Ah, to quote the calypso… “Cricket, lovely cricket, and Lord’s where I saw it”… Pakistan handing England their heads in a paper sack at Lord’s in London in May of this year. One day England will learn how to play cricket again. That day is not today. A cricket ball is nothing like a baseball. It’s red, it has a single seam, and it’s hard. And, properly bowled it can exceed 160 km/h after it bounces from a good surface. And it’s supposed to bounce, once, on the way to the batsman, or it’s a no-ball, and that gives a run to the team at bat.
Ah, to quote the calypso… “Cricket, lovely cricket, and Lord’s where I saw it”… Pakistan handing England their heads in a paper sack at Lord’s in London in May of this year. One day England will learn how to play cricket again. That day is not today. A cricket ball is nothing like a baseball. It’s red, it has a single seam, and it’s hard. And, properly bowled it can exceed 160 km/h after it bounces from a good surface. And it’s supposed to bounce, once, on the way to the batsman, or it’s a no-ball, and that gives a run to the team at bat.