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From: brit@wagner.Physics.McGill.CA (Dave Britton)
Subject: ---Report from Headingly---
Organization: McGill University
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:39:26 GMT

(Sent to me about the Headingly Test...)

England won the 4th test at Headingly to square the series with one to
play at the Oval. England's margin of 6 wkts was tighter than it appears
and Gower was there to swat away the winning runs in a gutsy 31 not out
made off 97 balls in 2 and a quarter hours. He came in with the score 65-4
and an aggresive and overzealously appealing Pakistani side.

On Saturday England collapsed from 270-1 to all out for 320, the last
8 wkts going for just 28 runs. Gooch 135, Atherton 76, Smith 42, 
Stewart 8, Gower 18 not out and then Ramprakash, Hick, Lewis, Pringle,
Mallender and Munton making 2 between them. Pakistan made 220ish in 
their second innings (Mallender taking 5-50 and 8 wkts in the match;
Pringle 3-66 in the second innings) with Salim Malik being 166 not out 
in his two innings. England required just 99 to win but lost wickets at
 1-27, 2-27, 3-61 and 4-65. Gooch scored 37, Atherton 5, Smith 0, 
Gower 31 not out and Ramps 12 not out (note that by getting off the mark,
Ramps avoided four consectutive test ducks).

The Pakistanis were really agressive with their appealling. At one point
the slip fielder (later fined by the match referree for pour conduct not  
in the spirit of the game) charged half the length of the pitch hugging 
the bowler only to have the umpire say not out. He threw down his cap and
was fined. Two balls later the wicket keeper did the same, appealling for
a catch off of Gower and hugging all of his team mates and then looked 
increduously at the umpire when Gower was not given out. Gower even 
exchanged words with him the tension was so acute.


Headingly has now produced 11 straight test results. Hick also set an 
England fielding record with six catches. Looks like Gower's place for 
the tour to India this winter is set. Hopefully his form will remain with 
him for the Oval and for the test series next summer vs Australia.
From: cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: England XI v Rest of World 1992 July 30 (Thursday)
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:52:20 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.


Heritage Homes Festival Match at Jesmond

ENGLAND XI v REST OF WORLD
55 overs per side

ENGLAND XI

MA Roseberry       st Parore    b Simmons    9
BC Broad                        b Patel     22
JE Morris          c Bishop     b Simmons   16
AJ Stewart         c Greatbatch b Pringle   34
NH Fairbrother     c Marshall   b Pringle   84
CC Lewis           c Parore     b Patel      6
SJ Rhodes          c Tendulkar  b Bishop    49
DG Cork            c Crowe      b Pringle   35
DE Malcolm                 not  out          5
PCR Tufnell                not  out          7
ARC Fraser

Extras                                      11

Total                                      272-8




REST OF WORLD

MJ Greatbatch        c Lewis     b Tufnell  41
PV Simmons                       b Malcolm  13
DL Haynes                    lbw b Tufnell  52
RB Richardson        c Rhodes    b Fraser   38
MD Crowe                    run  out         9
SR Tendulkar         c Cork      b Lewis    38
DN Patel                     lbw b Cork      1
AC Parore                    lbw b Cork     14
MD Marshall          c Rhodes    b Cork      8
C Pringle                        b Lewis     3
IR Bishop                   not  out         4

Extras                                      11

Total                                      232 (45.2)


ENGLAND XI won by 40 RUNS
From: dlow@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au.ua.oz (David J Low)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: LBW rules: Expert Opinion needed
Date: 22 Jul 92 13:35:22 GMT

From article <7877@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au>, by dlow@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au.ua.oz (David J Low):
> 
>      1) did the ball pitch outside leg stump?  If YES then NOTOUT, else 2)
> 
>      2) did the ball pitch outside off stump?  If YES then (i), else 3)
                       ^^^^^

      Oops.  Should be "strike", or "hit the pad", not pitch.  Doesn't
      matter if it pitches outside off as long as it HITS in line.  If it
      hits outside the line and the batsman played a shot, then NOTOUT as
      given above.

      Apologies,
		David.

