Indian. And we’re not doing to badly! 319/4 currently, with 5 overs to go still…
I’m afraid for when we start bowling.
How serious am I about the entire country at home? One more example: I just went out to lunch (cook didn’t show up either today) to the restaurant opposite my office building. It’s like an fast food joint, serving Indian food… normally, I’d have to wait 10 minutes to get a table. Today, a grand total of 7 tables were occupied (out of maybe 70 tables). Go figure!
Let me just say I’m extremely glad that India and Pakistan are back to playing cricket with each other, even if this does result in widespread absenteeism that I don’t get to participate in.
I swear it’s like he ain’t using real words. Someone feel free to explain cricket scoring to me.
And think of it this way…if, upon completion of the match, both countries don’t riot (as certain colleges and cities are wont to do here in the US at such times), then it’s a great sign that you can patch up those differences and become fast friends, right?
It sounds like it was a wonderful game and the crowd did itself proud. Yes, Jonathan Chance cricket does have the capacity to bring people together. I’ve recently returned from India and (recently retired Australian captain) Steve Waugh’s name was enough to elicit heartfelt comments about humanity’s common bonds. The shared love of cricket is a real source of hope for these countries. If this tour goes off well, it will be a very good thing for hundreds of millions of people.
And it will be well worth a bit of skiving off.
For those interested in cricket, see http://aus.cricinfo.com/ or your local mirror. The scores in this game were high, even by the recent standards of One Day Internationals. That’s to be expected in an India/ Pakistan contest. I only hope that we’ll see somewhat sporting pitches when it gets to the real (i.e 5 day Test match) stuff in a few weeks’ time. And crowds: the paltry attendance at the pulsating Sri Lanka v Australia Test contest this week in Galle was disheartening: there seemed to me more Sri Lankans at the pub where I was watching than at the ground.
319 is the number of runs India has scored (ie. the number of times the batsmen have made it to the other wicket (the other base, if you will)) and 4 is the number of wickets that have fallen… ie. the number of outs.
Once ten of eleven wickets have fallen, the inning is over because you need two batsmen at the crease (um…plate) at all times. You can also ‘declare’ which means you voluntarily end your inning early. This can guarantee you a draw, but it can also prevent you from winning.
Anyway, none of the stuff he said was that complicated. A complicated cricket sentence goes, “He took the seamer’s leg cutter at full toss and launched a fine cut to silly mid off, who caught the ball with the loudest “owzat” ever heard”, or something.
I feel your pain. It sounds like SuperBowl Sunday here. I’m in healtcare so we’re open around the clock. Considerate folks usually give the heads up and schedule a day off so we can arrange staffing. Still, it amazes me how many people get the flu bug this time of year and need a sick day!
Evidently, the concept of the Sports Bar is unknown in India. Go tell the restaurant owner to get a huge TV, start serving beer (if he doesn’t already) and nachos, hire waitresses in shorts, and wait for business to skyrocket. I get a cut.
Sorry Earthling, you missed the cut by about 2 years. Although the sportsbar concept was unknown sometime back its pretty popular now. I have watched the soccer world cup matches and many a Formula One races at various pubs specially catering to the sports fans. Infact we also had a couple of movie theatres showing the matches for about twice the price of a regular movie.
Yeah, but why is it called an inningS. ? Baseball starts with one inning. Cricket starts with one innings. Dont the Brits know English–you only add an S if something is plural.
It was a nailbiting finish!! Good god man! Six runs in the last ball! Moin Khan could have done a Miandad, and all would have gone down the drain!! But instead…wicket!!! Oh, that was satisfying! So, so satisfying!
Now if only our bowlers would maintain some consistency, we might actually win another match! This one was too close!
Multiply your average baseball final score by about 50 (average is what, 5 runs? 7?) to get the expected cricket final score per team (not accounting for hard - or soft - hitting teams, of course), and multiply your best baseball batting averages by about 2 to get what’s considered the best (excepting Sir Donald Bradman, of course). Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India is a good movie to watch for an interesting look at how important cricket is to some. Fab movie altogether, though it does last a good bit.
