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  1. Re:cricket? by avjt · · Score: 1 · on 2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist
    cricket.com is a parked page for someone looking to make millions from a domain sale

    Do check http://cricket.org/ though --- a.k.a. http://www.cricinfo.com/

    I would guess that American sport following is split between at least Baseball, Football & Basketball. Then, the support & interest is further split between the different teams/clubs that play in the NBA, MLB & NFL.

    In India (and also Pakistan & Sri Lanka I guess), the sport following is almost all cricket -- and then the fans are mostly interested only in the national team's performance, in international matches.

    This, along with the 1 billion plus population in this part of the world, might go some way towards explaining why this non-American sport makes the top 10...

  2. Re:Most Geek Sport - I think not by number · · Score: 1 · on Rocket Science vs. Barry Bonds
    But the cricinfo.org page has exactly the same thing - just look at Mark Waugh's statistics search log, or scan backwards for records of every professional cricket player (back to Charles Bannerman anyway, who was born in 1851), with scores/fielding/bowling results from every career game including meaningful statistics (also searchable) and game result sheets. There are already ball-by-ball listings for every professional game played available.

    The fact is, once the raw numbers are recorded you can create as many arcane statistics as you like, and many of the same would hold for baseball and cricket. All I know is that in both games, they record who delivered the ball, what the batsmen did to it, where it went and what happened when it got there. Once you have that information, the rest is up to researchers and SQL queries.

  3. Re:Most Geek Sport - I think not by number · · Score: 1 · on Rocket Science vs. Barry Bonds
    But the cricinfo.org page has exactly the same thing - just look at Mark Waugh's statistics search log, or scan backwards for records of every professional cricket player (back to Charles Bannerman anyway, who was born in 1851), with scores/fielding/bowling results from every career game including meaningful statistics (also searchable) and game result sheets. There are already ball-by-ball listings for every professional game played available.

    The fact is, once the raw numbers are recorded you can create as many arcane statistics as you like, and many of the same would hold for baseball and cricket. All I know is that in both games, they record who delivered the ball, what the batsmen did to it, where it went and what happened when it got there. Once you have that information, the rest is up to researchers and SQL queries.

  4. Re:Now if we could just... by sirvulcan · · Score: 1 · on Disposable Cell Phones Arrive

    shane warne is a aussie cricket player who got in trouble when he sent some chicks lewd and embarrasing text messages... these chicks took it as sexual harrassment. He done this to more than one woman (link 1 - link 2)

  5. A similar technique has been used for cricket by swimgeek · · Score: 4, Informative · on Digital Baseball Umpires

    The ICC adopted a similar scheme some time ago, but it was to assist the umpires rather than replace them.

  6. Of course we should do it... by Lardmonster · · Score: 2, Funny · on Should We Change the Weather Even If We Can?

    it's the only way we (England) are ever going to win the Ashes from the Aussies :-(

  7. Re:L eg B efore W icket? by umm+qasr · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Linux Beer Hike Goes to Ireland
    For those not from Commonwealth countries, this is a cricketing term... Yes, that game Cricket, that Americans have heard of, but cannot fathom--it is not baseball.

    LBW is a way you can get out. Basically its when you put your leg in the way of the stumps (aka wicket) to protect from a ball you could not hit. Debates have spanned years on whether this is an appropriate rule, and if it can ever be accurately ruled upon.

    Funny thing is, I am Australian, been to an LBW (Linux Beer Hike), but never noticed the correlation to the cricketing LBW...weird.

  8. Re:Baseball + Slashdot = A Whole New World? by maw · · Score: 1 · on When Aviaks Attack

    If you think baseball has a lot of stats, you ain't seen nothing yet.
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  9. Re:Don Bradman by B.D.Mills · · Score: 1 · on Claude E. Shannon Dead at 85

    Yes, it has been a sad week. First, the cricket world lost "The Don", and now computer science has lost Claude E. Shannon. Both were greats in their respective fields and will be missed.
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  10. Re:Guestbook fun by peccary · · Score: 3 · on Bonsaikitten Eaten By Carnivore

    Didn't you recognize the guestbook entry by the esteemed ex MIT professor, Dr. Lirpa? Dr. Lirpa has made a great number of breakthroughs, including in the field of hydrodynamics, audiodynamics, political theology, and aerodynamics, among others. Dr. Lirpa is not a force to be trifled with.

  11. competition by Bassthang · · Score: 1 · on The Web And The Olympics
    So NBC will hold back their web coverage until they have shown the event on TV (time-lapsed)? Welcome to the wired-world guys! There is plenty of competition out there on the web. If NBC's site doesn't have it, try Aunty, or any other TV station worldwide with a good sports web-site.

    (As I write this, the pop-up window in the corner of my screen tells me that England are 19 for 2 off 13.4 overs, against the Windies 1st Innings total of 172 all out. Don'tcha' just love the net!)