Can you imagine the roar of a thousand million voices? Deafening would not be adequate as a description - more like Earth shaking.
So it happened when India lost to Sri Lanka in the Cricket World Cup recently!
India, BTW, plays mainly cricket - rugby is a very distant second, and soccer is not even mentioned.
Why? The general gist is that India was banned from playing soccer when they used magical tricks to make the ball do normally impossible things! Maybe it wasn't true. Who really knows?
Bronx posted on Mar 24, 2007
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silverwhisper said on Mar 25, 2007....
some day, i hope that someone will try to help me explain this sport b/c i find it utterly incomprehensible.
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Bronx said on Mar 25, 2007....
Well, today's the day I guess, ed.
Cricket is played when a bowler pitches a ball at the batsman, who must either block it or hit it away to protect the wickets just behind him. Almost like baseball.
The protection for the shins and the crotch are necessary, believe me, because the ball is a definite ball and bone breaker.
If the fieldmen catch it, he's out; if he hits it out of their reach, it's a 4 along the ground or a 6 when it crosses the perimeter in the air.
Just call it the Anglicized version of baseball, only it came first! Hope that helps.
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silverwhisper said on Mar 25, 2007....
that's pretty broad. what i'm after are somewhat more specific things.
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Bronx said on Mar 28, 2007....
Like what?
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