Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes. To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 04:29:43 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > Jim Larson wrote in > news:Xns96CFC75DCE1923v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: > >> weirdwolf wrote: >> >>> Jim Larson wrote in >>> news:Xns96CFC22AEDC403v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>> >>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>> >>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>> news:Xns96CFDE15631E2joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >>>>> >>>>>> weirdwolf wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns96D01C9E93F81r73u67jw56nas@62.253.170.163: >>>>>> >>>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote in >>>>>>> news:Xns96CFDD9BC2B98joiwhnanri@66.26.32.7: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote in >>>>>>> news:Xns96D0D6E2C7EEr73u67jw56nas@ >>>>>>>> 80.5.182.99: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>>>>> news:Xns96CFADE3576BB3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> weirdwolf wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote in >>>>>>>>>>> news:Xns96CFABF07B48F3v234oiwofui3284af93@130.133.1.18: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Kath wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Yay! >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> (?) >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I was saying to Claire, for all the excitment it brings and >>>>>>>>>>> the fame of the competition it must be the smallest trophy in >>>>>>>>>>> sport. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> If by "small" you mean "totally irrelevant to anyone outside >>>>>>>>>> my benighted island and its former penal colony" then yes. Yes >>>>>>>>>> it >>> is. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> (I kid. I kid because I love. Or loathe. Take your pick.) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Well at least the world cup of cricket is a true world cup, >>>>>>>>> unlike >>> a >>>>>>>>> certain baseball competition. Maybe that's because you are >>>>>>>>> worried >>>>>>> that >>>>>>>>> as American baseball team would do as well as the basketball >>>>>>>>> team. It would be amusing though if you lost to say Cuba, could >>>>>>>>> you imagine the fun Castro would have pissing off Bush. >>>>>>>>> Have you ever seen the ashes urn? It's only about 10cm tall. >>>>>>>>> http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2005/jul/18cric1.htm >>>>>>>>> Ted >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This may come as a surprise, but I never actually worry about >>>>>>>> baseball. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As you are so caught up in the cricket. >>>>>>> Ted >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I am totally caught up on cricket: England rules! >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Well to be perfectly honest it's England and Wales. The ECB is the >>>>> England and Wales Cricket Board. Scotland and Ireland have their >>>>> own boards. However Geraint Jones has been keeping like people have >>>>> been bowling a wet bar of soap at him throughout the rubber so the >>>>> less >>> said >>>>> about the Welsh contribution the better. The King of Spain has done >>> the >>>>> Warwickshire team proud though. >>>> >>>> (King of Spain?) >>>> >>> >>> There is and England and Warwickshire bowler called Ashley Giles. >>> Somebody at Edgbaston,(the Warwickshire county ground in Birmingham,) >>> ordered a load of mugs with his picture on and the legend "the king >>> of spin." When they arrived the printer had made the error which >>> made Giles "the king of spain." It appealed to the Bears fans sense >>> of humour and sort of stuck. My dad however is old enough to have >>> seen a member of a royal family play cricket at both county and >>> international level. The Nawab of Pataudi played for Sussex and >>> India,captaining India when he was only 21. Interesting fellow he >>> only has one eye, he had a car accident just before he became captain >>> of India. His father was the only player to have played at test level >>> for both England and India. >> >> (Test level?) >> > > International games between national sides in the top ranks are called > tests. The teams are England,Australia,India,South Africa,New Zealand, > Pakistan, the West Indies,Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. > Other places have teams, yes even the U.S.A. have a team, but they don't > play tests against the big boys. It they qualify they can take part > against them in the cricket world cup which is a competition where the > teams play one day matches.Each team has one innings of a limited number > of overs,around fifty overs say. An over is six legal deliveries by a > bowler from one end of the wicket. The next one is in 2007 held in the > West Indies will have the test sides and Scotland, the Netherlands, > Bermuda, Kenya, Canada and Ireland. Last time Namibia qualified along > with the Netherlands and Canada. (legal deliveries?) -- Jim .