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From: rajeev@hpnmdla.sr.hp.com (Rajeev Menon)
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:36:20 GMT
Subject: Re: English umpiring
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Rosa, CA
Organization: Penn State University
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 10:28:40 EDT
From: Spaceman Spiff <SXK129@psuvm.psu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Sunil does not read the headers anyway : -)
 <1992Jul30.185228.25576@leland.Stanford.EDU>

aha! this time i did! :-)

anyway:

In article <1992Jul30.185228.25576@leland.Stanford.EDU>,
ravikane@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ravindra Shantaram Kane) says:
>
>What % of India's total did Kapil make during his legendary knock
>of 175 n.o. vs. Zimbabwe ( I have a feeling it could be more than
>71% of India's total)

he scored 175 n.o. out of 266- works out to just over 65 %

Stay cool,
The Thinker

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From: aamir@cs.sfu.ca (Aamir Husain)
Subject: Pak vs Eng T4
Keywords: At tea D4
Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 14:41:55 GMT


England 42/2 at tea
gooch 26 no
gower 6 no

Aamir
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From: ganesh@cs.albany.edu (Ganesh Murugesan)
Subject: Re: Field Hockey
Originator: ganesh@karp.albany.edu
Organization: Computer Science Department, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY 12222
	<1992Jul29.142007.992@seas.gwu.edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 21:17:05 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.142007.992@seas.gwu.edu> ahmad@seas.gwu.edu (Aftab Ahmad) writes:


   In article <867@hobby.ukc.ac.uk> srd@ukc.ac.uk (S.R.Davies) writes:
   >In article <1992Jul27.154538.3866@seas.gwu.edu> ahmad@seas.gwu.edu (Aftab Ahmad) writes:
   >>
	   [ ...stuff deletd...]

	
	There is a seperate news group for field hockey where people
are regulalry posting scores and descriptions of all Olympic
hockey matches.

	rec.sport.hockey.field

Enjoy

Ganesh


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From: pmc5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Paul M Corballis)
Subject: Re: 2 questions and a comment
Reply-To: pmc5@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Paul M Corballis)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:08:59 GMT

In article <Bs23sG.Az1@scd.hp.com> apm@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt) writes:
>pmc5@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Paul M Corballis) writes:
>:  New Zealand did pretty well (especially at home) for years
>: with a bowling attack that relied on medium pace swing and seam bowling
>: rather than blistering pace (of course, having Sir Richard Hadlee helped).
>
>I thought Sir Richard _was_ their bowling attack.

Next to Sir Richard, most of the others may have somewhat paled into
insignificance, but NZs performance during the "Hadlee era" can't 
be attributed solely to him (sorry, that should be Him :-), as the
results from those matches he didn't play attest.  Hadlee actually 
serves to prove my point, though, which was that blistering speed isn't
the _only_ ingredient for a useful bowling attack, especially in the
right conditions.  Hadlee, of course was dangerous in all conditions,
and sharp enough in his day, but most of NZs other successful bowlers
have been military medium in the last decade or so.  This type of attack
works very well in New Zealand (and to some extent, English) conditions,
where the ball keeps fairly low, and swings and cuts a lot.

[Ramble mode off]


>Andrew

Cheers, Paul


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From: wayne@gbrmpa.gov.au (Wayne Amisano)
Subject: Re: Cricket in Olympics?
Organization: Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 01:02:08 GMT

rajah@soda.berkeley.edu (Raja S Kushalnagar) writes:

>I was startled when I noted that baseball was a full-fledged event
>in the Olympics, and had been for quite a while, for it certainly
>does not seem to be `widespread', as required by the Olympic charter.
>(North America, Far East, and that's about it).  And I can think
>of many other sports that are not that widespread either -- e.g.,
>pelota, etc.  Though cricket is played mainly by Commonwealth countries,
>they are widespread enough -- Europe, Australia, Asia, Americas and
>Africa -- five continents, which should qualify.  Though perhaps, not
>until the advent of the one day matches in the early eighties, was it 
                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Didn't they start in the late seventies with Kerry Packer and WSC.

>practical to compress a tournament into two weeks.  Still, one-days
>have been around for a long time, and I'm surprised why there has
>not been any open debate or bidding to get cricket included in the
>Olympics. 

