Cricket

[AuntyD]

Anybody out there enjoy cricket. I know this is an american site but heres hoping anyway. afterall Brett Lee has been over there and shown you guys a thing or two.

By the way don't ask who Brett Lee is. That's just like asking who's Big Dog!

[BhoysFC1995]

go queensland bulls!

i have been following cricket for about a year. i watched the world cup last year while i was in australia and have been following the aussies tour in india as well as the ING Cup.

the usa is making strides, read here
http://www.foxsportsworld.com/content/view?contentId=1919322

i know there are other cricket fans lirking around (craig the aussie, babytiger, etc.) and i know there have been other threads about cricket here before.

[kiwiguy]

To quote the song.... I don't like cricket, I LOVE IT!!

I'm a keen Black Caps (New Zealand) supporter and play for a club team here in Auckland.

It's not looking too good for the Black Caps in Pakistan. Down 3-0 in the 5 match series and now just losing a wicket off the first ball in game 4!!

Hopefully we will do better on our home turf against Pakistan and South Africa, although it will be tough without our only world class bowler in Shane Bond!!

[Renegade of Funk]

I've watched, actually enjoyed it very much. It's a mellow sport. On the other hand, it's hard to follow in the U.S., since the best coverage is occasional, even rare, on Fox Sports World.

Cricket boosters need to expand its distribution!

[michaec]

Yeah I like a bit of cricket. I haven't played for a while, but I catch it on TV whenever I can and go to the odd England game when they play in London. We get pretty much all England test matches and one-day internationals live on TV as well as plenty of domestic one-day cricket during the Summer. At the moment England are making their usual balls-up of a test match allowing Muttiah Muralitharan to score 51 runs in his 2 innings in their game against Sri Lanka in Galle. This bloke is a reall rabbit if ever I saw one, the England bowlers should be ashamed of themselves.

[babytiger2001]

Originally posted by BhoysFC1995
i know there are other cricket fans lirking around (craig the aussie, babytiger, etc.) and i know there have been other threads about cricket here before.

I am? Well, OK, I've been found out now. :)

Getting into it more and more, actually, from a casual spectator's perspective. I still couldn't explain the rules or the nuances of the game to the layman, however.

But I am currently enjoying Australia's current test series against India, now at The Gabba in Brisbane.

Here's all the latest, from Fox Sports' Australian website...

India show confidence (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8084036-23209,00.html)

Humble Hayden fights back tears (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8083567-23209,00.html)

McGrath back in two weeks (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8086861-23209,00.html)

Not sure when the official dates are, but the Sydney test (presumably at the SGC?) between the Aussies and India will mark Aussie skipper Steve Waugh's swansong from all cricket competions. Looking for him to do well, as he's been a fantastic sportsman and competitor as well as a great ambassador for the sport itself.

Also wondering if there will be a Boxing Day test between the two nations at the MCG in Melbourne again this year, as is traditionally the case for the Aussies? I would love to go to one, some year...

[babytiger2001]

Originally posted by BhoysFC1995
the usa is making strides, read here
http://www.foxsportsworld.com/content/view?contentId=1919322

I'll push the envelope here, but this is my god-honest conviction...

Give the USA 20 years, maybe 25 years, and with the right coaching and athletes in place, and we may become a bonafide contender in international cricket.

I'm not saying the USA will ever be world champions, but with the right training and preparations, we might be able to give the West Indies, England, New Zealand, and perhaps even Australia, a good run for their collective money.

All I'm saying is that given all that, we could be pretty competitive in cricket someday.

[giggs88]

too bad about the rain, i think india played really well. getting aus out for under 400. z.khan bowled well and openers with a good enough start.

[michaec]

Originally posted by babytiger2001
I'll push the envelope here, but this is my god-honest conviction...

Give the USA 20 years, maybe 25 years, and with the right coaching and athletes in place, and we may become a bonafide contender in international cricket.

I'm not saying the USA will ever be world champions, but with the right training and preparations, we might be able to give the West Indies, England, New Zealand, and perhaps even Australia, a good run for their collective money.

All I'm saying is that given all that, we could be pretty competitive in cricket someday. You think? England invented the game, have played tons of test matches and one-day internationals, have three domestic competitions and are still crap. :)

[babytiger2001]

Originally posted by michaec
You think? England invented the game, have played tons of test matches and one-day internationals, have three domestic competitions and are still crap. :)

I think the Aussies here can attest to that quite nicely. :)

By the way, nice performance by India at The Gabba today. Will try and provide a greater update on that when I get home from work in a while...

I will add, though, that for basic cricket news and information, www.cricinfo.com is a good place to go...

