This man and Paul Collingwood were absolute heroes today. Usually an utter plum, but today Ian R Bell bestrode the pitch like a colossus. Batting for around 4/5 hours and grinding away in the teeth of desperate Saffers aggression, Bell stood firm. Until he got out and made the last three overs terrifyingly tense.
A short list of helpful cricket terms for the uninitiated.
Googly - The legspinner's variation that turns into the right-hander and away from the left-hander
Grubber - A ball that hardly bounces - see also shooter
Leg-bye - When the ball deflects off the pad and the batsmen run. A shot must be offered to the ball. Leg-byes do not count against the bowler
Long hop - a ball which pitches short, sits up and 'begs' to be hit
Trundler - Slow, laborious type of bowler who thinks he's quick, once was quick, or is simply old, fat and unfit and needs to be put out to pasture. See military medium
Wrong 'un - Australian term for a googly - a legspinner's delivery that turns in the opposite direction, ie from off to leg
Yorker - A full-pitched delivery that is aimed at the batsman's toes and/or the base of the stumps. If the ball is swinging, these can be the most lethal delivery in the game, as perfected by Waqar Younis in his pomp
Zooter - A spin bowling variation, first devised by Shane Warne. This is a delivery that snakes out of the hand with little or no spin imparted, and so deceives through its very ordinariness.
Some question whether the delivery has ever existed, for it could be another of Warne's mindgames to keep his opponents on their toes
That last bit is bolded to give an example of how awesome Aussie fat bloke Shane Warne is.
And read all about England's incredible last day in the test today against South Africa
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That's Little Britain for you.
Iraq would have been a cakewalk if only you had thought to drop neatly parcelled bundles of cricket bats, wickets, balls and the 8788 page book of cricket rules all over Baghdad two weeks before the invasion began.
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Cricket + Mornington Crescent = Win :P
You're joking, but the funny thing is you will never be sure whether he is or not.
The best thing about cricket, for me, is explaining it to Japanese people as a prelude to popping their 'pip-pip wot wot bowler-hats and the queen' image of Brits.
Cricket is fucking insane. And so are we.
One of the things I will probably never understand.
As a Scot I must object to this terrible, confusing, game.
Baseball for pansies.
You say that as if it would be a bad thing.
If I get to meet aliens, I'm introducing them to this sport. Thus ensuring the secret British plan of universal domination. Which will then be undercut by their convicts.
I used to watch sumo, but then it got boring when Asashoryu kept winning everything.
Cars and Sports. The manly things I know nothing about. I am Unmanly.
On the other hand, not knowing anything about them frees up tons of brainspace for other shit.
baseball so dull it goes on for days
But it's still fucking retarded.
Until a year or so ago, I hadn't bothered about sports at all since I was a kid. Then I started watching them again and now I think they're pretty great.
That's an awesome image. It's the day after tomorrow!
I remember watching some sumo ages and ages ago when Channel 4 had the rights for a few seasons. Chionofuji (sp?), also known as The Wolf, was top man then. If I rememver rightly he was one of only a few Yokozuna around at the time.
I loved their nicknames, especially the enormous dude whose handle was The Dump Truck.
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The funny thing is I actually get a lot of chances to play. I work for HP and we've got a lot of Indians working here. They meet up at the park every weekend to play.
I love me some baseball.
I would change nothing about it in gameplay terms.
Baseball.
And sumo is so terribly rigged it's only fun to watch it in person.
cricket is awesome and actually a lot of fun to play.
I used to play back at school, and it was really quite fun.
I would kill for a pitch clock to speed the game up.
My brother and my dad were the gearheads growing up. I didn't learn to appreciate cars until I started to have take care of my own. My dad owned a garage, and he would gladly explain how to do something, but I was on my own to actually do it.
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Am I the only one that knows this reference?
But Cricket actually is quite thrilling once you understand it. It's also a blast to play.
I love it as it is. Even the pace is perfect for a slow summer day.
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I hope not!
No, but some references should just fade away.