Fantasy Cricket
My brother-in-law, Tunku Varadrajan just posted this on facebook. A nostalgia post, an obit he did (unsigned, as is the custom) in 2005 for the London Times of cricketer Eknath Solkar. It is all greek to me, but the statistics and phrasing reminded me so much of baseball writing/hagiography.
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Very nice obit
The games, cousins as they are, do indeed carry some similarities. In fact, New Zealand all-rounder Jacob Oram (for one; there may be others) not too long ago expressed his interest in finding a way to use sabermetric-type analysis with cricket statistics.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Sep 10, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Solkar
Didn’t he sound like he had grission: “He scored 1,028 runs at an average of 25.83 (numbers that do not reveal his gutsy utility in a fragile batting line-up), and took a mere 18 wickets at 59.44 each, mostly opening the bowling left-arm at a pace that was clocked, charitably, at military medium.” David Eckstine at bat and Jamie Moyer as a bowler.
Here’s the catch.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=30653865&id=1269483240&ref=nf
Guy sounds like the cricket version of Bill Mazeroski “The humble son of a West Virginia coalminer, Mazeroski was not a feared hitter…”
by wobatus on Sep 10, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He sounded like a defensive whiz
50+ catches at short leg is dang impressive, and anyone compared to the great Jonty Rhodes in the field must have been quite a fieldsman.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Sep 11, 2009 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What the hell are you people talking about?
I know it’s English, but those words in that order don’t make any sense.
by BobbyV_Incognito on Sep 11, 2009 11:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A Friend from England
I knew a guy from Manchester. He told me “We have a game like baseball in England called rounders. Little girls play it.”
Only it sounds like “Lit-ul gurls playit”
by wobatus on Sep 12, 2009 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
One of my prouder moments
was knowing the answer to the Cricket question in Slumdog Millionaire. I know nothing about cricket, but somehow I knew that answer.
by cjmulrain on Sep 11, 2009 10:47 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Cricket wishes it was Baseball
"We must win and we must know how to win rather than win because we have statistical people."
by Evan_S on Sep 11, 2009 5:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I doubt
cricket gives a shit. Personally I know very little about it, but my brother-in-law and his expat friends are fanatics. You hafta be, since the tests can last for days.
by wobatus on Sep 11, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Five days of play
gives you more time to sit in the stands and drink beers with your friends. Can’t argue with that.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Sep 12, 2009 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
More beer time=WIN
Cricket is a good sport.
And the teams I support have had more success this year than the mets
"We're investigating the investigative procedure of the investigation of Tony Bernazard"---Omar Minaya (he really didn't say it but he would"
by firejerrynow on Sep 13, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wish I could say the same
I support the Black Caps and, well, it’s like rooting for the Mets with more inept management.
"He's definitely mixing it into his repertoire. That's French for 'repertoire' " - Keith Hernandez
by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Sep 13, 2009 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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