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From: azhar@duke.cs.duke.edu (D. Salman [Quintessential] Azhar)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: It's all over!
Date: 12 Aug 92 19:15:12 GMT
Organization: Duke University Computer Science Dept.; Durham, N.C.

In article <1992Aug11.224334.20303@walter.bellcore.com> shamim@.bellcore.com writes:
>In article 713384079@lear.cs.duke.edu,  azhar@duke.cs.duke.edu (D. Salman [Quintessential] Azhar) writes:
>>   One more thing... lest we overlook... Rashid Latif's innings was
>>crucial to the outcome of this match. I saw one od his strokes
>>today... Wow! The man has confidence, don't he?
>>dsqa

>A few weeks ago, after the Lords test, I told you that I had seen Rashid 
>Latif bat and that this boy was going to replace Moin Khan. 

	   Yes, sir, you did! I must confess that I did not believe thou
because I hadn't paid much attention to the fella the one time I saw
him bat. After seeing the confidence manifested in that one shot, I
believe, I do believe!


>Let me tell you an interesting story from the Oval. Before Rashid Latif went out 
>to bat, Boycott came into the dressing room and started to tease Latif. He 
>then went on to say that Latif would not make 35 runs. When asked to 
>put his money where his mouth was, Boycott took out a fiver and stuck it 
>on the dressing room wall saying that this was Latif's if he scored 35 or more. 
>I took out all the money I had (about L200) and was prepared to bet that. 

	   "My sources tell" (which are very reliable tell me) that
originally Boycott was kidding Rashid that he couldn't cross 20. Later
when money and bets were proposed Boycott raised the score to 35. Was
that a separate incident, or is SAN telling an abridged anecdote?

dsqa

-- 
"To have loved and lost is better than to have won.... For, the burden
of victory has to be shouldered throughout life, and all losses rest
easy in the insatiable abyss called grave." 
--- D. Salman [Quintessential] Azhar CS Dept Duke U  azhar@cs.duke.edu
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From: jka@ipsa.reuter.com (Jan Arendtsz)
Subject: AU vs SL, 1st Test, 4th Day, Tea
Organization: Reuters Information Services (Canada) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:56:45 GMT

Aug 20, Colombo:

Australia needing 291 to avoid an innings defeat against Shri-Lanka in the 
first cricket test were 253 for 4 at tea on the fourth day. David Boon and
Dean Jones shared a 3rd wicket partnership of 88 before they were both 
dismissed in the afternoon session after having made half centuries.

Jan
From: aapfl6!zulfiqar@aapfl1.attmail.com
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: ENG vs PAK ONE DAYS ON CABLE
Date: 13 Aug 1992 16:47:56 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

        England vs Pakistan One Day Internationals would be televised
        by most of the cable companies throughout the US.

        Different companies are airing the matches at different times.
        Majority is showing it LIVE on AUGUST 22 (SATURDAY). Some would
        TAPE-DELAY the event by a few hours.

        The AUGUST 24 match would be TAPE-DELAYED and played on
        AUGUST  29 (SATURDAY). Some systems would show it LIVE.

        Your best bet would be to check with your local cable company
        to find the time and day of both the matches. I understand that
        the operators may not know yet because AVI has just struck deals
        with these companies. You might have to talk to your PPV MANAGER
        to get details.

        I also understand that the match would be SCRAMBLED and would not
        be distributed to satellite dish owners unless you make special
        advance arrangements with AVI @ (407) 239-8933.

        Different cable companies are charging different amounts. The 
        range is from  $15 to $20.

        Some folks want to know what they can do if their cable company 
        is unaware of the matches. I suggest that you call the PPV MANAGER
        of your company and let him/her know of your interest and ask them 
        to contact AVI @ (407) 239-8933. It would not be a bad idea to 
        give AVI the name/phone of your cable company's PPV MANAGER 
        as well.
 
        If anyone needs any further info. you can post it to rsc and I
        will see if I can get the answers.
From: sudhama@engin.umich.edu (Sudhama Gopalan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Swing, seam and cut
Date: 12 Aug 1992 15:34:31 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

This is an effort to expand the discussion on swing to include all kinds of
deviation a fast bowler can produce. Now, my experience with cricket is largely
limited to what I see on TV. Hence I'd like to pose a few questions to the
hans-on types:
1) What kind of deviation is more pronounced, generally speaking? Swing (in the
air) before the ball pitches, or deviation after the ball pitches. Which can
be considered to be more difficult to play?
2) Is deviation after the bounce solely due the seam hitting the ground or do 
the principles of swing (in the air) also hold?
3) Is cut to be distinguished from the above because it is solely a consequence
of the fingers (or wrist - isn't that what Merv Hughes does) - just like spin is?

