And now for a real sport

[rubato]

That is not called a diamond it is called a ballpark Or a sports stadium or sometimes a field. The diamond is the area marked out with chalk within the ballpark.

No one calls it Wrigley diamond, or ATT diamond or Dodgers diamond; it's Wrigley Field, ATT Park, and Lovely Dodgers Stadium.

And tiny Portland Oregon draws more people for a soccer game than 13,000.


Yrs,
Rubato

[Joe Guy]

[Gob]

Yet another stunning display of ignorance from rubato there!!

[Gob]

Great day out yesterday. The match kicked off spot on 2.20 and I left the ground at 10.15 having watched a great display of skill by both sides.

Grand to have the chance to see Hasim Amla play, he nearly saved the day for SA, but, once he went, clean bowled, their middle order couldn't stand the onslaught from the Aussie pace bowlers.

Photos to follow.

[Long Run]

The match kicked off spot on 2.20 and I left the ground at 10.15

So a brief game it was then?

[MajGenl.Meade]

One-day cricket matches last for six hours or more

Yes it was

[Gob]

Images from the match here.

[Econoline]

The match kicked off spot on 2.20 and I left the ground at 10.15

Oopsie. I read that as meaning that the match started on February 20th and that Gob left on October 15th; that would have made the length of the match a bit more typical....

[MajGenl.Meade]

Gob, what do you mean images? Those were videos weren't they?

[Gob]

Oh, Sorry yes. Each shows a particular hot piece of action in speed mode.

[Lord Jim]

Each shows a particular hot piece of action in speed mode.

Ah, so not the cricket game then...

[Gob]

Steve Smith's career-best one-day knock helped Australia wrap up a series win over South Africa with a dramatic three-wicket triumph at the MCG.



It looked to be enough when the hosts slumped to 5 for 101 at the halfway point of their chase.

It still looked like it might be enough after 40 overs, Australia needing 8.6 runs an over and Nathan Coulter-Nile unable to bat due to a hamstring injury.

But Smith, fresh from being named man of the match in Canberra on Wednesday, was up to the task as the hosts got home with an over to spare for their first ODI win over South Africa at the MCG.

When the 25-year-old brought up the second one-day international ton with a mistimed pull shot off the bowling of Dale Steyn, the equation was 29 runs off 20 balls.

James Faulkner (34 off 19 balls) belted Steyn's next two deliveries to the rope and suddenly the game was Australia's to lose with 21 runs required from three overs.

Smith was clean bowled for 104 by Robin Peterson when his side needed one run to win.

It would have been little consolation for the spinner, who missed a sharp run-out chance when Smith was on 98.

The game ended in tense circumstances, the third umpire checking a catch from David Miller and deciding Pat Cummins had hit the winning run.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Bloody biased umpires!