2007/2008 WI tour to SA thread

alf101 said:
Think it`ll be 4 runs.
You`ll probably have to top edge a hook or pull shot to hit the roof.
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Wont be so hard, depending on how high it is.

Kallis just made his 50!! One strange thing about him and maybe other batsmen, you know when they sweating they tip their head over and lift theri helmet and this waterfall of sweat just runs down!! Very yurgy but where is all that sweat? Is it just on his head in a puddle or something?
 
JK8 said:
Wont be so hard, depending on how high it is.

Kallis just made his 50!! One strange thing about him and maybe other batsmen, you know when they sweating they tip their head over and lift theri helmet and this waterfall of sweat just runs down!! Very yurgy but where is all that sweat? Is it just on his head in a puddle or something?
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My understanding is that there is a sweatband lining the inside edge of the helmet... when they squeeze the helmet against their head it obviously squeezes the sweat out of it
 
This is the way to win a test match - quick scoring without losing wickets! The Aussies have been doing it for years, why can't we keep playing this way?
 
LancelotSA said:
Ummmm..... WORK!!! They took the boxing day test match away from us (Durban) and quoted small crowds as the reason. The illogical morons who run sport in this country then expect bigger crowds at the same venue after the holidays when all the holiday makers have gone home and the locals are all back at work! Not sure I understand the logic....

On that note the whole argument about crowds did not really work out. The crowds in PE were dismal....
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Actually you onto something here!!! Perhaps test matches should be played at night under lights as are OD games. Start same time, around 2pm and finish once 90 overs are completed using the white ball etc That could be the way to revive test cricket locally and internationally...
 
Well here is the answer to the roof question....

When playing in a covered stadium, what is the law if the ball hits the roof before crossing the boundary? Can you still be caught or is it a six or four? I appreciate few players are likely to hit the roof but I was just wondering.

It's not provided for in the Laws of Cricket but the ruling for the recent Australia v World XI games inside Melbourne's Telstra Dome apparently ordained that any hit that made contact with the roof counted as a dead ball. As the distance from pitch to roof looked at least the equal of a boundary hit, this seemed somewhat illogical and a fairer ruling would surely have been to award a six.

It occurred just once, in the last of the three matches, when the left-hander Michael Hussey was aghast to find he had scored nothing for the biggest hit of the series.
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..and some arguments about this ruling....

The New Regulation
In matches played in stadiums with retractable roofs, if the ball hits the roof, the concerned delivery would be treated as a "dead ball".

Mike Hussey hit one off the middle of the bat and sent the ball soaring up into the skies, but it hit the metal roof and landed in no man's land. The shot seemed to have half a dozen runs written all over it until the ball's trajectory was cruelly cut short by the impact of the metal on the leather.

I'm a huge fan of the "retractable roof" concept, but this particular ruling doesn't really appeal to me. It would probably help to have a 40 yard (or something in that vicinity) circle marked up on the roof - if the ball hits the roof beyond the circle, it should be signalled a six; if it hits within the circle, the ball should be considered to be still in play and if the fielder catches it before it hits the ground, the batsman should be given out. This is kind of similar to the case where there is a tree inside the ground - if the ball hits the tree below a particular height it is signalled a 4; if it hits above the marked level, it is signalled a 6 (different grounds have different rules, but this was used to practised in the Canterbury ground).
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Obviously it can't always be runs as if the top edge went straight up and hit the roof it would not be fair as it could have been caught... Difficult thing to rule on though as I am thinking the ball hitting the roof when you are lining up to take the catch will make things a lot more awkward for you as a fielder....

I say forget the roof idea altogether!! Weather and it's resultant effect on the swing of the ball etc are part of the game.
 
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all those of you currently listening through antfarm please stop so i can get on

kthxbaai
 
put a sensor in the ball and if it crosses the boundary line six. solved.
 
milomak said:
put a sensor in the ball and if it crosses the boundary line six. solved.
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Sorry but that does not make sense... the point is if it hit the roof it would not have got across the boundary line... the roof would stop it from getting that far. If that is what you were referring to?

My solution is still easier.... do not play cricket indoors! I read an article stating that watching indoors is just not the same and I can imagine. Imagine no bikinis, no smell of suntan oil and lotions, no smell of braaivleis... no thanks!
 
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