Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes. To : alt.tv.farscape From : Steve Brooks Date : Tue Sep 13 2005 07:55:52 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Jim Larson wrote: > Steve Brooks wrote: > >> Jim Larson wrote: >>> weirdwolf wrote: >> >> >> >>>> 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?) The one in front. Shouldn't you be in bed by now? -- SB .