jerry Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I'll lay it out plain & simple so that the ignorant n00bies dont get a chance to troll: Cricket is a Gentleman's sport, its not pure power or aggression. The game relies more on patience and talent (hence it is not popular in some parts of the world). Anyway I dont know the history too well but it originated from England more than 130 years ago, so no its not a copy of Baseball, instead Baseball is a Cricket rip-off. Cricket is also the second most popular sport in the world. Not just India, people from Pakistan, Srilanka, Bangladesh, UAE, Kenya, West Indies, South Africa, Zimbabwe etc., also follow it closely. It's also the national sport of Australia. So it has a quite a large fan following spread across the globe. There are two versions of Cricket: One-day & Test. One-day as the name suggests lasts one day or 8 hours to be exact where as a Test last 5 days with about 7 hours per day. Now this is a game that requires a lot of your time and yet it is almost as popular as a 90 minute sport. :blink: Says a lot about the game. :shifty: The globalisation of Cricket and introduction of new formats (Twenty20) will slowly and surely make it the most popular sport soon. Moving on to the ICC Champions Trophy, anybody here following it ? Quaterfinals starting this Thursday. :devil: Thursday: Australia v New Zealand Friday: England v Srilanka Saturday: West Indies v South Africa Sunday: India v Pakistan What are your picks ? :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srizo Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 the biggest match is going to be INDIA vs. PAKISTAN since both are rivals. i am an indian so GO INDIA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 lol, yes the tickets have been sold out like 6 months ago. My picks: Australia England South Africa India Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerichohol Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 lol, yes the tickets have been sold out like 6 months ago. My picks: Australia England South Africa India Yeah they have, thankfully I have got mine for India - Pakistan :D Hopefully weather holds and it should be a great game :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 Hopefully weather holds and it should be a great game :) Hey, do you think the tournament should have been scheduled a little later cause thats what my cousin in London keeps saying to me. :dontgetit: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerichohol Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 Hey, do you think the tournament should have been scheduled a little later cause thats what my cousin in London keeps saying to me. :dontgetit: Nah i dont think so. The reason I think they scheduled it for this was because every other time, all the countries were playing and this is the only time when all the teams were available. Theres nothing much you can do about the weather. Look at the summer we had this year :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 14, 2004 Author Share Posted September 14, 2004 Thanks for clearing that up. I thought ICC was to blame. :wacko: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srizo Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 i the only match i truly enjoyed was india vs pakistan in world cup 2003(or was it 2002) when indians beat the **** out of pak... aha good times. anyways my picks are same as yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 (edited) <snip> It's a random drive-by trolling. Edited September 16, 2004 by Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1kashur Posted September 15, 2004 Share Posted September 15, 2004 Pakistan will play India this sunday. This will be an exciting match (forcast dosn't look good though). Go Pakistan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuz Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 rain will probably ruin it yet!! beign an aussie lankan ...thou shall support australia and Sri lanka though Sri lanka probably wont win :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deuz Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 y do teams like USA, kenya and the like play when they noe they are gonna be whopped, they can jus play 4 a minoows champions trophy......y isnt Canada there theyre much betta then USA( even though davidson from aus iz dere onli good playa) :no: :pinch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 I'll lay it out plain & simple so that the ignorant n00bies dont get a chance to troll:Cricket is a Gentleman's sport, its not pure power or aggression. The game relies more on patience and talent (hence it is not popular in some parts of the world). Anyway I dont know the history too well but it originated from England more than 130 years ago, so no its not a copy of Baseball, instead Baseball is a Cricket rip-off. Cricket is also the second most popular sport in the world. Not just India, people from Pakistan, Srilanka, Bangladesh, UAE, Kenya, West Indies, South Africa, Zimbabwe etc., also follow it closely. It's also the national sport of Australia. So it has a quite a large fan following spread across the globe. There are two versions of Cricket: One-day & Test. One-day as the name