Does it live up to the Olympic idea of Higher, Stronger, Faster!!

Some sports currently in the olympics are questionable in this regard!!

>Anyone know if there has been any active bidding for getting cricket
>included in the Olympics, and if so, when could we expect it to be
>included? 2000 AD?

>	-Raja
>Disclaimer: No posting can ever be more accurate than h bar over pi. :)
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From: jawad@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jawad Ali)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: T4 D3 first fifty minutes
Date: 25 Jul 1992 05:51:49 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu


England are having a very satisfactory morning session.  253/1
Gooch 112
Smith Thirtysomething.

Unlike what the scoreboard shows, Akram is actualy bowling well.
Edge from Smith in his last over fell just short of the slips and
went for 4.  Gooch is certainly more comfortable.

New ball should be due right about now.

... just time enough for us to do a:

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From: x90mumtaz@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: WHAT ABOUT CRICKET!!!!!!!!
Date: 23 Jul 92 15:02:04 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

hi,
   Can't anybody in Pakistan, India, Australia, New Zealand, ENGLAND and
even USA , Canada mail the full details of the first day of 4th test. 

Atif [who is anxiously waiting for a reply] Mumtaz

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From: shamim@.bellcore.com (Shamim Naqvi,MRE-2E342,829-4813,,21272)
Subject: Re: Three umpires at a cricket match
Reply-To: shamim@.bellcore.com
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 21:08:18 GMT

In article 27648@leland.Stanford.EDU,  urajan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Uday Rajan) writes:
     On the face of it, this sounds like a good idea. There is so much money
>in the international game today, and players are always complaining about
>umpires' decisions -

The amount of money in cricket is not as much as you may think. 
Top England players get about 2000 pounds per test
match. A very very good county player will get about 20,000 pounds an
year.  Pakistan uses a three tier system: a new test cap will get about
10,000 rupees ($400 US) per test match.

Certainly there is more money than the old days. In the early 1970s, a
Pakistan test player would get 500 rupees per test match (the
conversion rate at that time was about 9 rupees to the dollar).

	--SAN

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From: s1172217@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Smith)
Subject: A couple of Questions
Organization: Monash University College Gippsland, Churchill, 3842, Australia
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:28:24 GMT

Just a quick couple of questions to you guys around the world.

Firstly can anyone tell me how points are scored in the Ranji Trophy domestic
comp or Quad-e-Azam(spelling?) domestic comp in India or Pakistan.  ie. points
for win outright/first innings, bonus points and how to qualify for those
points?

Also can someone tell me what happens to those cricketers in England that are
on the county staffs but for one reason or another are not required by that
county's first or second XI's and how are people recuited for these staff, ie.
is it the best performers in the local league who are willing and able to make
a full time commitment to cricket?

Mark.
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From: andyc@is.morgan.com (Andrew Coad)
Subject: Re: Three umpires at a cricket match
Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 13:50:05 GMT

Why do we need *any* umpires on the field at all? Why can't all the umpires
sit in a box and watch TV? That way players can be informed of decisions by
flashing lights or hand signals (out could be signalled by a raised middle
finger). The additional advantage is that players will be responsible for their
own sweaters.


Andrew Coad
Morgan Stanley
New York
(212) 703-2112
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From: ramana@unislc.uucp (Ramana Ramachandran)
Subject: Re: Question on Umpiring and LBW
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 19:27:28 GMT

9063iyerm@vms.csd.mu.edu (Murali Iyer) writes:
: In article <9221100.27444@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>, kre@cs.mu.oz.au (Robert Elz) writes:
: >In <1992Jul28.084134@is.morgan.com> andyc@is.morgan.com (Andrew Coad) writes:>

[...]

: subjectivity creeping into what should have been a dispassionate task. If the
:umpire can't stand the bowler appealing with one hand up in the air and another
					      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: on his cr**ch, can the prudish umpire reject the appeal on the grounds that 
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: that is not the right way to appeal,  because he doesn't like the "dirty

[...]

kapli's 300+ wickets is a testimony that umpires dont mind :-) :-) :-)

ramana
ramana@unislc.slc.unisys.com
From: ravi@wti.com (Ravi Raj)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Field Hockey
Date: 30 Jul 92 20:32:57 GMT
Organization: Wavefront Technologies Inc, Santa Barbara, CA
X-Disclaimer: Not a spokesperson for Wavefront Technologies, Inc.

