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From: khanzu@ac.wfunet.wfu.EDU (Zaki Khan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket.scores,rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Pakistanis' Schedule in Australia
Followup-To: rec.sport.cricket
Date: 22 Nov 1992 16:35:05 +1100
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     Hi there kids!  This is the Pakistan Sports Desk reporting live from the 
campus of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.

     The following is the schedule for the Pakistani team's tour of Australia:

Arrival: November 27

November 29    vs    Western Australia County Districts
December  2    vs    Western Australia @ Perth
December  7    vs    Invitational XI @ Alice Springs
December 19-22 vs    Queensland @ Brisbane


WORLD SERIES CUP:

December 4    vs    West Indies @ Perth
December 10   vs    Australia @ Hobart 
December 12   vs    West Indies @ Adelaide
December 13   vs    Australia @ Adelaide
December 17   vs    West Indies @ Sydney
January  9    vs    West Indies @ Brisbane
January  12   vs    Australia @ Melbourne
January  14   vs    Australia @ Sydney
      
January  16         F I R S T  F I N A L  @ Sydney\
January  18          S E C O N D  F I N A L  @ Melbourne
January  20         T H I R D  F I N A L  @ Melbourne (if required)


                                                                           ZK

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From: fkhan@daisy.ee.und.ac.ZA (Feroz Khan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket.scores,rec.sport.cricket
Subject: SA vs India Day 4 10:10
Followup-To: rec.sport.cricket
Date: 16 Nov 1992 22:27:54 +1100
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Hi there Netters,

It is now 10:05 and is raining in Durban. No play is in progress and the
umpires have said that they will review the situation periodically. Looking
at the weather here outside, there is heavy cloud cover all around and a
light north easterly wind is blowing (generally brings some moisture in
from the sea along with rain). It has been raining continuously for the
past 1/2 half hour and we expect showers throughout the day.


Feroz Khan
Third Year Electrical Engineering
University of Natal
Durban
South Africa
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From: fkhan@daisy.ee.und.ac.ZA (Feroz Khan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket.scores,rec.sport.cricket
Subject: SA vs India D5 Lunch
Date: 17 Nov 92 10:11:45 GMT
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Hi there

At lunch South Africa are 66/0. The weather here in Durban is cold and
overcast and currently there are some menacing dark clouds hanging about,
so in all probability there will be some rain this afternoon.

Judging by the way that Hudson and Cook are batting, they are looking for
batting practice against the spin attack of India. Hudson however has not
looked very comfortable in conditions which suit spin and swing.

Feroz
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From: penglish@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au (Paul English)
Subject: Re: Flogging dead chinamen (sic)
Organization: Macquarie University, Australia.
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 06:55:30 GMT

In article <1992Nov23.012114.3472@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> sutton@dart.ece.cmu.edu (Peter Sutton) writes:
>
>In article <1992Nov20.234456.26616@walter.bellcore.com>, shamim@bellcore.com (Shamim Naqvi,MRE-2E342,829-4711,,21273) writes:
>>In article 01GRDOTDJYHU9859BS@ccmail.sunysb.edu,  ABEGLEY@ccmail.sunysb.edu (Anthony M. Begley) writes:
>>>
>>>PS Still noone can name just one LH WRIST spinner !! Surely there must have been 
>>>one somewhere, even if not in test cricket. If so did he have a chinaman?
>>>
>>
>>I must have missed your question. In test cricket, the best example is 
>>Garfield Sobers who not only bowled LH finger spin but also LH wrist spin. 
>>He took many many wickets with wrist spin including 4 or 5 in a ROW vs 
>>England at Lords. The Chinaman is named after a Chinese player Ellis 
>>Achong who played for the WI before the second world war. For Pakistan, 
>>Miran Bux, a test cricketer was also a LH wrist spinner. For India, none 
>>other than the great Vinoo Mankad was a prime exponent of this art (he also 
>>bowled LH finger spin). In fact after Sobers I believe Mankad was the most 
>>complete all rounder. 
>
>I'm sure I can remember Australian David Hookes bowling them too. Perhaps 
>someone with a memory less hazier than mine can confirm this.
>

He did indeed.  Another current example is David Freedman of N.S.W.  Two of
his three wickets against the W.I. yesterday were with the chinaman
delivery.

P.S.  I stand corrected on my earlier post, the chinaman is indeed the
wrong un, not the stock ball of a left arm wrist spinner.


