wide run, plus it doesn’t count as a delivery in the over. Pretty generous mistake, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/224 "2011-03-24T16:43:34Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Got it - so you get the boundary runs, plus the wide run, plus it doesn’t count as a delivery in the over. Pretty generous mistake, I’d say. Yes you are both correct. It is scored as 5 wides. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/225 "2011-03-24T16:54:13Z")
If it goes over the boundary without touching the ground, is it 7 wides? I’ve never played cricket, so I have no idea if this is even possible. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/226 "2011-03-24T16:55:17Z")
Raina hits a 6 off the first ball of the batting powerplay and India will do well to lose from here. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/227 "2011-03-24T16:55:25Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > If it goes over the boundary without touching the ground, is it 7 wides? I’ve never played cricket, so I have no idea if this is even possible. Well, from what I’ve seen of the game, it’s not possible. SIX for India… need 15 from 27 balls now… ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/228 "2011-03-24T16:58:42Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > If it goes over the boundary without touching the ground, is it 7 wides? I’ve never played cricket, so I have no idea if this is even possible. Yes but hard to imagine how anyone could do it. ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/229 "2011-03-24T17:03:13Z")
You’d have to intentionally hurl the ball out the field - there’s no way to do it by accident. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/230 "2011-03-24T17:03:58Z")
Actually the Laws of Cricket state that a ball traveling over the boundary counts for four runs, whether it be thrown or hit or knocked, but a six can only be scored if the ball is “struck by the bat”. [From Law 19](http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-19-boundaries,1355,AR.html): > [@](#): > > (b) Unless agreed differently under (a) above, the allowances for boundaries shall be 6 runs if the ball having been struck by the bat pitches beyond the boundary, but otherwise 4 runs. These allowances shall still apply even though the ball has previously touched a fielder. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/231 "2011-03-24T17:05:07Z")
And now India have only 4 runs to go. Yuvraj is never going to have to pay for a meal in India again. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/232 "2011-03-24T17:06:40Z")
Bye, bye Aussies… I think the script was against you from the start. ---
**Author:** ![Cumbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Cumbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/233 "2011-03-24T17:18:34Z")
The Aussies have been World ODI champs since 1999. Pretty good reign. If this is the end for Ponting, what a note to go out on. A gritty, defiant 100 in a World Cup quarter final against the host nation. Someone who saw it rather than listened might be able to say more about his captaincy today but on batting performance, Ponting is not responsible for this defeat. Pakistan v India for a place in the World Cup Final. That game is going to be enormous. I dare say both countries will be at a standstill. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/234 "2011-03-24T17:19:24Z")
Pakistan v India Semi Final. Oh Crap. ---
**Author:** ![Panurge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/fbc32d/32.png) [@Panurge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panurge)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/235 "2011-03-24T18:13:41Z")
Fantastic! Wonderful innings from Yuvraj. I didn’t dare to believe in an Indian victory until well near the end. The semi final next week will be a classic, I’m sure. And at least India won’t fold to the Pakistani bowlers quite as easily as the Windies. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/236 "2011-03-24T20:05:24Z")
And so ends the long reign of Australia as ODI World Champions. Ponting to (almost certainly) go out with a century. Well done India - you’ve set up the biggest semi-final imaginable. Tonight’s game fgeels like a bit of anti climax, even though I’m a New Zealander… ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/237 "2011-03-24T21:40:58Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Pakistan v India Semi Final. Oh Crap. No kidding. Any bets as to how much the subcontinent’s GDP is going to drop as a result of this match (and the attendant lack of work being done that day?) ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/238 "2011-03-25T01:40:57Z")
Really, Australia deserved no better. Far too many passengers and they lost to the two decent local teams where a result was achieved. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/239 "2011-03-25T03:28:27Z")
> [@MilTan](#): > > No kidding. Any bets as to how much the subcontinent’s GDP is going to drop as a result of this match (and the attendant lack of work being done that day?) No idea. I do know this. The day after the match is going to be a day of celebration in one country and mourning in another. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076/241 "2011-03-25T10:04:51Z")
Solid start from NZ - two wickets down, but 80 runs on the board at 4/over… Good platform being laid - SA need to take a wicket, and pronto!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-world-cup-2011/572076.md?page=13)