If I had to take a crack at these questions, I'd probably say that swing, seam
and cut are totally different. Swing occurs before the ball pitches - and 
deviation after the ball pitches is not due to aerodynamics (or, the ball only
'seams' after pitching). A corollary to this would be that the use of the
fingers would be a) to keep the seam from wobbling when the ball is in the air
b) get deviation from the pitch. 
 
 Sudhama
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From: ksrao@POWER.EEE.NDSU.NODAK.EDU
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: AU vs SL 1st test 4 th day
Date: 21 Aug 92 20:04:08 GMT
Reply-To: ksrao@POWER.EEE.NDSU.NODAK.EDU


      At the close of play on the fourth day, Australia were 393 for 7. Boone
scored 68, Jones 57 and Taylor 43. Mathew is 51 not out. Anurasiri has taken
three wickets.

      As most of you know, the fourth ODI in the Texaco Cup will be played on
Saturday at Lord's. The scores will be posted every 10 overs after lunchbreak
(the period before that is too early in NA) if I can receive the satellite
transmission as I did for the third game. 


K. Sankara Rao                          e-mail ksrao@power.eee.ndsu.nodak.edu

Department of Electrical Engineering
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105  USA

Phone:  (701)237-7217  (o)
        (701)235-9912  (h)
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From: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu (R. Bharat Rao)
Subject: Re: Aus vs SL
Reply-To: bharat@cs.uiuc.edu
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 14:56:53 GMT

Gihan.N.Wikramanayake@cm.cf.ac.uk (Gihan) writes:
>Australia scored 393/7 by close on the 4th day to gain a lead of 102 runs.
>Many half centuries were scored, including D.Jones 67 run out, M.Waugh 54 and
>G.Matthews 51 n.o.

Looks like a Sri Lankan victory is very much on the cards --- barring
a magnificent rear-guard action or rain, SL is gonna go 1 up in this
series.  Of course, Aus can always hope for a total collapse ala
SAfrica against WI, but that seems unlikely.

Also, must have been a very attractive days cricket -- 373 runs!!
Anyone know if the Test days is 6 hours or 5:30 minutes long in SL (in
India the post-tea session used to typically be 1&1/2 hours long).

>	Gihan(W)
Bharat
From: cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: County Championship 1992 August 17 (Monday)
Date: 17 Aug 92 22:51:01 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.


County Championship 1992 August 17 (Monday)
Day 3 of 3

At Chesterfield
Derbyshire (6) 207
and 334-2 (KJ Barnett 160, JE Morris 55, TJG O'Gorman 62*)
Kent (7) 295 (TR Ward 87, NR Taylor 71, IR Bishop 5-60)
MATCH DRAWN

At Hartlepool
Glamorgan (8) 396-9 dec (H Morris 126, A Dale 68, A Cottey 91)
Durham (4) 201
and (Following on) 313-7 (W Larkins 140, P Bainbridge 56, MP Briers 52)
MATCH DRAWN

At Colchester
Nottinghamshire (3) 249 (PR Pollard 65, CL Cairns 80, JP Stephenson 5w)
and 130 (PM Such 6-39, JH Childs 4w)
Essex (24) 416-6 (JP Stephenson 74, PJ Prichard 136, JJB Lewis 53*)
ESSEX won by an INNINGS and 37 RUNS

At Bournemouth
Hampshire (5) 260 (KD James 74, RA Smith 62, KM Curran 6-45)
and 100 (JP Taylor 7-23)
Northamptonshire (6) 338-8 dec (AJ Lamb 160, D Ripley 57, MD Marshall 4-49)
and 23-0
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE won by 100 RUNS

At Uxbridge
Yorkshire (5) 286 (SR Tendulkar 82, PCR Tufnell 4-92)
and 194-4 dec (SR Tendulkar 77*)
Middlesex (23) 250-6 dec (DL Haynes 83, PN Weekes 64*)
and 234-6 (MR Ramprakash 94)
MIDDLESEX won by 6 WICKETS

At The Oval
Leicestershire (22) 216 (V Wells 56, NJ Kendrick 6-61)
and 267-5 (RP Gofton 75)
Surrey (6) 218 (MA Lynch 106, GJ Parsons 6-70, AD Mullally 4-56)
and 193 (L Potter 4-73)
LEICESTERSHIRE won by 72 RUNS


TABLE

                       Pld.  Won  Btg.  Blg.  Pts.

