Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes. To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 00:59:19 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape Steve Brooks wrote: > 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? > (bed?) -- Jim .