Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes.
To   : alt.tv.farscape
From : Jim Larson
Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 07:44:34

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape

Steve Brooks wrote:

> Jim Larson wrote:
>> weirdwolf wrote:
> 
><snip>
> 
>>> 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?)
> 
> Bowled within the rules. The bowler must have a straight arm (not be 
> throwing the ball) and his lead foot at the time he releases the ball must 
> be behind the line of the far end of the wicket from the batsman.
> 

(lead foot?)

-- 
Jim

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