suggests lasts one day or 8 hours to be exact where as a Test last 5 days with about 7 hours per day. Now this is a game that requires a lot of your time and yet it is almost as popular as a 90 minute sport. :blink: Says a lot about the game. :shifty: The globalisation of Cricket and introduction of new formats (Twenty20) will slowly and surely make it the most popular sport soon. Moving on to the ICC Champions Trophy, anybody here following it ? Quaterfinals starting this Thursday. :devil: Thursday: Australia v New Zealand Friday: England v Srilanka Saturday: West Indies v South Africa Sunday: India v Pakistan What are your picks ? :cool: It is thought to have originated in the 1300s or so. The first recorded match took place in the mid 1700s. FYI...baseball started in the early 1800s, so yeah...it probably took some ideas from Cricket. Let's face it...people have been hitting round things with sticks for a loooong time. It's just natural. Thought I'd do a little reading since I know little about the sport. But a gentleman's sport? Isn't that an oxymoron? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suren Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 :) SL will win, having won 17 of there last 18 matches. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1kashur Posted September 16, 2004 Share Posted September 16, 2004 Lankans are master od slow pitches. Play in SL and they'll whoop your behind. Looks at what happened against Kenya, they barely won Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 It is thought to have originated in the 1300s or so. The first recorded match took place in the mid 1700s. FYI...baseball started in the early 1800s, so yeah...it probably took some ideas from Cricket. Let's face it...people have been hitting round things with sticks for a loooong time. It's just natural. Thought I'd do a little reading since I know little about the sport.But a gentleman's sport? Isn't that an oxymoron? :p Thanks for more accurate info than mine. ;) Gentlemen's sport because more emphasis is laid on timing and it looks most of the time elegant, more like a stylish sport which. a1kashur, good point about SL (Y) Australia brushed aside New Zealand today as expected. Australia first into Semifinal, will play the winner of South Africa v West Indies clash. Srilanka v England tomorrow (Friday). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futb0l Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Australia will win as they always do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suren Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Australia will win as they always do. maybe this they wont :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Thanks for more accurate info than mine. ;) Gentlemen's sport because more emphasis is laid on timing and it looks most of the time elegant, more like a stylish sport which. a1kashur, good point about SL (Y) Australia brushed aside New Zealand today as expected. Australia first into Semifinal, will play the winner of South Africa v West Indies clash. Srilanka v England tomorrow (Friday). Oh no. Thanks google. Like I said, I knew nothing about the "gentlemans's sport", so I did some reading :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 17, 2004 Author Share Posted September 17, 2004 Oh no. Thanks google. Like I said, I knew nothing about the "gentlemans's sport", so I did some reading :) Glad you are open minded. (Y) England in trouble against Srilanka, need to put up a score of atleast 230-240. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futb0l Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 Oh no. Thanks google. Like I said, I knew nothing about the "gentlemans's sport", so I did some reading :) Hehe, awesome. Cricket is a good sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrfanL Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I dont like the venue.. whole event is distrubed by the rain & shsh. ICC should have organized the event else where :(. Plus I think they should have kept 2 rounds in each pool it would have been more exciting. Just 3 teams in a pool look a bit boring & unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 18, 2004 Author Share Posted September 18, 2004 England through to Semifinal today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrfanL Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 Unfortunate Sri Lankanz... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry Posted September 18, 2004 Author Share Posted September 18, 2004 I dont like the venue.. whole event is distrubed by the rain & shsh. ICC should have organized the event else wher:(:(Plus I think they should have kept 2 rounds in each pool it would have been more exciting.b> Just 3 teams in a pool look a bit boring & unfortunate. If they had 2 rounds in each pool it would almost be like World Cup. This tournament actually started as mini World Cup and later named as ICC Champions Trophy. Srilanka were 95/5, they would have lost anyway. Srilanka gave away the match when they dropped Flintoff when he was on 1 and after the miss went on to make 104. :blinkCatches win Matchesi>:yes:s: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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