In article <867@hobby.ukc.ac.uk> srd@ukc.ac.uk (S.R.Davies) writes:
>
>     My only objection is to the name Field Hockey. The game is called
> Hockey. I presume that Field Hockey is another Americanism that the
> rest of the world is supposed to meekly accept. We should counter this
> by inventing our own stupid names for American sports, such as Indoor
> Netball and Field Wrestling and see how they like it.
>
> Regards, Steve.

While what you are saying is true in many cases (eg. football being
called soccer, etc.), I have to disagree with you on this issue.
It makes sense to call it Field Hockey because of the existence of
another Olympic sport -- Ice Hockey. It probably would also make
sense to classify wrestling as Field Wrestling if there existed an
equivalent sport on ice -- like Ice Wrestling!
From: raza@engrg.uwo.ca (Mr. Raza Syed)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: eng 71/4 in sec inings...
Date: 26 Jul 92 16:15:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: julian.1992Jul26.161517.2183
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Western Ontario, London


source:

talk comand to Jawad Ali at PAD...

S.R.Raza.
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: lester@elec.uq.oz.au ( Sean Lester)
Subject: Re: Cricket in Olympics?
Organization: Prentice Centre, University of Queensland
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 06:57:07 GMT

rajah@soda.berkeley.edu (Raja S Kushalnagar) writes:

>  Though cricket is played mainly by Commonwealth countries,
>they are widespread enough -- Europe, Australia, Asia, Americas and
>Africa -- five continents, which should qualify. 

>Anyone know if there has been any active bidding for getting cricket
>included in the Olympics, and if so, when could we expect it to be
>included? 2000 AD?


I read somewhere that there were intentions to include cricket as a
demonstration sport at the next Commonwealth Games!?

Sean.
From: bruce@tcom.stc.co.uk (Bruce Munro)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Gavaskar's last Test and first class innings
Date: 21 Jul 92 17:50:07 GMT
Organization: BNR Europe, New Southgate, London.

In article <1992Jul18.201531.28367@access.usask.ca> sundaram@skorpio.usask.ca (Meenakshi Sundaram) writes:
>
>In article <GM7316.92Jul17154213@eve.albany.edu>, gm7316@csc.albany.edu (Ganesh M.) writes:
>|> In article <1992Jul17.175824.19379@leland.Stanford.EDU> urajan@leland.Stanford.EDU (Uday Rajan) writes:
>|> 
>|> 
>|>    I think he was planning to retire from first-class cricket at the end of 
>|>    that domestic season, but was enticed out of it by the prospect of chasing 
>|>    a long-cherished dream - that of a century at Lord's. In fact, after being
>|>    out for a duck in the first innings of that match, and surviving a close
>|>    call for a catch behind the wicket in Marshall's opening over in the second 
>|>    innings, he went on to score 188* (?). 
>|> 
>|> 
>|> =========> I think it is the other way round. He scored a century in the
>|> 	first innings and got a duck in the second , when he was bowled
>|> 	by Marshall in fading light.
>|> 
>           Yes, Ganesh is correct. What was more surprising is, Roger Harper
>came after Gavaskar and hit a few delightful fours off Marshall in the same 
>situation.

I was at this game and seem to remember that Marshall's delivery was an
absolute stormer that sent one of the stumps a considerable distance. Shame
for Gavaskar really, but after 188 in the first innings you can't really
complain.

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From: aamir@cs.sfu.ca (Aamir Husain)
Subject: Pak vs Eng T-4
Keywords: day 3
Organization: CSS, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 10:28:43 GMT

start of Play on the 3rd day

Crucial day for both sides, with england looking to having a
comfortable first innings lead, while pakistan hoping to dismiss
england very quickly today.

Over to Headingley


Damn this reception, walked around f0r 20 mins till i managed to
hear to some extent what was going on. Gooch has made his century,
i figured that out after hearing roars.

england 228 or (238?) /1
gooch 109 no

more later, Aamir
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From: cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Nat West Trophy - Quarter Finals 1992 July 29 (Wednesday)
Date: 29 Jul 92 23:29:40 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.


