Cricket for Dummies


	Cricket for Dummies

invictus

10-6-2006 10:03 PM

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cricket, baseball, culture, britain, america, sports

invictus says:

Both cricket and baseball operate on the same principles. Someone hurling the ball—the pitcher in baseball, the bowler in cricket—is attempting to defeat an opponent wielding a bat to defend a target—the invisible strike zone or the visible wicket—and score runs.

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10-7-2006 5:07 PM

anonymology

I will never understand cricket. And I can't watch it - so dull!

10-8-2006 10:00 AM

sohil

Yay Cricket

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