Cricket Thread

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♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Apr 2020 6:31pm, 12 Apr 2020 32,107 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ NDW ... and no Dennis Lillee prototype bats!
NDWDave Apr 2020 6:33pm, 12 Apr 2020 11,519 posts	0 NDWDave How did Ian Botham’s “middle stump” get him into trouble in 2014?
ThorntonRunner Apr 2020 6:37pm, 12 Apr 2020 3,095 posts	0 ThorntonRunner What game is played with 6 pieces of wood at either end of a chain? [Imperial units - 1 chain = 22 yards]
Chrisity Apr 2020 6:42pm, 12 Apr 2020 17,342 posts	0 Chrisity what is the most number of legitimate balls that can be bowled in a 20 over a side match?
NDWDave Apr 2020 6:43pm, 12 Apr 2020 11,520 posts	0 NDWDave What is the unit of area that is wide as the length of cricket pitch, and as long as the shortest unit used to measure the length of horse races (chain x furlong = acre)
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Apr 2020 6:49pm, 12 Apr 2020 32,111 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ @Fetch Which ground is the HQ of English cricket? What is the name of the annual cricket almanac which has been published every year since 1864? [Sadly the 2021 edition is looking likely to be a very slim volume ☹️ ]
GregP Apr 2020 6:54pm, 12 Apr 2020 119,152 posts	0 GregP [im not watching old cricket games - I’m working my way through the Mariners’ last season instead - weirdly enjoying baseball makes me fine The Hundred more offensive, not less. Baseball is baseball. Cricket is cricket. the Hundred (and to an extent T20) is an attempt to turn the latter into the former]
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Apr 2020 6:56pm, 12 Apr 2020 32,113 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ "(and to a very very large extent T20)" FTFY Greppers.
GregP Apr 2020 7:19pm, 12 Apr 2020 119,153 posts	0 GregP
57.5 Degrees of Pain Apr 2020 10:35pm, 12 Apr 2020 5,515 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain There is a great deal more excitement in a good game if T20 than baseball. I still prefer baseball... Watching the Mariners' 2019 season does not seem the most thrilling way to spend a lockdown however!