Can’t speak for him, but I suspect I would be a model of taciturnity under such circumstances. 
He probably would have just called you “Shirley.” Leading, no doubt, to further damage.
shakes head Man, every time I try to understand cricket, I just get more confused.
Player One, Out…
Player One, In…
What is the “bushland” referred to in the linked story? Does that just mean bushes, or is there some other connotation?
Bushland in Australia means tracts of vacant land (anything from a couple of hectares to a few million ha) that has not been previously cleared of its native vegetation. Depending on where it is located geographically, it might be dense rainforest or a wet/dry sclerophyll forest , or it might be ‘scrubby’ and sparse with just a few low bushes and grasses scattered about.
Point taken, but where would you have put this? I mean, mainly I found the whole episode funny. Not that there is anything funny about abduction and rape, but in a Monty Python kind of way. I just have this picture in my head of this dickhead, clutching head, blubbering “Mummy, she hit me”.
But on the other hand, his behaviour was clearly despicable so I thought it would prompt flames, so I though the Pit was about right.
Well, it seems she’s in the clear.
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I’d say she was defending her wicket.
(Yeah, you try saying all of that above with a straight face on this issue.)
Ha ha! A hectare is 2.4710439 acres, according to the GNU units program.
So basically she was trying to avoid having a sticky wicket…is that what you’re saying?
It was a dry wicket and you know how fast balls can rough up your crease.
Not necessarily.
Of course it’s difficult to adjudicate a dismissal with no impartial evidence available (TV cameras weren’t present at the fixture) but the fielding side might reasonably argue otherwise. The woman could have successfully defended her wicket with the first stroke of the bat and then tried to hook the head out of the room with the second.
That’s definitely illegal.
But if his head left the room with the first stroke, is that a six?
No, just premature.
Yes, you are quite correct Derleth. A hectare is indeed almost 2.5 acres. I’m sure that if a gnu could measure area, they would find the same result too.
Now, whatever you’re smoking that has made my explanation of bushland and metric vs imperial measurements seem so amusing, can you pass some to me please?
Well unless he could speak out of his arse I don’t think he’d say anything
Nothing like a good piece of hickory.
Cricket bats are made of willow, not hickory.
I get the feeling I could be whooshed here
It’s a cultural thing. Baseball bats were traditionally made out of hickory. It’s too heavy a wood for the lighter bats of today, though.
Not a whoosh, it is a quote from a Clint Eastwood movie. I just don’t know which one.