I have heard many times cricket commentators referring to players driving the ball 'on the up'. By the context, this is taken to be a difficult and risky thing to do and makes a good shot even better as the batsmen is displaying some boldness by playing the shot to that delivery. As in "that was ...
I have often heard commentators describe particular bowlers as having a "heavy ball". By context, this seems to refer to a fast bowler being able to bowl a delivery that seems to impact the bat with greater force that would be expected given their pace. In other words, they aren't a particularly ...
Consider the following situation,
A batsman's bat got broken while hitting the ball,then a piece of the
bat flies in the air and hits the stumps and the bails were down.
Is this a dismissal by hit wicket?
In general,
Is it allowed to bowl chain(continuous) overs in international matches?
Answer if yes,
How many overs can the bowler bowl continuously?
if NO,
Is it not allowed from the beginning of international cricket history or did the ICC banned it recently?
Consider the following situation,...
Are there too many cricket questions? Does Sports SE get boring to people who don't follow cricket? - Question mainly to people from non-cricketing nations
I, for one, enjoy the questions. Wanted to know the others perspective if we need to tone it down or something.
user46190
1:41 PM
@Orangecrush start a cricket proposal! just kidding. i don't follow cricket...but what it is doing is generating content for the site, and you (nor anyone else) should NOT feel bad or feel the need to tone it down for having "too many cricket questions."
@waxeagle Yeah, have to agree with you. Grammar is something that needs major improvement. As for the content and the way they are presented, I am confident that it will get better with time. Just hoping that it is sooner than later.
What did anybody think of the first round of the draft?
As a St. Louis and Minnesota fan, I think it went pretty well. I thought St. Louis would take Cordarelle Patterson and leave Tavon Austin to Minnesota, but either way is fine with me.
1 hour later…
user46190
5:35 PM
@Orangecrush if we're not already there...
user46190
@mmyers there was a draft last night? lol
user46190
5:55 PM
@Orangecrush We just need "Sports Fan" to live up to his current name...not his previous name of "Cricket Fan" which he is living up to very well :)
Consider the following situation,
A batsman's bat got broken while hitting the ball,then a piece of the
bat flies in the air and hits the stumps and the bails were down.
Is this a dismissal by hit wicket?
