Well I wouldn't call Clayton Lambert a total failure. Not Test-class, no, but not a failed cricketer.Arjun said:The US team consists of old, failed cricketers from other countries, which is not good for the game there. They need young players from the US and not elsewhere.
Thank you Sir ..... My thoughts exactly ......Richard said:Well I wouldn't call Clayton Lambert a total failure. Not Test-class, no, but not a failed cricketer.
I did - much of it was down to a totally inept bowling performance, but the wicket was described by reports at the time as 'tricky'.Legglancer said:Thank you Sir ..... My thoughts exactly ......
BTW did you watch his test century against England in 1998 ????
tippity run - sounds so gay. over here we call it tipnyJillamanda said:Here's a good start:-
http://www.freelance.primetap.com/backyard.htm
...and some more basic rules:-
Backyard Cricket
Rules
The rules of backyard cricket will vary with every backyard, but here is a list that many a game is based on.
1.One hand off the house: Catches must be taken one-hand if the ball comes off the house/tree/fence.
2.Six and out: If you hit it over the fence you're out and you have to get the ball.
3.No LBWs: Too contentious, unless dad agrees to umpire.
4.You can't go out first ball: This is to stop your kid brother from blubbing or to give granny a chance.
5.Last man's tucker: You can bat by yourself if you are the last remaining batsman.
6.Tippity run: You have to run if you hit it.
7.Magic wickets: You can run out a batsman batting alone by hitting the wicket at either end.
8.Automatic runs: If you hit certain backyard landmarks - a fence or shed perhaps - you are awarded a prearranged number of runs
that does not sound any bettercbuts said:tippity run - sounds so gay. over here we call it tipny
Along with 30+ million other people I live in California and have had an opportunity to play many sports on the beach so I don't think living by the sand has alot to do with our failure to play cricket. I can think of numerous reasons why it will be hard to ever get Americans to play cricket but you’d probably stop reading after the first paragraph so for the sake of brevity I do have a somewhat oversimplified explanation. Both cricket and baseball are just formalized evolutions of stick and ball games played throughout history. Either game (with rule changes and proper promotion) could have become “our national pastime” but baseball won out. Americans as a whole like to work on a schedule and need finality. The evolution that became baseball almost always gives us that.MoxPearl said:For cricket to grow u need it kinda.. "Embedded" in the culture.. just like cricket and rugby is in new zealand..
Like since everyone in new zealand lives pretty much near a beach.. its a natural thing.. to go down to the beach with your mates/family.. take a cricketbat and a tennis ball .. and/or a rugby ball.. just go swimming.. make some stumps outta driftwood.. and have a day of it..
But i suppose in america that never ever happens...
Welcome to CricketWeb - glad that the inability to play the game doesn't necessarily prevent people (you and quite a few others) from taking an interest in it.jhans said:Along with 30+ million other people I live in California and have had an opportunity to play many sports on the beach so I don't think living by the sand has alot to do with our failure to play cricket. I can think of numerous reasons why it will be hard to ever get Americans to play cricket but you’d probably stop reading after the first paragraph so for the sake of brevity I do have a somewhat oversimplified explanation. Both cricket and baseball are just formalized evolutions of stick and ball games played throughout history. Either game (with rule changes and proper promotion) could have become “our national pastime” but baseball won out. Americans as a whole like to work on a schedule and need finality. The evolution that became baseball almost always gives us that.
FYI: Due to the changing culture of America I doubt baseball will be anything more than a minor sport in America a hundred years from now.
ummm....BoyBrumby said:One thing that has puzzled me about the US team that perhaps someone could clear up for me is its make up. It seems to be peopled almost exclusively by Caribbean & Sub-Continent ex-pats. These are obviously the natural constituency for cricket in America, so that in itself isn't surprising. However, I do seem to recall that the UAE fielded a team in the 96 World Cup consisting for the most part of Indian & Pakistani ex-pat workers. The ICC then, in their wisdom, introduced a rule saying (I think) that 7 of the team for associate members had to be natives or citizens of the country they represent.
Did I imagine this or has the rule been rescinded since?
Que?Nnanden said:ummm....
ya mum.