1   Essex               17    8    52    46   226
2   Leicestershire      18    7    32    50   194
3   Northamptonshire    17    6    51    42   189
4   Kent                17    6    48    39   183
5   Middlesex           17    5    53    49   182
6   Warwickshire        17    5    44    56   180

7   Nottinghamshire     16    6    41    39   176
8   Derbyshire          17    5    36    47   163
9   Sussex              17    4    50    48   162
10  Hampshire           17    4    49    42   155
11  Yorkshire           17    4    42    45   151
12  Surrey              17    4    47    38   149

13  Gloucestershire     17    4    34    48   146
14  Somerset            16    3    47    47   142
15  Worcestershire      17    3    42    47   137
16  Lancashire          18    2    60    42   134
17  Glamorgan           16    3    40    38   126
18  Durham              18    2    36    46   114
From: phl@cs.man.ac.uk ( Peter H Liyanage)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Australia/SL Test
Date: 21 Aug 92 07:43:04 GMT
Reply-To: phl@fiveg.icl.co.uk ( Peter H Liyanage)
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester UK

In article <1992Aug21.124601.10280@waikato.ac.nz> hist1261@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>What's happening in the Sri Lanka/Australia test?  Are the Aussies too
>ashamed to post the latest results?
>
>Richard.


Today is the rest day you wolly. Go back to sleep !!
From: D.G.D.Clark@GDR.BATH.AC.UK (Douglas Clark)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Trent Bridge - latest
Date: 20 Aug 92 15:17:03 GMT

England 363 for 7 off 55 overs
Pakistan 32 for 3 off  9 overs
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From: subbarao@nmsu.edu (Ravi Subbarao)
Subject: CRICKET TOURNAMENT:  UPDATE
Followup-To: rec.sport.cricket
Keywords: cricket, tournament
Organization: New Mexico State University
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 15:50:29 GMT


			CRCKET TOURNAMENT:  UPDATE
			--------------------------


We have received encouraging responses from many teams far and wide, 
eager to participate in this tournament we are hosting.


Right now, there is an open slot for ONE team before we can finalize the
"ties".


Please remember that the LAST DATE FOR ALL ENTRIES IS AUGUST 23RD. 


Hurry up and confirm your team's participation. 


Again, we promise to be excellent hosts and make your Labor Day weekend,
an entertaining and thrilling getaway!!


For those of you who have missed the previous posting, here it goes....

 

                        CRICKET TOURNAMENT
                        ------------------


WHEN:           Labor day weekend..... September 5 through september 7 1992

WHERE:          Las Cruces, New Mexico

HOST:           New Mexico State University Cricket Club

TEAMS:          Expecting five to six teams to participate.

ENTRY FEE:      $200 per team.

TROPHIES:       Attractive trophies to be given under a lot of
                categories.

ACCOMODATION:   Food and comfortable accomodation for all teams
                arranged by the host team.

LAST DATE:      August 23, 1992

FACILITIES:     Excellent playing conditions. Very well maintained
                cricket grounds. Top quality matting wicket.

CONTACT:        S. Sircar

                505-522-7860 (home)
                505-524-5688 (work)
                    OR
                subbarao@nmsu.edu
From: amatin@prism.poly.edu (Akbar Matin)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Mushtaq and Intikhab in County Cricket...
Date: 16 Aug 92 16:06:54 GMT
Organization: Polytechnic University, New York



	As far as I can remember, Intikhab Alam played for Surrey while
Mushtaq Mohammad used to play for Northamptonshire.
From: cdcs@st-andrews.ac.uk (Colin D. C. Steele)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Tour Match 1992 August 17
Date: 17 Aug 92 00:08:21 GMT
Organization: St. Andrews University, Scotland.


