It means for the loss of five wickets (five men out) and for the loss of nine wickets (nine men out) respectively.
question: how can South Africa only have 9 men out...and only have 49 overs...isn't it 50 overs or 10 men out, whichever comes first?
Getting fined an over is pretty rare isn't it? Also, of the many rules that some of you may not know: When a ball is bowled it cannot bounce twice and then be hit. It can be hit without bouncing as well, but it doesn't happen very often. Watch out for sticky wickets and keep your eye on the googly. Interesting little tid bit: A guy from India a couple years ago bowled all ten guys out to end a game. It was against Pakistan. They say that it's like there being 55 rebounds in a game and one player grabbed every single one for his team. This is very rare because a lot of outs come when the ball is put into play and someone catches it before it hits the ground. You can also get caught inbetween bases(there are only two). If you are not in a safe zone(it's a line) then the other team can strike either wicket(one behind each line) with the ball before the runner crosses the line. If the fielder beats out runner, he is out. Like baseball, getting caught is usually the runner's fault and is kind of embarrassing. Either way, it was an amazing feat. His name was Kumble and strangely enough, after bowling a near perfect game, India lost. If he is playing this year he should be fun to watch. He is a spinner(like a curve ball) as opposed to speed bowlers that over-power batsmen.
The bowler always gets partial credit for the catch in the statistics. But yeah, one bowler bowling everyone out is incredibly rare.
South Africa had an allocated time to bowl their 50 overs to the West Indies and they only got 49 done in the allocated time, they finished bowling all 50, but the penalty is that they only get to bat against the number of overs they bowled in the allocated time, in this case 49.
Anil Kumble = Robert Horry of Cricket Nothing but pure Clutch baby. Looks like Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe are going to end up winning the matches today.
I haven't seen a World Cup since '91. Those were the days w/ Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram (his rookie days), Brian Lara, Curtly Ambrose, Richie Richardson, Peter Kirsten, etc. Man, those were some stars. And Tendulkar was a rookie back then too. Don't know squat about the new players except for Srinath, which he was a rookie then too... Also, this is a good website to check out on: http://www.cricket365.com/
Australia is like the Lakers of Cricket. Previous champions. Favorites to win. India is a bit like the Mavericks. Good offense, bowling a bit weak. Off to a good start, but have lately faltered. Pakistan is like... the Rockets? Inconsistent? Dunno about them. Go India!
amazing, DnD uses his/her first post on Cricket. Is DnD the one and only Dungeon n Dragons and fanatical Crickets fan in the world?? btw: go Pakistan. My neighborhood convenience store owners told me to say that. Go to go with my boys!
hey, nearly every day I go to that store and the past month he's been giving me a count down of the World Cup, and he barely speaks English. Maybe you guys could give me the name of the best Pakistani player (don't forget a phonetic pronounciation), so I could impress him today. What is a site I could use to get up-to-date news?
Shoaib Akhtar (Show-Ib Ack-Tar) - Very fast bowler Younis Khan (You-nis Karn) - Talented young batsman Shahid Afridi (Sha-Heed Aff-Ree-Dee) - Hard-hitting opening batsman