National Westminster Bank Trophy Quarter Finals
60 overs per side

At Leicester
Leicestershire 249 (59.3) (JJ Whitaker 63)
Durham 204 (56) (PWG Parker 54)
LEICESTERSHIRE won by 45 RUNS


At Birmingham
Warwickshire 224 (AJ Moles 72)
Kent 161 (52.5) (MR Benson 57)
WARWICKSHIRE won by 63 RUNS


At Swansea
Northamptonshire 224-8 (RJ Bailey 98*)
Glamorgan 141 (51.1)
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE won by 83 RUNS


At Cheltenham
Gloucestershire 236-7 (CWJ Athey 59, Vaughan 54*)
Essex 240-4 (57.1) (GA Gooch 105*, PJ Prichard 58)
ESSEX won by 6 WICKETS


SemiFinals to be played 12th August


CDC
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: andyc@is.morgan.com (Andrew Coad)
Subject: Re: R.S.C.Scores be used more frequently
Organization: Morgan Stanley - IS
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 16:07:08 GMT

I vote in favour of keeping everything in r.s.c. Articles are easily distinguishable provided you use meaningful subject text. E.g. have you ever had a problem finding Colin Steele's scorecards? Another question. Would you put all the intra-day "latest updates"? In r.s.c.s or r.s.c? Where would i go for up to the minute postings?

If wading through reams of bull.... is the main problem here then let's all speak up and get the bul.... off the airwaves. Yeah, we could replace r.s.c.s with r.s.c.b (bull....). That should fix the problem.

Anyway, in true Ross Perot democratic fashion, let's do an electronic vote. Post your preference to r.s.c.s by stating simply 'r.s.c' or 'r.s.c.s' in the subject field (make sure your name is included or else it won't be counted - no fictious names either i.e. Salman Rushdie wouldn't count either). Stating r.s.c means you favour keeping everything in r.s.c and vice-versa. I vote myself "Master of the Count and Exalted Chairman" which means I can impose any rule I wish if things get out of hand (or I can to


tally cancel the whole idea on a whim). Anybody who has a problem with this won't get a vote (I love democracy). Two final thoughts:
	1) if most vote in favour of r.s.c, we should delete r.s.c.s
	2) if most vote in favour of r.s.c.s, people will still post scores on
	   r.s.c.

Vote now (women are allowed to vote)!

Andrew Coad
Morgan Stanley
New York
(212) 703-2112

Ergo bibo sum (I drink, therefore I am) <--- How about that one, Spaceman?
From: x90mumtaz@gw.wmich.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: I am a neo-nazi
Date: 25 Jul 92 19:07:54 EST
Organization: Western Michigan University

In article <25JUL199216262967@rosie.uh.edu>, inde789@rosie.uh.edu (Challa, Dinshaw S.) writes:
> 	To all inferior races:   
> 
> 		The true master race is back and as always ready...
> 
> 	I challenge all lesser races to prove this fact for themselves
> 		I want an intellectual discussion on the merits of 
> 			bashing the inferior races out of existence
> 				as we almost succedded with the jewish scum
> 
> 						God Bless You
                                                

which GOD do you believe in??

Atif Mumtaz
From: hist1261@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Double Internationals
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:40:21 +1200
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

In article <23JUL199219104255@zeus.tamu.edu>, avs4700@zeus.tamu.edu (ANAND SRINIVASA) writes:
> 
> In article <23JUL199213191773@vxcrna.cern.ch>, hasan@vxcrna.cern.ch
> writes:
> 
> 
> C.B.Fry, England's captain around 1910 was also a double international. He 
> played rugby (?) at an international level and was also a noted long jumper.
> 
> 
>> Probably true. Legend also has it that the king of some African country
> (Monrovia?) was so impressed by Fry's feats that he offered Fry the
> presidentship of his country. Of course, the cricketer-rugbier(?)-
> long jumper-gentleman that Fry is, he quietly declined the invitation.
> 
> 
> 
> ________________
> anand.
> 
> 

A certain New Zealand recipient of a certain Australian non-delivery was
also a damn good All Black.

Richard.

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