| Author | Message | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 604 Registered: 9-2009 |
Many years ago I had a scrund related to the game of cricket Surely a quick one. However I heard the news today that last month the first Romanian national tournament took place, after the establishment in 2006 (by two expats living here - 2 Brits and an Australian) of the first local cricket team. I thought to celebrate this (hopefully) historic moment with a puzzle | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 546 Registered: 9-2010 |
Cool, Rbruma! Being American I don't play myself, but any historic moments are fun =D Did you think cricket involved the cricket bugs? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 605 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think cricket involved the cricket bugs? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6206 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is any particular position relevant? Could someone with little to no knowledge of the game have the scrund? Figure out the scrund? Is the equipment relevant? Did you think the "stumps" were actually tree stumps? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 606 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is any particular position relevant? No Could someone with little to no knowledge of the game have the scrund? Yes, exactly like I was at the time Figure out the scrund? Possibly Is the equipment relevant? Noish Did you think the "stumps" were actually tree stumps? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6211 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a specific team relevant? Specific player? Is any other sport relevant to the scrund? Perhaps baseball? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 607 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is a specific team relevant? Specific player? Is any other sport relevant to the scrund? Perhaps baseball? No to all | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6219 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is the scrund related to the name of the sport? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 608 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is the scrund related to the name of the sport? No | ||
| Eli (Eli)
New member Username: Eli Post Number: 1387 Registered: 11-2003 |
Is there anything relevant in the way they dress? Terminology used in the game? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 610 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is there anything relevant in the way they dress? Terminology used in the game? No to both | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2118 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did you think that the batsmen and bowlers were on the same side? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 612 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think that the batsmen and bowlers were on the same side? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2949 Registered: 1-2007 |
Anything to do with ways a batsman can get out? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 613 Registered: 9-2009 |
Anything to do with ways a batsman can get out? No, much more basic than that | ||
| Kaygee (Kaygee)
New member Username: Kaygee Post Number: 608 Registered: 9-2008 |
I sent you an email... | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 614 Registered: 9-2009 |
I sent you an email... I replied. I think you have the key | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2950 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did you think a draw meant a tie? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 619 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think a draw meant a tie? No, not that | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6254 Registered: 4-2010 |
The term "innings" relevant? Did you think it was plural when it is in fact singular? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 628 Registered: 9-2009 |
The term "innings" relevant? No Did you think it was plural when it is in fact singular? No, I learned this thing two days ago | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6282 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is a specific cricket term relevant? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 631 Registered: 9-2009 |
Is a specific cricket term relevant? No | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2953 Registered: 1-2007 |
Does your scrund relate to the rules of the game? The role of the Umpires? The time taken to play a match? How a match is actually won? Could the scrund apply to One Day Cricket as well as Test Cricket? Is it the common scrund about the length of the pitch? A cricket pitch is actually 22 yards long but TV cameras tend to make them look considerably shorter. | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 633 Registered: 9-2009 |
Does your scrund relate to the rules of the game?Yes! and... The role of the Umpires? The time taken to play a match? How a match is actually won? ...exactly this! Could the scrund apply to One Day Cricket as well as Test Cricket? Both will do Is it the common scrund about the length of the pitch? No A cricket pitch is actually 22 yards long but TV cameras tend to make them look considerably shorter. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2954 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did you think it was the team who took the most wickets wins as opposed to the team who scored the most runs? E.g. If team A scores 250 for the loss of 8 wickets and the Team B scores 251 for the loss of 9 did you think Team A would win in that situation. Or did you think the winner was the first team to score x number of runs? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 634 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think it was the team who took the most wickets wins as opposed to the team who scored the most runs? E.g. If team A scores 250 for the loss of 8 wickets and the Team B scores 251 for the loss of 9 did you think Team A would win in that situation. Or did you think the winner was the first team to score x number of runs? None of these. My knowledge of the game was nowhere so advanced | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 635 Registered: 9-2009 |
Short RECAP: Many years ago I had a scrund related to the game of cricket. It refers to the rules of the game, more specifically the ways of winning the game. Any form of cricket can be used, but not other sports -- baseball included. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6299 Registered: 4-2010 |
I have no idea how one actually wins in cricket, so this may be tough, but... Did your scrund involve runs? Did you think the game was timed? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 636 Registered: 9-2009 |
I have no idea how one actually wins in cricket, so this may be tough, but... I think is even tougher for those who actually know... Did your scrund involve runs? Did you think the game was timed? No to both | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6304 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the game had a set length, like baseball and bowling? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2121 Registered: 3-2006 |
Anything to do with the Duckworth/Lewis method? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 637 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think the game had a set length, like baseball and bowling? No Anything to do with the Duckworth/Lewis method? No, much more simple than a statistical method for predicting outcomes. I was around ten to twelve years old at the time | ||
