IF THE ABOVE SENTENCE MAKES SENSE TO YOU, THERE’S NO EXPLANATION NEEDED. FOR MOST OF US LET ME SAY THIS: COR BLIMEY! CRICKET iN MONTCLAIR! WHATEVER NEXT VICAR?
That’s right, a game of cricket will be played right here today in Baristaville. It’s been organized by Montclair Cricket Club honcho Dave Thompson. He tells us there are tons of ex-pat Brits, West Indian, Indian and Pakistani folk in the Baristanet area who enjoy a good game of cricket. “My humble effort to get people together to start playing cricket culminates in an indoor friendly match at the Soccer Domain this Saturday, December 26 at noon. I have unofficially set up the Montclair Cricket Club and hope to build interest in this noble pursuit over time. It should be a lot of fun.”
In honor of Boxing Day, all curious spectators are invited to watch this motley group of British ex-pats and sympathizers in action. Game On! Montclair Cricket Club December 26, noon, at the Soccer Domain, Walnut Street. For more info, contact Dave Thompson – 201-315-5853.
An explanation of the headline after the jump
Howzat? (or “How’s that?”): the cry of a fielding team when appealing, notable because an umpire is not obliged to give the batsman ‘out’ unless the question is askedMaiden over: an over in which no runs are scored off the bat, and no wides or no balls are bowled. Considered a good performance for a bowler, maiden overs are tracked as part of a bowling analysis.
Maiden over: an over* in which no runs are scored off the bat, and no wides or no balls are bowled. Considered a good performance for a bowler, maiden overs are tracked as part of a bowling analysisGoogly: a deceptive spinning delivery by a leg spin bowler, also known (particularly in Australia) as the wrong ‘un. For a right-hander bowler and a right-handed batsman, a googly will turn from the off side to the leg side. Developed by Bosanquet around 1900, and formerly called a bosie or bosey
*Over: the delivery of six consecutive balls by one bowler**
**Bowler: the player on the fielding side who bowls to the batsman***
***Batsman: (also batter) a player on the batting side, or a player whose speciality is batting.
Terms courtesy of Wikipedia
Jolly Good, but not for this chap. Carry on…
Looks like Stalin loves Montclair Cricket.
Ah….I didn’t write that ! It seems as though someone is using my name,unless there is another Sandy on here, now & that is possible….
That was my first thought too…why would one use a pic of Stalin for their logo….maybe they should change it.
BARISTAVILLE? get you head out the starbucks lingo. dopes.
There could be another “Sandy” but he/she would not have the same login as you.
You’ve been hacked!
I believe Sandy is putting us on….pip pip and cheerio. I photoed a few Cricket games. It’s on the par with baseball, although there seems to be a lot more running around in cricket and the ball is a lot harder than a baseball except a game seems to go on forever!
a game seems to go on forever
and ever and ever…
There is a fairly concise explication of the rules and procedures of cricket in L.P. Hartley’s novel “The Go-Between” (because one character has to explain the significance of the match between the bluff villagers and the snobbish local gentry). It is still the most boring, unnecessary passage in an otherwise beautiful book.
There is also the 4-hours-or-so Indian movie “Lagaan,” about a cricket match between peasants and British officers over a tax of some sort. This is another ordeal for fannies.
What I want to know: Why do these cricket fans need a “club” (Which we all know is a less needy way of saying “support group”)?
I mean, every day people who could care less about cricket go about their daily lives without talking about their “I don’t like cricket” clubs… I mean, sheesh.
GNM’s point is, as usual, right on the money. A cricket “club” is a ridiculous idea. Instead of “Cricket Club,” it would be much better if they called it the “Loose Association of People Who Once In a While Like To Get Together and Play Cricket.”