Tour Match 1992 August 17
Gloucestershire v Pakistan XI at Bristol
Day 2 of 3

PAKISTAN XI 357-8 dec  (Ramiz Raja 135)    (I'll try to fill in the details
                                                                     later)

and      Aamir Sohail               c & b Smith      30
         Shoaib Mohammad     c Alleyne  b Babington  14
         Ijaz (?)            c Russell  b Vaughan    31
         Inzamam-Ul-Haq            not  out          54
         Rashid Latif        c Alleyne  b Davies     42
         Navid Anjum               not  out           6

         Extras                                       7

         TOTAL                                      184-4


GLOUCESTERSHIRE

  MW Alleyne      c Latif    b Aqib      8
* AJ Wright       c Haq      b Akram     5
  RI Dawson              c & b Akram    19
     Vaughan      c Haq      b Aqib      3
+ RC Russell      c Mushtaq  b Aqib     18
  THC Hancock     c Latif    b Akram    11
  RC Williams     c Anjum    b Aqib     17
  GD Hodgson             lbw b Akram     7
  AM Smith        c Latif    b Akram     0
  M Davies              not  out        22
  AM Babington    c Haq      b Aqib      8

  Extras                                 3

  TOTAL                                123


Match Continues Monday
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: zazamind@mtu.edu (Zamindar)
Subject: Re: Pakistan 200 Not Out   
Organization: Michigan Technological University
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 18:59:39 GMT


Keywords: 
Thank you for the great statistical record of Pakistan's 
Test Career, Tony. 

I am pretty sure you missed one of the great 300+ 
partnerships. It was the one which involved the ever -
consistent Miandad and  the little fellow Shoaib. The 
match was being played in New Zealand and I think the season
was 1987-88.  Miandad scored a most memorable 271 and 
it was the first 150 he made the first day that reminded
us of the Miandad of the 70's. He got bogged down in 270s
and got out. Oops I think I am getting detracked. Anyway 
Shoaib also got 200+ in that game.

Anybody agree with me here?

Once again you did a wonderful job. We await the Test 
career records of Pakistan Cricketers at the end of the
English series.

JM FAN

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From: raza@sarek.ccs.uwo.ca (Mr. Raza Syed)
Subject: Re: The Best Captain (Re: Pakistan: 200 not out.......
Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 01:15:57 GMT

In article <1992Aug19.214941.2963@oakhill.sps.mot.com> asim@pak.sps.mot.com (Asim Omair) writes:
>
>I think that while Mushtaq was the captain, Pakistan had it's strongest side,
>with the likes of Majid Khan, Sadiq Mohammad, Zaheer Abbas, Waseem Raja, Wasim 
>Bari, Asif Iqbal, Sarfaraz Nawaz, Imran Khan, Intekhab Alam and Mushtaq himself.
Yes they were good players but they dont know how to win matches. 

>I believe that most of the above players were at their peak at the time Mushtaq
>was the captain and almost all of them had a permanent place in the team. While
>when Imran became captain, there were a lot of new faces and he had to build the
>team almost from scratch, apart from Miandad and himself. I don't want to take
>any credit away from Mushtaq's captaincy, but it would be nice if somebody could

Imran also had good team first of all he himself was at his very best  then 
Miandad,Zaheer, Sarfraz, bari, raja, Iqbal qasim/qadir! mudassir etc all were
in good form those days, secondly teams performance remained unchanged for
quite a number of years, pakistan lost series to England then WC then series
in Australia, pakistan's first major succes under imran's captainship was
in Australasia cup 1986 four years after becoming the captain, imran remains
absent due to shin injury in three home and two away series during that
period.

S.R.Raza.

 
>post their respective records as captains. I guess everybody can see from my
>signature that this is a biased opinion.
From: anw@maths.nott.ac.uk (Dr A. N. Walker)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Mushtaq sets for Somerset
Date: 14 Aug 92 18:26:37 GMT
Reply-To: anw@maths.nott.ac.uk (Dr A. N. Walker)
Organization: Maths Dept., Nott'm Univ., UK.

In article <14AUG199209463707@vxcrna.cern.ch> hasan@vxcrna.cern.ch writes:
>Now somewhat recklessly, may I add, that if such a revival takes place (though
>leg-break-googly bowling has never been very popular in England) [...]

	Harumph!  LBG was *invented* here [remember Bosanquet?].  I don't
recall it as ever having been "unpopular" until relatively recently.  The
first Notts team I ever watched had *three* of them, and the only visible
function that Jepson [RMF] and Smales [OB] had in many matches was to
roughen the ball for Dooland, Goonesena [and Harvey].  There were lots
on the county circuit, most notably the completely unplayable Doug Wright
[FAST LBG].  Back in history, Notts had a whole string of them, including
several of Test standard.  The decline came in the 50's, for two reasons:
(a) the expense, when the rules made it more important to slow the runs
than to take wickets;  (b) the rise of some brilliant OB bowlers, headed
by Jim Laker, who became the role model for aspiring youngsters.  The
general demise of spin simply reinforced the trend.

