Fellow Americans, if you go to a Cricket match at a stadium and come in possession of the ball during the match, you are required to throw the ball back on to the field. And quickly.
You don't get to keep the ball. It ain't baseball.
Just seen 12 runs scored of a single ball. Never seen that before.
Bowler messed up a delivery and the ball bounced twice. That’s a no ball: 2 runs and a free hit.
The batter is still allowed to hit the no ball. He hit it for 4. Total of 6.
A no ball must be bowled again. And it’s a free hit which means the batter can’t be out directly from that ball (they can be run out). Anyway, the batter hit the free hit for 6.
Three huge sports events tomorrow morning (Eastern time) that I hope I will catch:
7:45 am: 🏎️ F1 - Monaco Grand Prix. Verstappen is not in pole for this one, so maybe someone else has a chance this time? (Prediction: no)
10:00 am: 🏏 IPL Final - Kolkata Knight Riders vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad. A rock-solid KKR vs. an explosive SRH team.
12:45 pm: 🏎️ Indy 500. I never get to watch this. Maybe I'll finally get to see it this year?
It's a bit cold and gloomy at the Oval, so I'm in the Alcock Balcony, which never gets sun but is at least shielded from the wind and rain. I would also like to welcome our Tripod overlords to the #cricket. 🏏 #CountyChampionship
It's weird hearing the ambulance sirens on the cricket commentary and in real-time from my desk.
I was given out caught behind at Stormont one night as an ambulance was passing. The bloody umpire gave me out when there was no way he could have heard a thin nick over the noise of the siren about 80m away on the road. I didn’t hit it!