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From: 9063iyerm@vms.csd.mu.edu (Murali Iyer)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: cricket and sleep
Date: 16 Nov 1992 18:37:54 GMT
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Ahh! I am awake now! Had to shake myself out of the slumber induced by Arbi,
Anyway, it is lunch time, so I won't get mad at Arbi. In fact, I guess I should
thank him, since the food would have grown cold otherwise. 

In article <1992Nov16.171215.23899@news.uakron.edu>, arbi@charles.polymer.uakron.edu (The Dude) writes:

       < a delighful lullaby -- oops --, article by Arbi deleted in part>

>that going to a cricket match is a more reasonable excuse to skip work than
>the need to sleep. by falling asleep together in tests, friendships are
>fostered. however, there is a game here too: the commentators are paid to
>stay awake and initiate applause every once in a while so that spectators

What about the relief team of commentators that come and takeover from the
sleepless couple of guys who have floundered thru a good fifteen minutes of the
game? You see, even these guys get a good rest/sleep despite being paid to saty
awake. After all, they are also humans, and need their sleep.

>don't sleep that well - a major reason why commentators are criticized
>heavily. but they are an integral part of the game. people who sell food
>and beverages need people to be awake so they have their agents going around
>and waking people by stepping on them or shouting in their ears. teen-agers
>relish being cruel to people so they bother their sleep by bringing all kinds
>of musical instruments and playing them.

And if that fails, the orange peel is always handy. They are all in cahoots, I
tell you. The vendor, the teenager and the commentators. And every once in a
while, the guy at the public address system wakes up and utters some nonsense,
which would anyway have been unintelligible. Just more noise to disturb a
well-deserved sleep. Cricket is no more the game it was, I tell you. And then
there was this gentleman who used to shudder into wakefulness everytime there
was a loud appeal -- accompanied by a group-sprint to the non-striker's end as
if to slap awake the poor, sleeping umpire -- by More and his colleagues, and
give a discourse on how the game has deteriorated over the decades. 


>well, if you didn't fall asleep reading this article, i can't help you. you're
>not cricket material. however, ksrao, who is a qualified commentator for the
>net, musthave posted scores a few times to keep you awake while reading this -
>see how devious the whole thing is?


>peace an' luv,
>arbi

back to sleep, thank you.

-Murali
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From:  ()
Subject: India-YAI XI What happened on 2nd and 3rd day?
Followup-To: rec.sport.cricket
Organization: Public Macs, Yale University
Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:21:52 GMT

Whatever happened to the 4 day game between India and the yet another
invitation
eleven? There has been no post on the second or third day's play.

If this is just our network messing up, I apologize for this post!
I will not bother Pieter with a personal mail, and just wait and wait.....

Rohit
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
From: karnik@hecto.cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik)
Subject: Re: (none) --- actually about Amre
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 22:14:13 GMT

In <1992Nov15.184758.8033@samba.oit.unc.edu> Sanjay.Naik@launchpad.unc.edu (Sanjay Naik) writes:

>	Don't forget Kiran! Once again he contributed more than useful
>runs and took part in a decent partnership with Amre. 

	Kiran More has certainly turned out to be a fine replacement for
Kirmani as a gritty lower-order batsman. Now if only he was anywhere near
as good with the gloves.....

>Only a 150 runs in the day - I was thinking the same thing. There must
>have been some interruptions though.A good day for India, but we're still
>not out of the woods though. But wait a minute, if the wicket's turning
>and wot with our two spinners........................nah! I'm dreaming.

	No harm in dreaming :-) Let me try... Watch out for Ravi Shastri's
BOWLING performance tomorrow :->

>Sanjay Naik.


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From: shankar@sgi.com (Shankar Unni)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Amre and humor-challenged Indian netters..
Date: 17 Nov 92 18:33:28 GMT
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(Sorry for posting this crud in rec.sport.cricket, but this warning
needs to go everywhere that posters are likely to run into Indian
readers)...

Ravi Raj suggested, with his tongue firmly in cheek, that Amre should
be dropped from the side in favor of quotas. He ended the article with:

  ":-) :-)"

Nevertheless, he received several angry rebukes and gratuitous insults
from D.I.Patel@lut.ac.uk, RAJA@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU, and
nkrishna@mcs213e.cs.umr.edu.

