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Jun 2020
9:43am, 23 Jun 2020
120,531 posts
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GregP
Those of us (mainly me and Fifters-Etceterers I suspect) who love both baseball and cricket seem to be the keenest on avoiding crossover terminology. Although referring to the batter's box as a crease confuses the Fenway Faithful rather than infuriating them. So I do it a lot.
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Jun 2020
9:49am, 23 Jun 2020
20,928 posts
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Nicholls595
Talking of ladies cricket (as I was), I believe they call a box a manhole cover?
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Jun 2020
9:54am, 23 Jun 2020
1,660 posts
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Oscar the Grouch
I don't even care if that's true, Nicho... that just made me laugh!
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Jun 2020
9:55am, 23 Jun 2020
20,929 posts
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Nicholls595
*** Quick poll alert ***
OK, so for everyone on here who played the game at any sort of level, and wasn't a complete bunny.
Slower ball bouncer
Cunning modern invention or half tracker long hop to be smashed for six?
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Jun 2020
9:57am, 23 Jun 2020
3,449 posts
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ThorntonRunner
batters does come from the ladies game - became more common when there were the occasional double-headers - women's game followed by men's - to provide consistent terminology.
Not come across manhole cover - and in general the ladies don't wear a box
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Jun 2020
10:01am, 23 Jun 2020
21,347 posts
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TRO Saracen
Sorry complete bunny here. 3 sports I follow but accept my complete bunnyhood in terms of doing are Cricket, Rugby and Boxing.
Although to be fair I proved it for the first two, the latter I just assume....
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Jun 2020
10:03am, 23 Jun 2020
21,348 posts
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TRO Saracen
....although slower ball bouncer sounds like Andrew Tye got desperate on variation number 25.....
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Jun 2020
10:07am, 23 Jun 2020
20,930 posts
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Nicholls595
I recall Stuart Broad bowling lots of them very successfully in the ODI's. Can only assume they worked because the batsmen were pre-meditating every shot?
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Jun 2020
10:13am, 23 Jun 2020
120,533 posts
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GregP
Nobody was ever bamboozled by my short pitched 'bouncers', mainly because they rarely reared above stump height...
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Jun 2020
10:15am, 23 Jun 2020
20,933 posts
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Nicholls595
I assumed that given your "ahem" height, you would have been a skiddy bowler like Darren Gough or Waqar Younis?
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The Ashes 2009
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