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The Bluffer's Guide to Cricket (Bluffer's Guides)
The Bluffer's Guide to Cricket - Bluffer's Guides
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RubbersTest matches, like safe sex, come in what are called Rubbers. This means a series of up to six games. The aim of both captains is simply to stop the other team from winning. It should be noted that this is achieved by wasting time. Deep truthsFast bowlers like to put all their fielders near the batsman. This... more » Judgment callOne of the duties of an Umpire is to check that the light is good enough for cricket. It is only in the last couple of years that umpires have been equipped with light meters to do this. Previously they had to rely on their own judgment, and their individual eyesight, and were to be seen on many a grey English evening, squinting at the clouds, and trying to imagine what it would be like to be young and have good eyes and be facing a fast bowler running in with a dark pavilion in the background. LegsNever call anyone ?backstop.? There is no such position in cricket. There is, however, a ?longstop? but this position is only occupied when the fielding side has an appallingly bad wicket keeper. Since it is considered a disgrace to need a longstop, what you do is put someone in the longstop position, but call them ?very fine leg.?
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RubbersTest matches, like safe sex, come in what are called Rubbers. This means a series of up to six games. The aim of both captains is simply to stop the other team from winning. It should be noted that this is achieved by wasting time. Deep truthsFast bowlers like to put all their fielders near the batsman. This... more » Judgment callOne of the duties of an Umpire is to check that the light is good enough for cricket. It is only in the last couple of years that umpires have been equipped with light meters to do this. Previously they had to rely on their own judgment, and their individual eyesight, and were to be seen on many a grey English evening, squinting at the clouds, and trying to imagine what it would be like to be young and have good eyes and be facing a fast bowler running in with a dark pavilion in the background. LegsNever call anyone ?backstop.? There is no such position in cricket. There is, however, a ?longstop? but this position is only occupied when the fielding side has an appallingly bad wicket keeper. Since it is considered a disgrace to need a longstop, what you do is put someone in the longstop position, but call them ?very fine leg.?
ISBN-13: 9781906042578
ISBN-10: 1906042578
Publication Date: 7/1/2008
Pages: 92
Edition: 3rd
Rating: ?
ISBN-10: 1906042578
Publication Date: 7/1/2008
Pages: 92
Edition: 3rd
Rating: ?
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