Cricket puzzle for non-Americans
Jane Pook
David Howse <David...@anu.edu.au> wrote:
>gpw...@gp.co.nz made us laugh with:
>
>>> For those non-Americans more familiar with cricket than baseball, can
>>> you name all of the ways for a batsman to be dismissed?
>>> David
>
>>The ones I come up with are:
>
>>LBW,
>Yes
>
>>Bowled,
>Yes
>
>>Caught,
>Yes
>
>>Caught and Bowled,
>A special case of caught, according to the rules.
>
>>Stumped,
>Yes
>
>>Run Out,
>Yes
>
>>[walking onto your own wickets?],
>Yep, also known as 'hit wicket'
>
>>[interfering with ball with hands?]
>Yes -- 'handled ball'
>
>There are three others mentioned in the rules (although the above
>actually cover all the ways I have ever seen someone dismissed).
>
>Any takers?
>
>David
>(Sorry about the Aussies knocking the kiwis out of the world cup!
> Bring on the Windies!)
>
How about something like "timed out" - taking too long to get to the
crease when coming in?
Tim Hepworth
wrote:
>
>For those non-Americans more familiar with cricket than baseball, can
>you name all of the ways for a batsman to be dismissed?
>
>
>David
How about ....
Caught
Bowled
LBW
Hit Wicket
Stumped
Timed Out
Run Out
Handling The Ball
Hitting The Ball Twice
Interfering with a fielder ?
Tim
gpw...@gp.co.nz
> a-r...@microsoft.com (Richard Law) made us laugh with:
>
>>In article <4hkd0u$p...@mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA>, g952...@mcmail.cis.McMaster.CA says...
>>>
>>>Another baseball question: There are nine official ways that a batter can
>>>reach base. Can you name them?
>
> For those non-Americans more familiar with cricket than baseball, can
> you name all of the ways for a batsman to be dismissed?
> David
The ones I come up with are:
LBW,
Bowled,
Caught,
Caught and Bowled,
Stumped,
Run Out,
[walking onto your own wickets?],
[interfering with ball with hands?]
Jeroen
Matthew T. Russotto
David Howse <David...@anu.edu.au> wrote:
}a-r...@microsoft.com (Richard Law) made us laugh with:
}
}>In article <4hkd0u$p...@mcmail.CIS.McMaster.CA>, g952...@mcmail.cis.McMaster.CA says...
}>>
}>>Another baseball question: There are nine official ways that a batter can
}>>reach base. Can you name them?
}
}For those non-Americans more familiar with cricket than baseball, can
}you name all of the ways for a batsman to be dismissed?
One way would be to be playing cricket when he was supposed to be
working.
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of justice is no virtue."
Geoff Bailey
In article <1996Mar12....@gp.co.nz>, <gpw...@gp.co.nz> wrote:
>In article <4i0d9u$q...@manuel.anu.edu.au>, David...@anu.edu.au (David Howse) writes:
>> you name all of the ways for a batsman to be dismissed?
>
>The ones I come up with are:
>
>LBW,
>Bowled,
>Caught,
>Caught and Bowled,
Special case of Caught.
>Stumped,
>Run Out,
>[walking onto your own wickets?],
Hit Wicket
>[interfering with ball with hands?]
Handling the Ball - Gooch did this most recently, didn't he?
Refusing to come onto the ground to play will result in being given out,
I believe. [Is this a special case of taking too long to resume batting?]
What happens if the batsman deliberately assaults a player/umpire? I
would assume this was a dismissable offence.
Persistently running down the centre of the pitch?
Cheers,
Geoff.
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Mike Warren.
>> For those non-Americans more familiar with cricket than baseball, can
>> you name all of the ways for a batsman to be dismissed?
>> David
>
>
>LBW, Bolwed, Caught, Stumped, Run Out, Hit Wicket, Handled Ball,
>Timed Out, Disrupting Field (interfering with field??), ?????.
>
>I don't think retired counts as out, but the effect is the same.
>
>
>
>
> Dr Pauli
>
>Paul Dale | Paul...@jcu.edu.au
is it hitting the ball twice ???
