sabremike Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Trying to learn cricket and am watching NZ and Bangladesh pro leagues on ESPN that are I think 20/20. 20/20 means 20 overs (6 balls each) so this means each team gets 120 balls? If someone gets stumped on one of the first 5 balls does that mean the over is over? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 1). Yes, 120 balls each way. 2). No, the overs don't end with a wicket. The situation you described, the batter would have to go sit down and feel like a prat for the rest of the innings, but his team wouldn't lose out any further by facing fewer balls. To answer a question you didn't ask, overs can only be extended, and that happens when a bowler bowls a delivery that isn't legal. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Just to use baseball as an example, Imagine every six legal deliveries, you had to change your pitcher. (but unlike baseball, you can go back to them a number of times depending on the length of the game) In a 20 over game, each bowler (pitcher) can bowl 4 overs. So you have to have five people bowl in a game. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 @sabremike if you have other questions, don't hesitate to ask. I'm a cricket fan (between WillowTV and ESPN+, got access to just about all the international cricket action, stuff like the T20 leagues like the Big Bash League and the other t20 leagues you mentioned) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 After Steve Smith said that beating India in India would be bigger than beating England in England; it is with a smalll smile that I note that Australia were bowled out for 177 in the first test, Mr. Smith himself second-highest scoring with a mighty 37. It's entirely possible that India are playing the same game of Spinny Buggers they were playing when England came to town in 2020, doing their level best to play every game on a sandpit. Meanwhile, the women's T20 World Cup starts tomorrow. South Africa have decided to drop their captain, Dane van Niekirk, because she didn't run a 2K quick enough. Australia's women didn't take their lone defeat in 2022 very well and have decided to poach Ireland's best player. Actually, Kim Garth had already withdrawn from Irish consideration a few years ago when she took up a full-time contract in Victoria and has just now qualified for Australia on Residency. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 11 Author Share Posted February 11 and Sri Lanka have already upset SA in the first game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 The hosts probably would have cantered to that total if they had another actual batter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleavy Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Australia flogged by India in the Test. hopeless 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 IPL 2023 set. https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/ipl-2023-to-begin-on-march-31-1359430 Maybe we should do a fantasy league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMark Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Maybe we should. England's Test cantered to a win in New Zealand, Stuart Broad having one of his periodic spells where he makes grown men look like they don't know which way up to hold their bats Meanwhile, let's check in on Steve Smith: Spoiler ((Full disclosure, he also got Australia's third highest score in the second innings with a mighty Nine.)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 (edited) Amazing. Edited February 24 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Yorkshire where I'm from with England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DangerMark Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Meanwhile, in the Women's T20 Would Cup, Australia looked mortal against India. They still won their semi final by five runs, but it will give the winner of today's Semi Final a glimmer of hope that they could actually pull it off on Sunday. Also, it's always good to see Joe Root doing well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 What a turn around for South Africa. Movie like stuff, especially if they win the final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 https://twitter.com/CricCrazyJohns/status/1629300260362412038 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 THAT finish. Holy shit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 England lost to New Zealand by one run in the second Test. England needed 258 to win the match and series. England lost a Test after enforcing the follow-on for the first time, the fourth such defeat in Test history. This defeat ends a run of six straight wins. It is only the second time a Test has ever been won by one run - West Indies' victory over Australia in Adelaide in 1993 the first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 I don't even mind England losing. GREAT Test, real drama that only test matches can bring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Incredible. Edited February 28 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 What a way to win. What a way to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Amazing victory for the Black Caps, but nothing will ever compare to that 2001 test. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirFozzie Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 (edited) Man, it feels like only yesterday (*) when that amazing test match happened. But England are in a squeaker against Bangladesh in an ODI... * It was indeed yesterday. And @ohtani's jacketWas that "Jones! Bowden! Kasprowicz the man to go!" edit an hour later: I think Stokes's 2019 insanity would be up with 2001. Edited March 1 by SirFozzie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 The reason the 2001 test was so amazing was that Australia had won a record 16 tests in a row, and then Laxman and Dravid put on their incredible stand that broke all sorts of records, and then the Indian spinners went nuts when a draw seemed the most inevitable outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 The Black Caps win another thriller this time scoring the final run on the last ball of the Test. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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