Ravi, you should realize by now that the vast majority of Indians are
severely humor-impaired (or should I say "humor-challenged"?).  Years
of watching Asrani and Johnny Walker humor in movies has dulled the
finer aspects of our humor-detection mechanism until the only jokes we
can comprehend are crude, sexually suggestive Sardarji or Pathan
jokes, or stereotypical Marwadi, Gujju and Madrasi jokes.


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     TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IF YOU FEEL AN URGE TO POST A HEATED
     REBUTTAL TO THIS POSTING, PLEASE SEE YOUR FAMILY DOCTOR
     OR A NET WIZARD.  BETTER STILL, WATCH 4 HOURS OF MONTY
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Only then does a dim glimmer of the true intent of the posting enter a
typical Indian netter's mind.

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From: brendan@otc.otca.oz (Brendan Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: First ball dismissal
Date: 20 Nov 92 02:08:51 GMT

Way back when, zorl@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mr RK Laubscher) wrote:
> ...first time a batsman has been dismissed first ball of the match on debut
                                                                        ***** 
Then others contributed:
>>If I remember right, Gavaskar was out first ball to Imran Khan. That
>>was Gavaskar's last series. May be I am wrong. Can anyone clarify.
>>...
> If I am not mistaken Boycott was also out once on the first ball by Rodney 
> Hogg during the Packer years in Australia.

For crying out loud... read what the topic is about!!

FIRST BALL IN TEST DUCK ON DEBUT.  Not anything else.  OK?

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From: sudhama@engin.umich.edu (Sudhama Gopalan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Impressions on the Ind-SA  Test#1
Date: 18 Nov 1992 09:13:14 -0600
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Am forwarding this for Enver Govender:

Sudhama
Please post this for me in the cricket section as I do not know how.
I was privileged to have been at the ground for the first 3 days of
the test match.
Three historic moments.
   Kapil's first baller.
   Tendukar given out by tv
   Amre's superb debut century

   One comment was "After 132 years they had
finally allowed ad Indian to bowl at kingsmead and he only needed one
ball to take a wicket.

Back to cricket. I thought that Kapil, Prabakar, Kumble and Shastri
The weather favoured swing bowling. Kumble with the bounce has
brought a new type of spin bowling to SA. SA batsmen are not used to
this. Srinath who is a real tryer is like many of the local pace
bowlers.
The ground fielding was not of a very high standard and Azar dropping
Kirsten and Kumble fumbling a run out of Wessels (on 49) was desisive
as it would have brought Rhodes and McMillan in earlier.
India's top order was dissapointing. Ravi stay was important even if
he did not score many runs. Jadega was totally lost in this level of
cricket and I do not think that he is ready to open at test level now.
Tendulkar looked good for the little time that he was there. He was
really short sighted in looking for that run. Most of us were
dissapointed because we would have loved to have seen him in full
flight. Incidently it was the first time that I have seen a crowd
give a batsman a standing ovation even before he could come to bat.
Azar looked good till he was run out. The batsmen must watch out for
SA's ground fielding which is probably the best in the world.
Amre was magnificient, Patient (once went an hour without scoring a
run) and devastating when he went after the bowling from the 80's.
SA bowling was suprisingly negative, Short and wide. Batsmen only had
to play 1 or 2 balls per over.
Kapil was reckless and both Prabakar and Kumble stayed well with Amre
and More when needed. What more can one say about More.
India missed a good chance of going one up as the ball would
have swung viciously on the fourth day if only the slight drizzle had
kept away. I do not think the Indian bowlers will find any useful
bowling tracts for the rest of the tour.
Amre was named man of the match. Even though the crickret was slow it
was certainly not boring. As for the poor crowd. I think there were
many reasons. There seemed to be a big absence of white support. Most
young SA's know only OD cricket. Prices were too high for the average
man in the street.
Incidently India had more support in the ground than SA. I am sure
this must be a first in world cricket.
I will have to see the rest of the games on TV except for the 6th
OD/NM.
Please feel free to contact me.
Enver Govender
GOVENDER@SUPERBOWL.UND.AC.ZA
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From: ddey@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Debabrata Dey)
Subject: Re: Statistics Corner: Re Amre's Feat
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 17:19:14 EST

In article <1ef2doINNok6@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> banarji@unixg.ubc.ca (Ajai Banarji) writes:
>R. H. Shodhan		110  vs Pak, Calcutta, 1952-53

Sorry to be so picky, but shouldn't this be D. H. Shodhan?

