In
my last blog, I tried to describe the excitement and tension surrounding a
cricket Test Match that ended having no result.
That
match – the second Test Match between South Africa and Australia – was (somewhat
surprisingly) followed by the third Test Match. This turned out to be another
thriller, particularly for South Africa.
The match saw South Africa give Australia a drubbing, winning by over
300 runs. This kept South Africa
as the top team in cricket.
Judging
by the flood of emails I received enquiring about the rules of cricket, I will
devote this blog to a brief synopsis of them. I’m sure this will clarify things for you.
Here
they are:
You have two sides, one out
in the field and one in.
Each man that’s in the side
that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in, and the next man goes in
until he’s out.
When they are all out, the
side that’s out comes in, and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get
those coming in, out.
Sometimes you get men still
in and not out.
When a man goes out to go
in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and
the next man in goes out and goes in.
There are two men called
umpires, who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are
out.
When both sides have been in
and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men
have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
Got it?
Actually
these rules were dreamed up in the 1970’s by an enterprising English marketing
genius as something to sell, printed on tea towels or parchment paper, to the
type of American tourist who, when visiting London, buys plastic bobby helmets as
a memento of their visit. The same
tourist who believes that 98% of England speaks Cockney and the rest are
relatives of the queen.
Everyone
who enjoys cricket has been given these rules as a Christmas present at one
time or another, usually by some well-meaning soul, usually an aunt. The appropriate response, of course, is
to immediately burn said present and scatter the ashes in the garden.
‘Nuff
said.
Wishing
you all a very fine festive season and a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2013.
Cheers
– hic!
Stan
- Thursday
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Speaking of ashes, the test matches between England and Australia are played for the Ashes. It is a great trophy and both sides want to take the Ashes home having triumphed over the other. This trophy is fought for particularly hard ... since it does not actually exist.
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