tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post9141331399528328480..comments2023-10-11T07:35:31.358-07:00Comments on Knights of Creativity Spirit & Ale: Morkel looks perfectly in synch today, like a recently serviced grandfather clock, just tick-tocking away at the batsmen outside off-stump.dkWellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-68109190160242214952010-01-21T15:55:11.281-08:002010-01-21T15:55:11.281-08:00Thanks for that Bowie.. made me smile here late i...Thanks for that Bowie.. made me smile here late in the evening. <br><br>Youre right, that read perfectly to me :) <br><br> "Doing a spot of gardening" is when the batsmen,( usually when the ball is being thrown back to the bowler and he is walking back to his run up point ) goes a few steps down the wicket ( pitch ) and with the end of his bat..knocks flat any divots and craters that the bowler will aim for to make the ball veer after bouncing.<br><br>Bowling a Maiden Over", is when, in the six balls that are bowled from one end ( as an Over,) the bowler does it so well that the batsmen doesn't score any runs in that Over.<br><br>There that made perfect sense didn't it.<br><br>Believe me I have sat through many a Harrisburg Senetors Baseball game on a hot evening, and have ended up with not the foggiest of what is going on, and just about who actually won. At least you get the odd brawl in Baseball.<br><br>Probably the bizarrest thing that often happens in a Five Day Test Cricket Match is it will end up a Draw. This is why the game never really took off in America.<br><br>Sir Dayvd ( who is aiming to knock your bails off with his shiny new ball ) of oxford.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-90640847715217451352010-01-21T16:30:08.558-08:002010-01-21T16:30:08.558-08:00Let me preface this by saying that I haven't u...Let me preface this by saying that I haven't used my secret decoder ring for quite some time, but I think this might be code for a plot by Australia to overthrow the New Zealand government and establish a prison colony in the plains between Christchurch and Queenstown. <br><br>Sir Lance, who sees a conspiracy in most things.Sir Lance of Brentwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12298342242284362536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-53287359906083430372010-01-22T14:52:46.716-08:002010-01-22T14:52:46.716-08:00This is a bit of a sticky wicket. I understood the...This is a bit of a sticky wicket. I understood the word "ball." I think.<br><br>This might help, or not: http://www.sportsfilter.com/news/3005/beginners-guide-cricketSir James of Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00676002938705044077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4489310405541465454.post-89742003254568227962010-01-22T16:05:45.938-08:002010-01-22T16:05:45.938-08:00I came away from England with the belief that read...I came away from England with the belief that reading commentary on Cricket is like watching Swiss Tony reading a script for a Porn Movie. You see when your ball rears up off just short of a length and strikes your bat handle, like opening a letter bomb, is really like "making love to a beautiful woman!"<br><br>Sir Hook the Swiss Tony of WarrickSir Hook of Warrick aka "David K Wells"http://www.blogger.com/profile/14036130304612683613noreply@blogger.com