[W.F. Lantry]

After John's offering of cricket both in french and in english, I happened to click on a cricket article. After this, I'm not sure either language applies:

"Lee, who was consistently over 90mph, swung two away before nipping one back to trap Prior bang in front on the back pad, the only question mark about the dismissal being why England chose to refer it."

I'm fairly certain that all makes sense in some alternate universe...

Thanks,

Bill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cric...nd/9370549.stm

[Duncan Gillies MacLaurin]

"Lee, who was consistently over 90mph, swung two away before nipping one back to trap Prior bang in front on the back pad, the only question mark about the dismissal being why England chose to refer it."

Lee, who bowled (i.e. delivered the ball) at a speed consistently over 90mph, made two balls swing away from the batsman, Prior, before sending the next ball veering back towards him, thus forcing him onto his back foot, the ball hitting him on the pad (of this back leg) right in front of the wicket (those three stumps). It was such a clear case of lbw (leg before wicket = being declared ‘out’ for having stopped the ball from hitting the wicket by way of one’s leg) that one wonders why the English players asked for a video recording to be shown (NB this is a recording which also displays the ball’s trajectory, i.e. one can actually see whether the ball would have hit the wicket or not).



Any other questions, Bill?

Duncan

[Spindleshanks]

Duncan, nice explication except for the accusatory "chucked," which has dreadful implications in the cricket context, up there with accusing Danny Green of taking a dive. "Delivered" would be mot juste, "hurled" acceptable. "Chucked," apart from its negative connotation, is totally unjust to the guile and finesse employed in the fine art of bowling, even at Brett Lee's pace. Shame on you.

Peter

[Duncan Gillies MacLaurin]

Right enough, Peter! It was meant as irony, laughing at the non-believers, you know, but I will take your hint and adjust accordingly.

Duncan

[Jerome Betts]

So that's his GCSE. Do you think he's ready for A-levels yet - jaffas, yorkers, googlies, Chinamen, reverse swing and ball-tampering?

[Allen Tice]

Who's playing silly midwicket?

Uncyclopedia

Wikipedia

oopus, non est in Vicipaedia: Basipila

[Gail White]

Personally, I've always wondered about the meaning of a "maiden over".

[Allen Tice]

I had a maiden over for dinner the other day. Lot of good it did me.

[Duncan Gillies MacLaurin]

Gail

A maiden over is an over (i.e. a period of six balls from a bowler from one end of the pitch) in which the batsman has scored no runs. Nor has the bowler made a mess of things - i.e. he has neither bowled a wide (a ball out of the reach of the batsman) or a no-ball (usually occurring when the bowler oversteps the line).

Duncan

[Allen Tice]

Exactly......