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Cricket may or may not be too sophisticated for us Yanks, but flash cricket is too difficult for Vito90. 16.

posted by vito90 at 02:42 PM - reply - flag:

Oh, that was dreadful: 36.

posted by trox at 02:57 PM - reply - flag:

62. what an odd sport.

posted by corpse at 02:58 PM - reply - flag:

My first try: 85 and 7 wickets. I don't even understand what's going on, and I didn't read the instructions. Just kept clicking on the ball. I bet I'll do worse once I understand what I'm supposed to do.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:01 PM - reply - flag:

94. i still don't get it.

posted by corpse at 03:05 PM - reply - flag:

Woohoo! 107 and 9 first time out. (The only time I've watched cricket was when it was aired on Fox Sports World last year and even then I think they weren't even live - maybe they were "classic" matches, whatever those are considered to be.)

posted by chules at 03:07 PM - reply - flag:

56 and 10. This time I used the arrow keys and got a lot more sixers but didn't get to use all the overs. How does that translate into cricket language, FB?

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:07 PM - reply - flag:

103. wc2002, it doesn't translate into any language

posted by Fat Buddha at 03:13 PM - reply - flag:

91, 10 wickets, 12 overs.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:14 PM - reply - flag:

81, 9 wickets, 12 overs. I am hooked.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:20 PM - reply - flag:

97 all out is best I've managed.

posted by squealy at 03:23 PM - reply - flag:

140 with the arrow keys; it would have been more without the assistance of a 2 year old.

posted by Fat Buddha at 03:25 PM - reply - flag:

72 and 10. Still clueless about the scoring system, but thanks for the link.

posted by grum@work at 03:26 PM - reply - flag:

114! 3 wickets, gave up my first wicket in the 8th over.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:27 PM - reply - flag:

105, 2 w.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:33 PM - reply - flag:

126 for 5. No two year olds involved.

posted by squealy at 03:39 PM - reply - flag:

total: 27, wickets: 10 I don't have a clue what's going on, but I'm going to rush the mound if the pitcher keeps throwing at me.

posted by dusted at 03:39 PM - reply - flag:

119, 6. FB or squealy, post that nice link about cricket rules please.

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:41 PM - reply - flag:

Cricket explained to followers of baseball

posted by Fat Buddha at 03:46 PM - reply - flag:

145, 6! I am a monster!

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:48 PM - reply - flag:

Also, BBC rules. (Last one for me 141 for 9.)

posted by chules at 03:48 PM - reply - flag:

Thanks, FB! For the game and the explanation!

posted by worldcup2002 at 03:52 PM - reply - flag:

When I did a semester in India in college, I was once talking to some of the local kids and they offered to teach me how to play cricket. On my first at-bat I crushed the ball (luckily a tennis ball) right into the face of an 11 year-old kid, who was knocked flat on his back. I stopped playing after that. The kids who lived near campus called me "Cricket" for months after that. (I can't play the flash game here at work for some reason)

posted by Samsonov14 at 04:01 PM - reply - flag:

On my first at-bat , oh dear oh dear.

posted by Fat Buddha at 04:16 PM - reply - flag:

96 and 9 - and that guy was throwing me a lot of junk. But, I owned his fastball.

posted by kloeprich at 04:24 PM - reply - flag:

116 and 6

posted by worldcup2002 at 07:43 PM - reply - flag:

138 and 1

posted by worldcup2002 at 08:27 PM - reply - flag:

I'll quit when I'm ahead with a 185 for 4 (including 4 sixes in my last over).

posted by chules at 09:01 PM - reply - flag:

112 and 4 once I finally got the timing down. Do bowlers have different, uhhhh, pitches? Or do they generally just try to explode the wicket?

posted by mbd1 at 11:02 PM - reply - flag:

124 and 9

posted by worldcup2002 at 11:57 PM - reply - flag:

144 and 3 ok, one more.

posted by worldcup2002 at 12:09 AM - reply - flag:

149 and 4.

posted by worldcup2002 at 01:48 AM - reply - flag:

183 and 1! So I lied. I love this game.

posted by worldcup2002 at 02:07 AM - reply - flag:

First full game: 170 and 6. suckas.

posted by mkn at 03:08 AM - reply - flag:

I was happy with 152 for 6, now I have to beat mkn.

posted by Fat Buddha at 06:29 AM - reply - flag:

I keep getting bowled through the gate. Ugh. A pity that it's all basically seam bowling. If they had a Shane Warne-a-like, then things would get very interesting. But animating a fat bowler is probably tricky in Flash.

posted by etagloh at 10:18 AM - reply - flag:

Okay, it looks as if mouse clicks work better than arrow keys for straight shots, but the arrows work best for stuff that's towards the off and leg sides. Bizarre.

posted by etagloh at 10:25 AM - reply - flag:

129 for 7. But 426? The maximum possible is 432 (6 x 6 x 12). I smell something fishy.

posted by etagloh at 10:33 AM - reply - flag:

Seriously, I scored 2. I couldn't understand that game at all. Every straight ball was a wicket, as for some reason my batsman utterly refused to hit the ball. I don't know what I did wrong.

posted by salmacis at 11:07 AM - reply - flag:

I get the same thing, salmacis, when the ball is almost directly at the batter's feet. I can drill the ball to the right and left, but it seems wildly inconsistent. I surmise that the best way to win this game, then, is to play chin music and break some dishes, since the bastards must be stepping in the bucket or bailing.

posted by wfrazerjr at 12:07 PM - reply - flag:

Use the arrow keys, that's your best bet.

posted by worldcup2002 at 10:19 PM - reply - flag:

Should anybody wish to educate themselves in the arcane art of talking absolute cobblers while the cricket is on, you should have a look at the live text commentary of the last day of the England V South Africa test, at the Guardian. It makes me laugh, anyway.

posted by Fat Buddha at 07:05 AM - reply - flag:

Friday, July 25, 2003

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