Subj : Re: Yay!!!! England win the Ashes. To : alt.tv.farscape From : Jim Larson Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 00:59:51 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape weirdwolf wrote: > "Steve Brooks" wrote in > news:jpuVe.5806$yF2.705@newsfe6-win.ntli.net: > >> 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. >> > > Part of your foot can cross the line though as long as your heel is > touching it you're ok and you won't be no balled. For someone with size > thirteen feet like me it can make quite a difference, quite literally a > foots worth. The ball also has to be close enough to the batsman that he > can play a shot and if the ball is above waist height it must bounce > before it gets to the batsman. (no balled?) -- Jim .