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Cricket fact!
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:47 am
by Gob
The first testicular guard (“ball box”) was used in cricket in 1874
and the first helmet was used in 1974.
It took 100 years for men to realise, their brains could also be important ....
Re: Cricket fact!
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:40 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
And you guys make fun of USA football players wearing helmets/pads.
You're right, rugby is the game. At least it ends some time the same day.
Re: Cricket fact!
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 10:47 pm
by Gob
In cricket aiming the ball at 100kmph + at the batsmans testicles is a legit tactic, cricketrs are brave, but not stupid.
Cricket balls are made from a core of cork, which is layered with tightly wound string, and covered by a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. In a top-quality ball suitable for the highest levels of competition, the covering is constructed of four pieces of leather shaped similar to the peel of a quartered orange, but one hemisphere is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the other. The "equator" of the ball is stitched with string to form the ball's prominent seam, with a total of six rows of stitches. The remaining two joins between the leather pieces are stitched internally. Lower-quality balls with a 2-piece covering are also popular for practice and lower-level competition due to their lower purchase cost.
For men's cricket, the ball must weigh between 5.5 and 5.75 ounces (155.9 and 163.0 g) and measure between 8 13/16 and 9 in (224 and 229 mm) in circumference.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_ball
Re: Cricket fact!
Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 11:37 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
Sounds like a baseball and good pitchers routinely throw 90mph (not kph) and while batters wear helmets, none have facemasks. Strike zone is knees to armpits (aka the sweetspot is the "junk") with many a brushback pitch (at the head) aimed to get the batter to back off the plate.
Re: Cricket fact!
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 1:56 am
by loCAtek
Cricket fact (provided by Urban Dictionary):
1) A game of skill and gentlemanly conduct where everyone hates the Australians equally.
Not those Aussie cunts again!
2) On television cricket(s) are often used as a sound effect accompanying a failed performance or unfunny joke.
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Quel coincidence! No?