[sinner78]

Originally posted by michaec
You think? England invented the game, have played tons of test matches and one-day internationals, have three domestic competitions and are still crap. :)

so by your logic every team in cricket is crap apart from the aussies.
England have done alright in recent seasons .we can live with any other team apart from the poor ashes form .

[sinner78]

Originally posted by babytiger2001
I think the Aussies here can attest to that quite nicely. :)

By the way, nice performance by India at The Gabba today. Will try and provide a greater update on that when I get home from work in a while...

I will add, though, that for basic cricket news and information, www.cricinfo.com is a good place to go...

aussies time is over once warne/mcgrath are gone..
get used to the idea.

[babytiger2001]

Originally posted by sinner_ronald_monk
aussies time is over once warne/mcgrath are gone..
get used to the idea.

Seriously, Sinner-- not absolutely convinced about that. There's still quite a bit of a nucleus still in place with the Aussies.

But your argument has a shadow of merit. Once Warnie's worldwide cricket ban ends, will he get back to his old form? Or how much of a shadow of that form will be regain? Or will he even have the desire to do so? Lots of unanswered questions there...

Glenn McGrath, I think, he's got at least a couple of good years left in him.

[babytiger2001]

Latest on the Australia v India test at The Gabba, in Brisbane...

Ganguly stands tall (hits a century against the Aussies) (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8096040-23209,00.html)

Tendulkar's dismissal robs crowd (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8096043-23209,00.html)

Williams may not have long to wait (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8096039-23209,00.html)

Lee comeback on fast track (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8096034-23209,00.html)

All articles from Fox Sports' Aussie site...

[giggs88]

great knock from ganguly. i didn't expect this from him.

poor decision from umpire concerning tendulkar.

someone has got to tell sehwag that this is not a one-day game. but good start from him.


laxman seems to save his form for the aussies, and looked very comfortable out there.

and the indian wicket keeper (dunno his name) looks like a 13 year old but played really well.

[BhoysFC1995]

Originally posted by babytiger2001
I'll push the envelope here, but this is my god-honest conviction...

Give the USA 20 years, maybe 25 years, and with the right coaching and athletes in place, and we may become a bonafide contender in international cricket.........
All I'm saying is that given all that, we could be pretty competitive in cricket someday.

i think all they need is some $/sponsorship- there are lots of people playing here in nyc/tristate area from foreign countries. all we would need to do is get them some sort of dual citizenship and BAM! USA wins the cricket world cup! ;)

[BhoysFC1995]

http://www-aus.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/DEC/008444_AUS_07DEC2003.html
Vic ties NSW
Matthew Nicholson was run out off the last ball as the ING Cup match between New South Wales and Victoria at the MCG finished in a climactic tie – only the fourth such instance in Australian domestic cricket...

damn, wish i would have been able to catch this.

[babytiger2001]

Originally posted by BhoysFC1995
http://www-aus.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/DEC/008444_AUS_07DEC2003.html
Vic ties NSW
Matthew Nicholson was run out off the last ball as the ING Cup match between New South Wales and Victoria at the MCG finished in a climactic tie – only the fourth such instance in Australian domestic cricket...

damn, wish i would have been able to catch this.

I might be able to see some highlights on one of the local news shows (Melbourne-based) here tonight. I'll try and provide a recap of the feeling, etc., of the event...

[babytiger2001]

Australia to keep same 12 for Adelaide test -- The Herald-Sun (Melbourne) (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8105738%255E23209,00.html)

Details on the second test between Australia and India this weekend.

And on the topic of Shane Warne and when his one-year ban for doping-related offences ends in February, looks like he may be in the queue for Australia after all...

Warne in running for recall -- The Herald-Sun (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,8101428%255E23209,00.html)

[babytiger2001]

Originally posted by babytiger2001
I might be able to see some highlights on one of the local news shows (Melbourne-based) here tonight. I'll try and provide a recap of the feeling, etc., of the event...

Comedy of errors ends in tie -- foxsports.com.au (http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,8097544-23212,00.html)

The lead of the article says...

GIVEN that they had grassed a couple of chances earlier in the day, it was perhaps fitting that a Victorian misfield off the final ball allowed New South Wales to escape with a thrilling tie in yesterday's match at the MCG.

In the last act of a remarkable final over, Victorian seamer Mathew Inness scampered to retrieve the ball which NSW tailender Matthew Nicholson had dug out of his blockhole, but in doing so knocked it wide of a fielder who was also converging.

It gave the NSW batsmen, who needed two to win off that final delivery, enough time to steal the single which levelled the scores (Victoria 7-235, NSW 8-235), and almost presented them with a second for an unlikely win.

Folks, that's now not to win a test. Snatching defeat-- or, in this case, a draw-- from the hands of victory, that's what the Bushrangers did earlier today.