>(You could also add K. S. Ranjitsinhji and the Nawab of Pataudi (sr) who
>played for England.)

Curious -- what were their scores?

>  Possibly a better test of future greatness is not scoring a century on
>debut, but scoring a century in one's second test. This "decision rule"
>worked for the all-time greats like Gavaskar, Viv Richards and Zahir Abbas, as well as some other fairly successful players like Mudassar Nazar and Greg 
>Ritchie.

Curious again -- didn't Bradman score a century in his 2nd test? Or was it his
third? How about Weekes, Hutton, Hammond, Hobbs, and more recently  Gower?
As the net.cricket.statistician :-) would you please satisfy our curiosity?
From: karnik@deci.cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: SAARC Cricket
Date: 19 Nov 92 02:31:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: deci.karnik.722140308
Organization: University of Minnesota

In <1992Nov18.221516.19752@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU> kumar@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (V.R.Kumar) writes:

>>>INDIA TO TAKE PART IN SAARC CRICKET
:
:
:
>Hmmmm....... no players from South !!! That is Indian cricket !!

	The smiley, the smiley, you forgot the smiley!!


>V R Kumar

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From: kaushik@dvorak.amd.com (Kaushik Chhotani)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket,soc.culture.indian
Subject: Re: Amre and humor-challenged Indian netters..
Date: 18 Nov 92 15:45:13 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

In article <1ebdtoINNh0n@fido.asd.sgi.com> shankar@sgi.com (Shankar Unni) writes:
> (stuff deleted)
>
>Nothing short of the following disclaimer helps:
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>     THE AUTHOR INTENDS THIS POSTING PURELY AS A JOKE. IT IS
>     MEANT TO BE AN ATTEMPT AT SUBTLE HUMOR. IT IS NOT TO BE
>     TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IF YOU FEEL AN URGE TO POST A HEATED
>     REBUTTAL TO THIS POSTING, PLEASE SEE YOUR FAMILY DOCTOR
>     OR A NET WIZARD.  BETTER STILL, WATCH 4 HOURS OF MONTY
>     PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS AND READ THIS AGAIN IN THE MORNING.
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>Only then does a dim glimmer of the true intent of the posting enter a
>typical Indian netter's mind.
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Dude!! You hit the nail on the head!!!
Even if Ravi had not used the :-) :-) smiley, one could easily
see the sarcasm so blatantly evident in the article.

Messrs. D.I.Patel@lut.ac.uk, RAJA@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU, and
nkrishna@mcs213e.cs.umr.edu, LIGHTEN UP!! If you need a list of 
the different smileys let me know and I will send it to you so 
that you can consult it everytime you read something on the
newsgroups.

If you do not understand the sarcasm or the humor in such articles
do not reply. OOPS! How can I expect them not to reply when they
do not understand 'sarcasm' or 'humor'? :-) :-)

Kaushik

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From: krgjus01@uctvax.uct.ac.za
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: SA vs India Day 5 12:00
Date: 17 Nov 92 14:32:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: uctvax.1992Nov17.123254.203288
Organization: University of Cape Town

In response to Indias 277 all out at the end of day 3 - play being cancelled
for day 4 due to rain - SA were 61/0 just before lunch with Cook looking good
on 40*.
The game looks headed for a tame draw with the SA batsman using the day to
practise against the Indian spin attack.

Justin.
From: patrinr@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: First ball dismissal
Date: 17 Nov 92 15:17:08 -0600
Summary: Gavaskar, Imran
Keywords: first ball
Distribution: world
Organization: Memphis State University

In article <1992Nov17.144146.10526@schbbs.mot.com>, TUK067@maccvm.corp.mot.com (David Wheeler) writes:
> Just to set the record straight:
> 
>>zorl@hippo.ru.ac.za (Mr RK Laubscher) writes:
> 
>>...the highlights of this match are Kapil Devs first ball dismissal
>>of Jimmy Cook (first time a batsman has been dismissed first ball of
>>the match on debut)...
> 
> This is not the first time that this has happened in a Test match, but
> the second.  On the first occasion, the unfortunate batsman was Chris
> Smith (Hampshire and England).

If I remember right, Gavaskar was out first ball to Imran Khan. That
was Gavaskar's last series. May be I am wrong. Can anyone clarify.

Narasimha Rao P.


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