I love technical language! Even more when it's explained.
It's more fun to learn about my friends' enthusiasms than be sheltered from them, but several attempts at explaining cricket to me have failed utterly.*g*
If the ball hits the batsmans leg, and would otherwise have hit the wicket in the judgement of the empire, the batsman is out. This is known as Leg Before Wicket, or LBW.
This judgement is exercised without the use of any technical aids, although these (chiefly one known as Hawkeye) are available to TV audiences.
In the current England-India match, there have been several poor LBW decisions by the umpires.
Well they do pretty much the same in tennis and there is is a chance of inspecting the line where the ball is supposed to hit to see if it has been affected by any impact.
Whereas in cricket that are two things that are moving: the ball and the batsman's leg. That is much more difficult to judge.
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Date: 2007-08-12 01:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-12 05:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-12 02:42 pm (UTC)It's more fun to learn about my friends' enthusiasms than be sheltered from them, but several attempts at explaining cricket to me have failed utterly.*g*
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Date: 2007-08-12 02:50 pm (UTC)If the ball hits the batsmans leg, and would otherwise have hit the wicket in the judgement of the empire, the batsman is out. This is known as Leg Before Wicket, or LBW.
This judgement is exercised without the use of any technical aids, although these (chiefly one known as Hawkeye) are available to TV audiences.
In the current England-India match, there have been several poor LBW decisions by the umpires.
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Date: 2007-08-12 03:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-12 04:58 pm (UTC)Typo or freudian slip?
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Date: 2007-08-12 07:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-12 03:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-08-12 07:36 pm (UTC)Whereas in cricket that are two things that are moving: the ball and the batsman's leg. That is much more difficult to judge.