| Whirligig (Whirligig)
New member Username: Whirligig Post Number: 396 Registered: 8-2010 |
Did you think the team with the most runs wins, when in fact it's something else? Runs vs. points relevant? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 639 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think the team with the most runs wins, when in fact it's something else? Runs vs. points relevant? No. I think however that the team with the most runs wins, but maybe I'm mistaking. To advance a hint, the method of scoring was what troubled me | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6312 Registered: 4-2010 |
That a person can score multiple runs at a time? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 640 Registered: 9-2009 |
That a person can score multiple runs at a time? No, I didn't know what a run is. My scrund was mostly visual. I had no idea of the rules | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6313 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was your scrund about why there was somebody running back and forth between the stumps? | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2123 Registered: 3-2006 |
Did you think that the scoreboard was communicating some information other than the number of runs and wickets? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 641 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was your scrund about why there was somebody running back and forth between the stumps? Did you think that the scoreboard was communicating some information other than the number of runs and wickets? No to all | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2124 Registered: 3-2006 |
Oh, perhaps it was the umpires' signals? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 642 Registered: 9-2009 |
Oh, perhaps it was the umpires' signals? No... the only relevant persons were the bowler and the batsman. I wasn't aware of fielders, umpires, etc. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6325 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was your scrund about the way the bowler bowled? The way the batsman batted? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 644 Registered: 9-2009 |
Was your scrund about the way the bowler bowled? The way the batsman batted? None of those | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6330 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think there were only those two people playing? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2955 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did you think the batsman scored for every ball he survived? every ball he hit irrespective of whether he ran between the wickets? Did you think only balls struck to the boundary counted? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 645 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think there were only those two people playing? I might have thought so, yes, but that wasn't the main scrund. Suffices to say that the others were not important in my mind Did you think the batsman scored for every ball he survived? No and FA every ball he hit irrespective of whether he ran between the wickets? No and FA Did you think only balls struck to the boundary counted? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6384 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you even know what the batsman was doing? That he even was the batsman? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 646 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you even know what the batsman was doing? Yope That he even was the batsman? I didn't knew his name, but that isn't relevant | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6391 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you witness the bowler bowling? The batsman batting? Did you misinterpret what the bowler was doing? What the batsman was doing? | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 2959 Registered: 1-2007 |
Did you misunderstand the non strikers role? Did you think the Batsman wanted the ball to hit his stumps? when the batsman played a shot did you think he was trying to hit the stumps at the other end? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 647 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you witness the bowler bowling? Yes The batsman batting? Yes Did you misinterpret what the bowler was doing? Yope What the batsman was doing? Yope Did you misunderstand the non strikers role? No Did you think the Batsman wanted the ball to hit his stumps? Not this, but getting closer when the batsman played a shot did you think he was trying to hit the stumps at the other end? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6416 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the batsman was trying to hit it back to the bowler? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 649 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think the batsman was trying to hit it back to the bowler? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6434 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the batsman was trying to hit the ball as hard as possible? In a certain direction? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 650 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think the batsman was trying to hit the ball as hard as possible? In a certain direction? No to both. But is OTRT that I misunderstood their actions and more precisely the way of scoring points | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6474 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the points were given by how far the ball was hit? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 655 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think the points were given by how far the ball was hit? No | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6490 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the bowler was scoring points, not the batsman? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 658 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think the bowler was scoring points, not the batsman? YES! Now we are really close... Just realizing how I thought the scoring goes, and we arrive at the $poiler point. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6499 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did you think the bowler got points whenever the batsman missed the ball? Whenever the bowler hit the stumps? | ||
| Rbruma (Rbruma)
New member Username: Rbruma Post Number: 659 Registered: 9-2009 |
Did you think the bowler got points whenever the batsman missed the ball? No Whenever the bowler hit the stumps? Not this, but close enough for the ******* SPOILER ******* As a kid, seing very rarely and only small fragments of cricket games, I was under the impression that only the bowler and the batsman were actually playing and that everything was a sort of a penalty shoot-out, the batsman playing the role of a goal-keeper (as in handball or football). A goal would be scored if the ball passed _between_ the stumps. Of course, I wondered why I never manage to see a 'goal' ... but solved it quickly: I must have had by accident caught a match with a great goalkeeper or an incompetent kicker. Thanks to all for playing and especially Matt for sticking with it and providing the final pieces. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 6510 Registered: 4-2010 |
Good puzzle! You pushed my cricket knowledge to the limit there (and sadly, I'm not kidding....} |
