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July 25, 2003
Friday Fun!: I appreciate cricket might be a bit too sophisticated for the Yanks among us, but this online version is very cool. Top score on the leaderboard is 426, top score in my kitchen is 82.
posted by Fat Buddha to other at 02:33 PM - 42 comments
Oh, that was dreadful: 36.
posted by trox at 02:57 PM on July 25, 2003
62. what an odd sport.
posted by corpse at 02:58 PM on July 25, 2003
My first try: 85 and 7 wickets. I don't even understand what's going on, and I didn't read the instructions. Just kept clicking on the ball. I bet I'll do worse once I understand what I'm supposed to do.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:01 PM on July 25, 2003
94. i still don't get it.
posted by corpse at 03:05 PM on July 25, 2003
Woohoo! 107 and 9 first time out. (The only time I've watched cricket was when it was aired on Fox Sports World last year and even then I think they weren't even live - maybe they were "classic" matches, whatever those are considered to be.)
posted by chules at 03:07 PM on July 25, 2003
56 and 10. This time I used the arrow keys and got a lot more sixers but didn't get to use all the overs. How does that translate into cricket language, FB?
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:07 PM on July 25, 2003
103. wc2002, it doesn't translate into any language
posted by Fat Buddha at 03:13 PM on July 25, 2003
91, 10 wickets, 12 overs.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:14 PM on July 25, 2003
81, 9 wickets, 12 overs. I am hooked.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:20 PM on July 25, 2003
97 all out is best I've managed.
posted by squealy at 03:23 PM on July 25, 2003
140 with the arrow keys; it would have been more without the assistance of a 2 year old.
posted by Fat Buddha at 03:25 PM on July 25, 2003
72 and 10. Still clueless about the scoring system, but thanks for the link.
posted by grum@work at 03:26 PM on July 25, 2003
114! 3 wickets, gave up my first wicket in the 8th over.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:27 PM on July 25, 2003
105, 2 w.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:33 PM on July 25, 2003
126 for 5. No two year olds involved.
posted by squealy at 03:39 PM on July 25, 2003
total: 27, wickets: 10 I don't have a clue what's going on, but I'm going to rush the mound if the pitcher keeps throwing at me.
posted by dusted at 03:39 PM on July 25, 2003
119, 6. FB or squealy, post that nice link about cricket rules please.
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:41 PM on July 25, 2003
Cricket explained to followers of baseball
posted by Fat Buddha at 03:46 PM on July 25, 2003
145, 6! I am a monster!
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:48 PM on July 25, 2003
Thanks, FB! For the game and the explanation!
posted by worldcup2002 at 03:52 PM on July 25, 2003
When I did a semester in India in college, I was once talking to some of the local kids and they offered to teach me how to play cricket. On my first at-bat I crushed the ball (luckily a tennis ball) right into the face of an 11 year-old kid, who was knocked flat on his back. I stopped playing after that. The kids who lived near campus called me "Cricket" for months after that. (I can't play the flash game here at work for some reason)
posted by Samsonov14 at 04:01 PM on July 25, 2003
On my first at-bat , oh dear oh dear.
posted by Fat Buddha at 04:16 PM on July 25, 2003
96 and 9 - and that guy was throwing me a lot of junk. But, I owned his fastball.
posted by kloeprich at 04:24 PM on July 25, 2003
116 and 6
posted by worldcup2002 at 07:43 PM on July 25, 2003
138 and 1
posted by worldcup2002 at 08:27 PM on July 25, 2003
I'll quit when I'm ahead with a 185 for 4 (including 4 sixes in my last over).
posted by chules at 09:01 PM on July 25, 2003
112 and 4 once I finally got the timing down. Do bowlers have different, uhhhh, pitches? Or do they generally just try to explode the wicket?
posted by mbd1 at 11:02 PM on July 25, 2003
124 and 9
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:57 PM on July 25, 2003
144 and 3 ok, one more.
posted by worldcup2002 at 12:09 AM on July 26, 2003
149 and 4.
posted by worldcup2002 at 01:48 AM on July 26, 2003
183 and 1! So I lied. I love this game.
posted by worldcup2002 at 02:07 AM on July 26, 2003
First full game: 170 and 6. suckas.
posted by mkn at 03:08 AM on July 26, 2003
I was happy with 152 for 6, now I have to beat mkn.
posted by Fat Buddha at 06:29 AM on July 26, 2003
I keep getting bowled through the gate. Ugh. A pity that it's all basically seam bowling. If they had a Shane Warne-a-like, then things would get very interesting. But animating a fat bowler is probably tricky in Flash.
posted by etagloh at 10:18 AM on July 26, 2003
Okay, it looks as if mouse clicks work better than arrow keys for straight shots, but the arrows work best for stuff that's towards the off and leg sides. Bizarre.
posted by etagloh at 10:25 AM on July 26, 2003
129 for 7. But 426? The maximum possible is 432 (6 x 6 x 12). I smell something fishy.
posted by etagloh at 10:33 AM on July 26, 2003
Seriously, I scored 2. I couldn't understand that game at all. Every straight ball was a wicket, as for some reason my batsman utterly refused to hit the ball. I don't know what I did wrong.
posted by salmacis at 11:07 AM on July 26, 2003
I get the same thing, salmacis, when the ball is almost directly at the batter's feet. I can drill the ball to the right and left, but it seems wildly inconsistent. I surmise that the best way to win this game, then, is to play chin music and break some dishes, since the bastards must be stepping in the bucket or bailing.
posted by wfrazerjr at 12:07 PM on July 26, 2003
Use the arrow keys, that's your best bet.
posted by worldcup2002 at 10:19 PM on July 26, 2003
Should anybody wish to educate themselves in the arcane art of talking absolute cobblers while the cricket is on, you should have a look at the live text commentary of the last day of the England V South Africa test, at the Guardian. It makes me laugh, anyway.
posted by Fat Buddha at 07:05 AM on July 28, 2003
Cricket may or may not be too sophisticated for us Yanks, but flash cricket is too difficult for Vito90. 16.