Post your obscure cricket questions here! - Page 5

Zeeshan · #**101** June 25, 2009, 09:10 AM

How many players got hit in the nuts so far?

RazabQ · #**102** June 25, 2009, 10:21 AM

everyone ... it's a right of passage

*AsifTheManRahman* · #**103** June 25, 2009, 10:29 AM

If you haven't you haven't played cricket.

Zeeshan · #**104** June 25, 2009, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by RazabQ
everyone ... it's a right of passage

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Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
If you haven't you haven't played cricket.

Your sagacity speaks for itself.

Zeeshan · #**105** August 4, 2009, 01:15 AM

Okay...how does a curator "prepare" a pitch? What are the limitations and how does the preparation gives more bounce or turn?

And how come the curator in Windies tour couldn't put up a favorable pitch for the hosts? Why did it backfire?

Asif vai...

Action!

Eshen · #**106** August 4, 2009, 01:46 AM

GB, not claiming I know anything about pitch preparation, but here is a long article from CI if you are interested to read -

http://www.uk.cricket.org/db/ABOUT_C...F_PITCHES.html

This wiki links also not bad for general info on cricket pitches -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_pitch

Zeeshan · #**107** August 4, 2009, 01:49 AM

Invaluable links Eshen.

Thanks. :-)

Eshen · #**108** August 4, 2009, 02:32 AM

As far as second Test in WI goes, my theory is that the curator should have left the grass on the pitch lightly rolled. That would have negated our spinners from finding good turns from the pitch and would have helped seam bowlers like Sammy better. May be he heavy rolled to ensure more bounce from the pitch but at the end that helped our spinners better.

Imteaz · #**109** August 4, 2009, 02:36 AM

Boomerang

magic boy · #**110** August 4, 2009, 04:01 AM

why there is brick built wall as signal of boundary in Lords Cricket ground, England !?
:p

Imteaz · #**111** August 4, 2009, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by magic boy
why there is brick built wall as signal of boundary in Lords Cricket ground, England !?
:p

Wild Guess.

To keep the tradition?

Eshen · #**112** August 8, 2009, 07:50 PM

Here is a study done by ECB on rolling pitches.

http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/sas/natur...sp?id=redirect

magic boy · #**113** August 9, 2009, 01:53 AM

^thats really informative and interesting...

WI4EVER · #**114** August 10, 2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Dhrubo
What does "playing against the spin " really mean ? I really get confused with that one.

Pretend you're a right hander.

Playing against the spin means you're playing away from your body to a ball that turns into your body, so if you're a right hander it would be like cover driving the off break.

Dhruvo · #**115** August 10, 2009, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by WI4EVER
Pretend you're a right hander.

Playing against the spin means you're playing away from your body to a ball that turns into your body, so if you're a right hander it would be like cover driving the off break.

Oh

thanks bro.

Another question, whats the difference between Fast mediums and Medium Fast ? are they the same thing ?

Zeeshan · #**116** August 10, 2009, 09:39 PM

Just curious, has there ever been stumping off any pacer in international matches?

*AsifTheManRahman* · #**117** August 10, 2009, 10:11 PM

Dhrubo, fast medium is faster than medium fast. In descending order of pace, you have fast, fast medium, medium fast, medium and so on.

Dhruvo · #**118** August 11, 2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by AsifTheManRahman
Dhrubo, fast medium is faster than medium fast. In descending order of pace, you have fast, fast medium, medium fast, medium and so on.

Oh, I used to think medium fast is faster...Thanks for clearing that up.

RazabQ · #**119** August 11, 2009, 02:21 AM

GB, stumping off pacers happen all the time - as long as the pacer is medium fast or slower. Apparently Chris Read of England is particularly adept at this. Typically a keeper will stand up to stumps of a pacer if it is seen that the batsman is consistently batting outside the crease (to negate swing, disrupt length or make length balls drivable)

Tintin · #**120** August 11, 2009, 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by WI4EVER
Pretend you're a right hander.

Playing against the spin means you're playing away from your body to a ball that turns into your body, so if you're a right hander it would be like cover driving the off break.

The reverse is also playing against the spin - ie, hitting a leg break to the leg side.

Tintin · #**121** August 11, 2009, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
Just curious, has there ever been stumping off any pacer in international matches?

Jones st Russell b Small

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...56524803386869

bangla-red · #**122** August 11, 2009, 05:26 AM

A stumping can happen when the keeper is standing back (bat walks out of crease, keeper throws it)

WI4EVER · #**123** August 11, 2009, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Tintin
The reverse is also playing against the spin - ie, hitting a leg break to the leg side.

Yeah, I was always taught not to play against the spin, but i see no harm once you get to the pitch.

WI4EVER · #**124** August 11, 2009, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Dhrubo
Oh

thanks bro.

Another question, whats the difference between Fast mediums and Medium Fast ? are they the same thing ?

Just think of it as this:

Fast is genuine quickness
Fast-Medium is an average Pace Bowler
Medium-Fast is a quicker medium pacer
Medium is an average medium pacer

Fast Medium is quicker, there is alot of debate over fast medium, medium fast, etc. But here is my theory:

Fast: 88mph+ (eg: Brett Lee)
Fast Medium: 83mph-88mph (eg: Mashrafe Mortaza)
Medium Fast: 75mph-83mph (Dwayne Bravo, Dimitri Mascarenhas)
Medium: Anything from about 65mph-75mph (Syed Rasel, Paul Collingwood)

There is such thing as medium slow and levels below that, but they are rare in international cricket, and when most people drop their pace below 60mph, they chose to bowl spin.

Tigers_eye · #**125** August 11, 2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by bangla-red
A stumping can happen when the keeper is standing back (bat walks out of crease, keeper throws it)

I think they call those as runouts.