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  • RhodyJoe's Cricket Thread

    Cricket was invented in the vast fields of England, supposedly by shepherds who herded their flock. Later on this game was shown benevolence by aristocrats, and now has the stature of being England's national game. After a century now, cricket stands in the international arena, with a place of its own.



    THE GAME

    Cricket involves two teams with 11 players on each side. The captain who wins the toss decides whether his team bats or bowls first. If they bat first , their aim is to score a lot of runs and make sure the other team does not reach that score.

    FORMATS OF THE GAME

    Cricket is played in many formats , but the most popular are TEST CRICKET and ONE DAY cricket. In TEST cricket game goes on for 5 days, with each team batting twice - if time permits.

    ONE DAY is the most popular format, with each team getting 300 balls to score runs. And the other team tries to outscore them within the same number of balls.

    cricket bat and stumps
    KEY PLAYERS

    Three functions of the players are 1. BATSMEN, 2. BOWLING 3. FIELDING.

    Batsmen - one who scores runs of the balls bowled by the bowler.
    Bowler - One who bowls, and tries to get the batsmen "out" (dismissed from the ground).
    Fielder - Players (10) who assist the bowler in achieving his goal, and prevent the batsmen from scoring runs.
    BATSMEN

    The game of cricket mainly revolves around batsmen. Crowds love the batsmen, especially when they wallop the ball all over the ground. Batsmen are the ones who whip up hysteria in the crowd, everybody loves them, they are the Don Juan's of the game.

    Many batsmen are good, but only a few are great. Their style, their flair, talent is unique. To each his own - if I can quote this famous phrase.plastic cricket player

    From the numerous batsmen, from the 11 ICC (International Cricket Committee, London, UK) recognize , only a few achieve immortality. So what is the thing that separates the boys from the men?

    Many factors go in deciding, or rather making of a great batsmen. A natural talent is most definite, a good coach (Achrekar who coached Sachin Tendulkar), and obviously performing at the right time.
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  • #2
    September 22, 2016

    India (-167) over New Zealand
    1.00/0.60

    I know that this is rather "juicy" but I believe it is an easy 0.60 units win. We will see if I am correct
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    • #3
      Originally posted by rhodyjoe View Post
      September 22, 2016

      India (-167) over New Zealand
      1.00/0.60

      Loss


      YTD
      0-1-0=.000 -1.00 units
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      • #4
        September 23, 2016

        PAKISTAN VS WEST INDIES
        WEST INDIES to win match

        West Indies won the ICC World T20 for the second time in their history earlier this year in India and look worthy like favorites here against Pakistan.


        BOLAND VS KWAZULU NATAL
        KWAZULU-NATAL to win match

        KwaZulu-Natal looks to strong for Boland. Last season they won 6 and lost 1 and this season the finished 2nd in pool A winning 1 and losing 2. Boland struggled last season losing there last 4 matches.

        YTD
        0-1-0=.000 -1.00 units
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        • #5
          September 23, 2016 Results

          Cricket

          PAKISTAN VS WEST INDIES
          WEST INDIES to win match Loss 115/10-116/1

          BOLAND VS KWAZULU NATAL
          KWAZULU-NATAL to win match Loss 143/6-146/6

          YTD
          0-3-0=.000
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          • #6
            September 24, 2016

            South Africa vs Australia

            YTD
            0-3=.000
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            • #7
              Game date should be September 25, 2016 and not the 24th.
              It Been A Long Strange Trip. I'd Like To Do It Again

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              • #8
                September 25, 2016 Results

                South Africa vs Australia
                Won 354/5-148

                YTD
                1-3=.250
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                • #9
                  September 26, 2016 Game Date

                  BELAGAVI PANTHERS
                  Bellary Tuskers vs Belagavi Panthers

                  BIJAPUR BULLS
                  Bijapur Bulls vs Rock Stars


                  YTD
                  1-3=.250
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                  • #10
                    September 26, 2016

                    September 26, 2016 Game Date
                    BELAGAVI PANTHERS Won 138/8-129/5
                    Bellary Tuskers vs Belagavi Panthers

                    BIJAPUR BULLS Won 175/8-107
                    Bijapur Bulls vs Rock Stars


                    YTD
                    3-3=.500
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                    • #11
                      September 27, 2016

                      AUSTRALIA over IRELAND 1ST ODI

                      As expected the odds for Australia to win is very juicy but this is almost a sure fire win for a couple of dollars or euros. Australia won twice against Ireland in the ODI tournament already and their last 5 games were also wins so I expect nothing else but a sure fire win here.

                      PAKISTAN over West Indies

                      Pakistan has already sealed the three match series with two very convincing victories. There has to be a chance that if Pakistan eases off now then West Indies can grab a consolation victory but with the 50 overs and test series to come I think that Pakistan will want to confirm their dominance. Too many West Indies batsmen appear out of form with only one score over 30 in the two games so far.
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                      • #12
                        September 28, 2016

                        MYSURU WARRIORS over Hubli Tigers

                        Bangladesh over Afghanistan
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                        • #13
                          September 28, 2016 Results

                          MYSURU WARRIORS over Hubli Tigers Loss 208-212/8

                          Bangladesh over Afghanistan Won 172-169
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                          • #14
                            September 27, 2016 Results

                            AUSTRALIA over IRELAND 1ST ODI Won 199/1-198

                            PAKISTAN over West Indies Won 108/2-103/5
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                            • #15
                              Ytd
                              6-4=60%
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