Post by Jade on May 26, 2009 18:19:32 GMT -5
Not a joke... probably...
I always wanted to know what makes an Englishman tick (it's the messageboard of an U.K. recording artist after all ;D) Hardly a better way to find out than 'diving' into the depths of the most traditional of British games... CRICKET
Here goes:
Cricket (The Game of Gentlemen)
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
The players wore white in the original and only true cricket, and the only protection were pads, gloves and and a cricketers box.
The pads protected the legs. The gloves protected the hands. The cricketers box protected the cricket ball.
These were not the batted balls but the personal ones, located between pads and gloves.
The cricket ball is made of leather with a seam and you may hit seven bells out of it.
The personal box should not be hit if possible, as it has been known to slow down the run rate!
In modern cricket a face mask and head guard are also worn to protect the batsman from bouncing balls.
Normally they protect from the leather ball, but if they are also needed to protect from the boxed balls then there are problems.
In extreme cases of bouncing boxed balls the kiss of life may be needed. NOT to be given on the box!
The Actual Rules
Each man that is in the side that is in goes out, and when he is out he comes in and the next man goes in until he is out.
When they are all out, the side that is out comes in and the side that has been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.
There is no half time, only tea time, served by the wives who are in turn serviced in the Pavilion. Meat paste or cucumber sandwiches are served to accompany the cup of tea.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
Easy, innit? And you thought it was complicated.
PS: Now I see why someone would rather go for GOLF!! ;D ;D
I always wanted to know what makes an Englishman tick (it's the messageboard of an U.K. recording artist after all ;D) Hardly a better way to find out than 'diving' into the depths of the most traditional of British games... CRICKET
Here goes:
Cricket (The Game of Gentlemen)
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
The players wore white in the original and only true cricket, and the only protection were pads, gloves and and a cricketers box.
The pads protected the legs. The gloves protected the hands. The cricketers box protected the cricket ball.
These were not the batted balls but the personal ones, located between pads and gloves.
The cricket ball is made of leather with a seam and you may hit seven bells out of it.
The personal box should not be hit if possible, as it has been known to slow down the run rate!
In modern cricket a face mask and head guard are also worn to protect the batsman from bouncing balls.
Normally they protect from the leather ball, but if they are also needed to protect from the boxed balls then there are problems.
In extreme cases of bouncing boxed balls the kiss of life may be needed. NOT to be given on the box!
The Actual Rules
Each man that is in the side that is in goes out, and when he is out he comes in and the next man goes in until he is out.
When they are all out, the side that is out comes in and the side that has been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.
There is no half time, only tea time, served by the wives who are in turn serviced in the Pavilion. Meat paste or cucumber sandwiches are served to accompany the cup of tea.
When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.
Easy, innit? And you thought it was complicated.
PS: Now I see why someone would rather go for GOLF!! ;D ;D
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