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  1. Ike

    **Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies

    What an innings for Radmin! Tied Lara for third best Windies ODI innings ever (no surprise, Sir Viv holds 1st and 2nd). I've already learned, it's never over till it's over in cricket, but I fear a demoralized Bangladesh team will be humiliated again. Personally, I don't wish loss of test status...
  2. Ike

    **Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies

    Holder kept. good. Sammy added. good. WI 13-2 in the PP. bad. :( Oops... 10 overs in ODI PP. Still learning! :)
  3. Ike

    Start of a new set of questions

    Thanks again for the responses. Alas, they present more stuff that I don't understand the references to than they answer! Based just on diagrams I've looked at, the position of the fielder who makes the catch I would have called silly mid on. Now I've learned more. The rest of the responses...
  4. Ike

    **Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies

    Cricinfo preview says Russel may replace Holder. Can't put much trust in their previews, but I think this would be a mistake. Holder has played adequately and has a ton of potential.
  5. Ike

    Start of a new set of questions

    wow.. lots more great information. The responses about fielding positions are great--not because I question anything, but because it helps to understand what the various terms, their true origins probably often lost in the mists of history, seem to mean to life-long cricket fans. Learning what...
  6. Ike

    Start of a new set of questions

    Thanks again guys for the explanations.
  7. Ike

    Start of a new set of questions

    After keeper and slip? and thx.
  8. Ike

    Start of a new set of questions

    Thanks for all the explanations! Comments in response: I've heard 'short leg' used many times to describe a fielder 'under the helmet'. The one time 'silly short leg' was used, he was no closer that I could see than the others. I understand the tradition of white uniforms for test cricket...
  9. Ike

    **Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies

    Yes indeed. After this series and the Champions we have tours of India and South Africa, then the WC! Great time for cricket.
  10. Ike

    **Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies

    Thanks. The forum is rather overwhelming.. I'll have to look for the other Windies threads. Should have been following during the CPL, managed to see almost every ball. And loved every minute, except for the end of the Final. Don't know what rules stopped them, but they had good lights, and it...
  11. Ike

    **Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies

    Great to see Windies doing well, but I do feel bad for the Bangladeshi fans. Such a cricket-loving nation being so embarrassed.
  12. Ike

    **Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies

    Well, they looked strong early, but they've really fallen off later in their innings. Went from over 25 to 38 I think without a boundary. If they start slogging, they can get to 250-270, but they don't seem inclined to so far. I don't terribly fear the Bangladesh attack, but if D/L comes into...
  13. Ike

    Start of a new set of questions

    Having watched another 6 months of cricket, and keeping up on my reading, I have a slew of new questions. I'll post of few of them here. 1. Still fascinated by fielding position names. I've noticed that commentators often refer to silly point, but never to 'silly leg'. It's always short leg...
  14. Ike

    **Official** Bangladesh in the West Indies

    Looking forward to tomorrow's match. Big Windies fan (only test 'nation' in my hemisphere after all), although I had to feel bad for Bangladesh yesterday, even while I wanted Windies to win. Don't understand why WI left Sammy out. He can do magic! Hopefully he'll be back in the lineup tomorrow.
  15. Ike

    My first time playing cricket, sort of. Prequel to more questions.

    More humor in the responses this time. :) Yes, I've been watching India, with amazement. Yes, I can see England winning, but by those margins? Incredible. But when I said we were scoring like Test cricket rather than one day, I was thinking of RR. And thanks for the explanation of howzat and...
  16. Ike

    My first time playing cricket, sort of. Prequel to more questions.

    Thanks for all the responses! Comments on each: As for moving the feet, I found that even for me, with no ability and no experience, moving a couple of steps toward the bowler, just as he delivered, made a huge difference. Not sure why, but I only made good contact, and only scored runs, when I...
  17. Ike

    My first time playing cricket, sort of. Prequel to more questions.

    Thanks both for your responses. There is a group of 'sub-continent' folks here (in Knoxville TN) who have a club, but it seems they only play occasionally, and I've missed the once chance I've had the last few months to watch them. I'd love to play too, but at my age plus lack of experience I...
  18. Ike

    My first time playing cricket, sort of. Prequel to more questions.

    Hello all. I haven't posted for months, but not for lack of appreciation of this forum. I've been watching lots of live streaming cricket, mostly on ESPN3 here in the States, and reading a lot more (about 2/3s through The Essential Wisden; about 1/2 through MCC's Cricket Umpiring and Scoring...
  19. Ike

    Cricket and Baseball, Introductory question: Who is cricket's "Babe Ruth"?

    First, my apologies to Second Spitter for misreading your earlier post. I agree that OPS is thought by many to be the best baseball hitting stat, although many in the Sabre community would put Runs Created, Wins Above Replacent, or park-adjusted WAR ahead of it. Ruth does very well in those...
  20. Ike

    Cricket and Baseball, Introductory question: Who is cricket's "Babe Ruth"?

    Great comments, great humor! As for SR vs BA, I don't think they're equatable very much, While they are similar in that they both measure success per delivery faced, the fact that you have to run when you hit the ball (fair) in baseball, makes batting average much tougher than SR, at least in...

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