Posted on 07/11/2006 6:12:15 AM PDT by BaBaStooey
Second Match West Indies XI (237 for 4, 30 overs) defeated United States XI (234 for 8, 40 overs) by six wickets.
Someone has taken pictures of the event, I will try to post them to this thread sometime later.
This was a very good showing by the United States against a top level cricket team from the West Indies, who sent their regular starting eleven to the United States. They had just beaten India in a one-day series (limited overs), which is no easy task.
Oh, good, now that soccer season is over we get to be berated for not joining the rest of the world on another sport.... ;)
WOW! Right up there with Soccer.
I have watched cricket matches before. There's a park outside downtown Minneapolis where Pakistanis and Indians gather to play it.
I've watched it and read some of the rules and I admit, I still don't understand it. The best I can say is that it's somewhat kinda sorta like baseball.
So, were the crickets playing baseball, soccer or bowling?
I never knew that insects were into team sports. I haven't seen it on The Ocho.
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Tens of thousands of people in this country play the sport and millions watch and follow it. Believe it or not. It just doesn't have the hype that soccer has.
"First Match West Indies XI (214 for 6, 40 overs) defeated United States XI (209 for 6, 40 overs)"
Capt. Oeuver: we won by 40 overs, over
Control Tower: huh?
Capt. Oeuver: it's cricket
CT: I thought you were Capt. Oeuver, over
CO: no, no..cricket..they use wickets
CT: huh?
CO: this is capt. oeuver..you don't understand cricket? over
CT: cricket is out to lunch, she's not here
I wasn't aware of that. Thanks for the info.
I would love a chance to see Brian Lara in person.
The West Indies and India will be playing one day international matches up in Toronto this September.
They would have played a couple of matches in the USA as well, but I am hearing reports that the USA was bypassed because the two teams didn't want any of the money going to the corrupt United States of America Cricket Association. There have been a few FR articles posted in the past about those problems.
United States v. Canada in Cricket is the oldest international competition in the world. Dates from something like 1840 -- before baseball was even invented.
That is correct. Prior to baseball's spread during the Civil War, cricket was our national sport, and up until the turn of the 20th Century, we were a world power in the sport.
I don't see how it isn't possible that we cannot regain at least a portion of that glory.
George Washington and John Adams were fans:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cricket_team
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