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Damn, last spring I read the rules of Cricket and went to a few tests here this summer (mostly Pakistani and Indian teams) but I still just don't get it. I think you need to be raised on it to understand.
Damn, last spring I read the rules of Cricket and went to a few tests here this summer (mostly Pakistani and Indian teams) but I still just don't get it. I think you need to be raised on it to understand.
I was born in Australia, jack_mo, lived there until I was seven. As the Jesuits say, give me a child to the age of seven and I will give you the man. Or, in this case, woman. Despite having grown up in England, I know I am an Australian.
yeah jack_mo, but that was the first time in how long? That was an aberration rather than the start of a convincing return to national form. See also: 1966 world cup and the rugby win of a couple of years ago.
I don't want to be that one anglophile-American who always says, "Oh, I get cricket," but I thought I did, until I read that article. Uhh, Australia's up, I guess?
I'll have a go (but it might not be right), having skimmed the article:
Giles (24) is the player Ashley Giles having scored 24 runs at that point
Skied will be when he hit the ball high into the air - these are usually fairly easy to catch
Cricket batsmen play in pairs, so Giles's skied ball was apparently caught by Hayden and resulted in McGrath, whom I assume as Giles's batting partner, being out Gully is a catching position
Nearly, TheDonF. The way I read that sentence (without reading the article) is that McGrath was the bowler.
Giles, having scored 24 runs, hit the ball that McGrath delivered high up into the air, and Hayden caught it. So Giles out, b. McGrath, c. Hayden for 24 runs.
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