MIke Warren.
David McBryan
|> In article <1996Mar12....@gp.co.nz>, gpw...@gp.co.nz says...
|> >
|> >In article <4i0d9u$q...@manuel.anu.edu.au>, David...@anu.edu.au (David Howse)
|> >writes:
|> >>
|> >> you name all of the ways for a batsman to be dismissed?
|> >> David
|> >
|> >
|> >LBW,
|> >Bowled,
|> >Caught,
|> >Caught and Bowled,
|> >Run Out,
|> >[walking onto your own wickets?],
|> >
|>
|> There are ten ways to get out in cricket:
|>
|> Leg Before Wicket
|> Bowled
|> Hit Wicket
|> Caught
|> Stumped
|> Run Out
|> Hit Ball Twice
|> Handled the Ball
|> Obstructing the Field
|> Timed Out
I had a feeling there was 11, but you may be right. Certainly all of the
above count. In any case, this leads to :
Which method of getting out was introduced to the rules most recently ?
When ?
Dave.
|> --
|> John Tatchell
|>
Maverick
In article <4i3dl4$e...@tilde.csc.ti.com> you write:
>There are ten ways to get out in cricket:
>
>Leg Before Wicket
>Bowled
Very common.
>Hit Wicket
Not so common, but the classic Dennis Lily wicket comes to mind.
>Caught
Common Enough.
>Stumped
Frequent.
>Run Out
Frequent.
>Hit Ball Twice
Humm. Javed Miandad & Sunil Gavaskar.
>Handled the Ball
The one and the only Sunil Gavaskar.
>Timed Out
Well, if injured out counts, then perhaps Ranatunge (Sri Lanka at India
SF WC96).
>Obstructing the Field
Puzzle: Can anyone give me an example of this actually happening, and to
who?
Regards,
Ritu
--
Resetting line and disconnecting.
NO CARRIER
Maverick
>hitting his wicket, anyway, and there really isn't any other reason for him
>to do it - it has to be deliberate, or it is not out.)
Wrong! You can-not hit the ball twice. If you hit it once, and the ball
is still coming towards ti wickets, you are allowed to kick it, even take
runs, which will be counted as leg-bys.
Tim Roberts
>>one of all. (The batsman is allowed to hit the ball again to prevent it
>>hitting his wicket, anyway, and there really isn't any other reason for him
>>to do it - it has to be deliberate, or it is not out.)
>Wrong! You can-not hit the ball twice. If you hit it once, and the ball
>is still coming towards ti wickets, you are allowed to kick it, even take
>runs, which will be counted as leg-bys.
Absolute piffle.
A batsman can hit the ball twice if he is guarding his wicket in
doing so. A leg-bye can NEVER be scored if the batsman has hit the
ball with the bat.
Tim
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Peter Foster
>>> For those non-Americans more familiar with cricket than baseball, can
>>> you name all of the ways for a batsman to be dismissed?
>>> David
The ten ways of being dismissed are caught, bowled, LBW, stumped, hit wicket,
run out, handled ball, hit twice, obstructing the field and timed out.
There is also 'retired' and 'retired hurt', although these are not truly
dismissals.
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Peter Foster
>From: ri...@wam.umd.edu (Maverick)
>Subject: Re: Cricket puzzle for non-Americans
>Date: 19 Mar 1996 21:34:58 GMT
>>There are ten ways to get out in cricket:
(nine ways deleted..)
>>Obstructing the Field
>Puzzle: Can anyone give me an example of this actually happening, and to
>who?
I have seen it once, in a one day game in Australia some years ago. The ball
was played onto the wicket and the batsman set off on a very dubious single. A
close in fielder was about to gather the ball when the batsman (I don't recall
his name) deliberately kicked the ball away. He was given out, but the
Australian captain, Allan Border, decided to withdraw the appeal and recall
the batsman.
I have no idea why they withdrew the appeal. If he had not kicked the ball
away he would have been run out. The batsman himself felt that he should have
been out - a few balls later he deliberately ran himself out!