Cricket World Cup 2011

[TheStig]

Oh dear. We're a ****ing embarrassment against the minnows. Scraped past Holland, lost to Ireland, about to lose to Bangladesh. **** me.

Amazing isn't it. Bowling has been terrible. Very exciting game, but why can other teams bowl this side out for 59 and yet we're struggling to get the 9th wicket partnership out?

[Chazza]

Got to love the crowd

We are winning -

We are losing - Best **** off home then

We are winning again - Best pile back in and have a party!!!!

[TheStig]

Got to love the crowd

We are winning -

We are losing - Best **** off home then

We are winning again - Best pile back in and have a party!!!!

Indeed...

[TheStig]

All over. All that England deserve really. 30 extras is what has lost them this game.

[Chazza]

Dear oh Dear

[Shaggy]

Pathetic.

[Bender]

Ireland and Bangladesh stick to the Ashes series England

[PaddyPool]

Probably a bad time to ask lads but,,,whats a power play ??
Bad luck today btw. Next time yeh ??

[Shaggy]

Power play is when the fielding side are only allowed two fielders 'outside the circle'...i.e all bar two of them are in close (circle is 30 yards I think)...only two fielding in the deep. It's designed to give the batting side a temporary advantage but it doesn't always work out that way.

[PaddyPool]

Power play is when the fielding side are only allowed two fielders 'outside the circle'...i.e all bar two of them are in close (circle is 30 yards I think)...only two fielding in the deep. It's designed to give the batting side a temporary advantage but it doesn't always work out that way.

Thanks. May take an interest in the game - generally . The one day game .

[mick the click]

Probably a bad time to ask lads but,,,whats a power play ??
Bad luck today btw. Next time yeh ??

Fair question - cricket first attracted me in 2005, the famous ashes thingy. Never been into it - too slow. Like golf. Never understood it, but that glimpse whetted my appetite. A bit.

However, now I watch it when I can, and I'm slowly getting the hang of things. Part of the magic is not having a clue and listening to stuff like 'oooh that went straight through deep outside mid silly cover off blah blah blah.'

Slowly, I'll pick it up, I just like not knowing what they're on about in a curious sort of way.

Power play is when the fielding side are only allowed two fielders 'outside the circle'...i.e all bar two of them are in close (circle is 30 yards I think)...only two fielding in the deep. It's designed to give the batting side a temporary advantage but it doesn't always work out that way.

...but not knowing what this was was beginning to irk me. I have gathered that it's something for ODIs (see what I did there eh ) so my learning curve remains suitably slow.

We're out unless we beat the farties now - right?

[EwarWoo]

Fair question - cricket first attracted me in 2005, the famous ashes thingy. Never been into it - too slow. Like golf. Never understood it, but that glimpse whetted my appetite. A bit.

I get where you're coming from but I'm actually the opposite. The Ashes is a riveting chess match. Sometimes you can't take your eyes of it for entire sessions, sometimes you can sit playing games in front of the TV with your kid without missing too much, just look up when they get excited.

On the other hand these 1 dayers / T20's are just a bit of slap and tickle. No tactics required, just whack it. I can watch bits and bobs but really can't get myself into it that much.

Part of the magic is not having a clue and listening to stuff like 'oooh that went straight through deep outside mid silly cover off blah blah blah.'

Give this a go

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Cricket_fielding_positions2.svg

BTW it's called silly point with good reason, it's not just a nonsense name. In the old days they didn't have helmets and it was extremely dangerous standing that close in on the bat, so any position close in on the bat is "Silly x".

[tsb]

Sachin makes his 99th (test/odi) century

[Shaggy]

He is incredible - caught a bit of him and Sehwag this morning.

[Shaggy]

Unbelievable collapse from India