World Cup
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Place your bets now. Who is gonna be winner of cricket world cup?
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Place your bets now, who in America cares?
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There is only one choice...
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Holy shit, Nagesh is back.
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Place your bets now, who in America cares?
Who in the world cares except the UK + some ex-colonies?
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I've got to go with Australia for the win, though I'd rather see NZ take it :)
Pool A looks pretty straightforward - Australia and New Zealand will dominate it, with probably England and Sri Lanka filling out the top four, though Bangladesh might get lucky and unseat one of those two. Biggest point of interest is who wins the Aust/NZ match - that should be a cracker.
Pool B is pretty tricky. India are the only really solid side there. I'm going to pick South Africa for second, but the remaining two spots are well and truly up for grabs between West Indies, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Pakistan (even though Pak are bottom of the group currently). I think most likely Zim won't quite be able to get there. If I had to bet, I'd go for WI and Ireland into the quarters - Ireland have been looking very impressive for an associate nation.
In the QF stage I'm looking to see Australia and NZ move through pretty easily. India should get through as well, but the (predicted) SA/SL or SA/Eng quarterfinal will be pretty much a tossup.
In the semis anything can happen, though I don't see Australia losing. If India are up against NZ in the semis then it'll probably be Aust v Ind for the final. Otherwise NZ, SA, SL and Eng are all in with a chance at the other final spot (obviously if NZ have a home semi that will help them), whereupon they can go to the MCG and lose to Australia
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didn't know they have world cup for crickets but here is my bet:
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Agreed; he looks like a contender.
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World Cup
My first thought upon seeing the topic title: but the World Cup was last year! WTF?Filed under: #Europe
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Who in the world cares except the UK
Hey - don't drag me into it. If you thought a day-long baseball game is boring, cricket is even worse...
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If you thought a day-long baseball game is boring, cricket is even worse...
I'm convinced they are both boring as hell.
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The trick with cricket is to listen to the BBC's Test Match Special; those guys are the masters at wittering on about even the dullest things, yet still sounding at least vaguely interesting
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And cricket will be boring ...
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Where's her Piko Piko Cricket Bat?
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If you want to 'shop one in… ;)
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The trick with cricket is to listen to the BBC's Test Match Special; those guys are the masters at wittering on about even the dullest things, yet still sounding at least vaguely interesting
Sounds like US baseball announcers. They sound all excited, like shit is going down, then you see what is actually happening and it is mostly guys standing around spitting.
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Sounds like US baseball announcers. They sound all excited, like shit is going down, then you see what is actually happening and it is mostly guys standing around spitting.
Baseball is a game that's probably only interesting if you really understand what's going on. I prefer to watch in person, because you can see a lot of stuff that you don't get on TV, like the way fielders shift based on the batter and the situation.
OTOH, a good announcer (or a great one, like Vin Scully) can make it all interesting. Baseball is the best sport for statistics junkies.
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Baseball is the best sport for statistics junkies.
Cricket's pretty good for that too. Plus you get to use phrases like 'silly mid off' and 'deep square leg'
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Baseball is a game that's probably only interesting if you really understand what's going on.
No, not even then. I would rather watch flies fornicate.
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The trick with cricket is to listen to the BBC's Test Match Special
The trick with cricket is to have nothing to do with it.
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You can listen to TMS while doing something else, y'know
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I can also not listen to it while doing something else.
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Cricket's pretty good for that too
I think we already established that they are both boring, no?
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This makes no sense at all. Who's on first?
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I think we should adopt this over baseball for sex analogies.
First base, second base... man, screw that, we were getting our silly mid on in deep midwicket
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"My, that's a fine leg… I'll just let my fly slip… now, how about deep point?"
"If you must, but I insist on a third man."
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I think I'll defer to the Guide for all
cricketKrikkit related matters.
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TIL it takes a village to play cricket.
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Why's on first; Who's on second
You need to review the skit, missy. Who's on first, What's on second, and I Don't Know is on third.
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Can't a girl switch it around once in a while?
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Can't a girl switch it around once in a while?
Depends on what she's trying to switch around.
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Does it take like 2-3 hours to get all the players on the field?
I've been in marching bands with formations less complicated than that.
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Does it take like 2-3 hours to get all the players on the field?
About five minutes ;)Not all the positions are occupied; as there's only 11 on each team, one of which is the bowler, another the wicket-keeper, there are only 9 left for fielding positions. Which positions are occupied is up to the fielding team, and will usually be chosen to make the batter's life as difficult as possible.
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DARE YOU LOOK INTO THE VORTEX OF DOOM… oh, it's gone.
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Does it take like 2-3 hours to get all the players on the field?
I've been in marching bands with formations less complicated than that.
Opening ceremony is like opening ceremony of any game. The game starts in 10 - 12 minutes after the players are out in field. Some player need more cocksing in the dressing room to come out.
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This makes no sense at all. Who's on first?
The umpire of course. The umpire need to come out before everyone else, examination of pitch and stumps. Then the captain come out. There is the little ceremony of toss which is involving toss of coin up in the air and call for head or tail. Winning the toss captain decide what to do. India team like to bat first.
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Some player need more cocksing in the dressing room to come out.
More what? I don't even want to know what that word means.
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Oh, you probably mean coaxing.
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Oh, you probably mean coaxing.
No, cocksing is correct. It's when you perform karaoke using part of the male anatomy as a microphone.
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No, cocksing is correct. It's when you perform karaoke using part of the male anatomy as a microphone.
I said I didn't want to know what it means!