Heam44
Well-known member
Yo yo yo FMTTM’ers.
I don’t know much at all about Cricket, other that the basics.
It’s never really interested me, I’ve previously taken a slight interest in previous ashes series however I’ve found myself watching this one when possible. The “shock”/ reaction of England’s first declaration got me interested for some reason.
However the commentators pundits are discussing several somewhat complex factors that clearly are important to the game that I have no idea what they’re going on about.
Therefore, I have a few questions that I’m sure some posters will be able to answer for me. I’m likely to ask a few more as the series goes on, maybe others also have some cricket related questions also…
Firstly, what’s the relevance of a new ball? Is it better for the bowlers or batters? And why?
2. What’s the craic with clouds making it better for the bowlers? Does it make the ball move more and if so, how?
3. What makes the pitch better / worse for batters / bowlers?
4. What the craic with LBW? Does the ball have to bounce inside that blue line to be out?
5. If the ball hits the batters arm / leg etc and then is caught does that mean the batter is out? Or does it have to hit his bat before the arm/ leg.
I don’t know much at all about Cricket, other that the basics.
It’s never really interested me, I’ve previously taken a slight interest in previous ashes series however I’ve found myself watching this one when possible. The “shock”/ reaction of England’s first declaration got me interested for some reason.
However the commentators pundits are discussing several somewhat complex factors that clearly are important to the game that I have no idea what they’re going on about.
Therefore, I have a few questions that I’m sure some posters will be able to answer for me. I’m likely to ask a few more as the series goes on, maybe others also have some cricket related questions also…
Firstly, what’s the relevance of a new ball? Is it better for the bowlers or batters? And why?
2. What’s the craic with clouds making it better for the bowlers? Does it make the ball move more and if so, how?
3. What makes the pitch better / worse for batters / bowlers?
4. What the craic with LBW? Does the ball have to bounce inside that blue line to be out?
5. If the ball hits the batters arm / leg etc and then is caught does that mean the batter is out? Or does it have to hit his bat before the arm/ leg.