	Like you, I hope that the success of AQ and MA is part of a revival
which is long overdue.  A varied spin and pace attack is simply more
interesting to watch than unremitting pace [fast (WI) or medium (England)].

-- 
Andy Walker, Maths Dept., Nott'm Univ., UK.
anw@maths.nott.ac.uk
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From: aapfl6!zulfiqar@aapfl1.attmail.com
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: ENG vs PAK ONE DAYS ON CABLE
Date: 21 Aug 1992 10:02:48 -0500
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu

        England vs Pakistan One Day Internationals would be televised
        by most of the cable companies throughout the US.

        Different companies are airing the matches at different times.
        Majority is showing it LIVE on AUGUST 22 (SATURDAY). Some would
        TAPE-DELAY the event by a few hours.

        The AUGUST 24 match may be TAPE-DELAYED and played on
        AUGUST  29 (SATURDAY). Some systems would show it LIVE.

        Your best bet would be to check with your local cable company
        to find the time and day of both the matches. I understand that
        the operators may not know yet because AVI has just struck deals
        with these companies. You might have to talk to your PPV MANAGER
        to get details.

        I also understand that the match would be SCRAMBLED and would not
        be distributed to satellite dish owners unless you make special
        advance arrangements with AVI @ (407) 239-8933.

        Different cable companies are charging different amounts. The
        range is from  $15 to $20.

        Some folks want to know what they can do if their cable company
        is unaware of the matches. I suggest that you call the PPV MANAGER
        of your company and let him/her know of your interest and ask them
        to contact AVI @ (407) 239-8933. It would not be a bad idea to
        give AVI the name/phone of your cable company's PPV MANAGER
        as well.

        In reply to someone's question, Sammons Communications has indicated
        that in towns where they operate there is no interest in cricket
        and so would not be carrying it. That is hard to believe.
        However, there are other companies in NJ, MA, NY carrying these
        games and are in close proximity.

        If anyone needs any further info. you can post it to rsc and I
        will see if I can get the answers.
From: ABEGLEY@ccmail.sunysb.edu (Anthony M. Begley)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Umpiring at the Oval/Headingly
Date: 13 Aug 1992 13:43:31 -0500
Organization: State University of New York, Stony Brook
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               State University of New York at Stony Brook
                       Stony Brook, NY 11794-2275

                                            Anthony M. Begley
                                            Materials Science
                                            516 632-8516
                                            13-Aug-1992 02:41pm EDT
FROM:  ABEGLEY
TO:    Remote Addressee                     ( _rec-sport-cricket@cs.utexas.edu )

SUBJECT: Umpiring at the Oval/Headingly                               



Dear All,

SAN says:

> What was absolutely clear from the Oval test was that when you had two
> good umpires who were respected by both sides, nothing untoward
> happened at all.  We had very few appeals ...
> So it seemed clear to a lot of people at the Oval that the problems
> vanished once we got umpires that were respected.  

I feel this is only partially the explanation. The umpires in the Oval test DID
probably command more respect but ..

surely it is the nature of the test itself that influences behaviour on the 
field. I know this is going to get me into trouble but .

wouldnt u agree that the fact that Pakistan were thrashing England from
lunchtime of the 1st day influence the fact that noone complained about
the umpiring ? There was no need to get upset about close LBW decisions
going against the Pak attack since they had the upper hand anyway.
Of course the relative ease of the Oval pitch made the number of LBW appeals
much reduced cf to Headingly.

Im not being biased against the Pak here, its just that the 2 W's are always
going to have a lot of close LBW appeals cos of their ability. The England 
bowlers dont swing/seam the ball as much so it always appears as if Pakistan
gets the worst of the decisions (based on sheer numbers).

Im sure if England had been losing at Headingly and were being refused a lot of 
close decisions the English bowlers would have reacted as strongly (with 
some notable exceptions.)

Tony

>	--SAN
From: sobitha@author.ecn.purdue.edu (Sobitha W Samaranayake)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: SL/AUS D3
Date: 19 Aug 92 14:36:54 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network

Aus first inn. 25*
SL  first inn. 55*-8 dec -lead of 291 runs

AUS second inn 20-0
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