The Cricket Thread

diabloo · 11th March 2009, 14:36

Though when India won, they had their 10 wickets intact, the official result of the match is: "India won by 84 runs"

How is this possible?

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Originally Posted by abhinav.gupta88

India win by 10 wickets.

Mission_Safari · 11th March 2009, 14:49

From cricinfo . This explains the 84 run victory

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The par score after 23.3 overs was 117. India were 84 ahead of that par score, which explains the result margin. When the game was stopped for the last rain interruption, India were still chasing 220, and they hadn't reached that target yet. Hence they didn't actually achieve the target with ten wickets in hand, they were only ahead of the par score at that stage by 84 runs, which is why the margin of victory is 84 runs, not ten wickets."

karanraheja · 11th March 2009, 14:55

Finally we broke the winning jinx in NZ!! Brilliant all round effort ( apart from fielding

).We dropped quite a few catches this series, was quite surprised Dhoni too dropped quite a few catches. Viru played a blinder today. Finally Gambhir got a good start.

abhinav.gupta88 · 11th March 2009, 15:01

What if Sehwag had played through the 50 overs.
250?

abhinav.gupta88 · 11th March 2009, 15:04

I too was confused when i saw the 10 wicket because in a rain affected match , i had seen the 2nd team winning by runs. Damn espnstar.com

chanu · 11th March 2009, 17:36

Anyone on how the DUCKWORTH LEWIS works ?? seriously has anyone understood the intricacies. May be a new thread in the pipeline ?? what say lovers ?

snaronikar · 11th March 2009, 17:53

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Originally Posted by karanraheja

We dropped quite a few catches this series, was quite surprised Dhoni too dropped quite a few catches. Viru played a blinder today.

Don't be surprised. He is dropping catches from ages. It is not getting notices since the team is winning almost all the matches they are playing. Hope with these wins nowadays, it will not go into his head. He should not think it is not getting unnoticied. All goes well when the team is doing good. Once the downturn starts these things will make a big problem for him.

Yes, sehwag played a brilliant innings today and well supported by his delhi teammate Gauti..Kudos to India for winning a series in 41 years...

breezydrive · 11th March 2009, 18:06

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Originally Posted by abhinav.gupta88

I too was confused when i saw the 10 wicket because in a rain affected match , i had seen the 2nd team winning by runs. Damn espnstar.com

And I thought Set max only had got the rights for telecast!

esteem_lover · 11th March 2009, 18:14

Sehwag & Gambhir make an awesome opening pair.

harry10 · 12th March 2009, 16:49

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Originally Posted by abhinav.gupta88

What if Sehwag had played through the 50 overs.
250?

Ifs and buts!
Though am sure if he played 50 overs any match anytime he will cross 200 for sure. The way he was striking the ball - brilliant.
Am predicting 4-0 on saturday - anyone to bet

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sushrutha · 12th March 2009, 17:08

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Originally Posted by abhinav.gupta88

I too was confused when i saw the 10 wicket because in a rain affected match , i had seen the 2nd team winning by runs. Damn espnstar.com

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Originally Posted by breezydrive

And I thought Set max only had got the rights for telecast!

He has quoted the website, not exactly the channel(s ?)

Steeroid · 12th March 2009, 17:24

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Originally Posted by chanu

Anyone on how the DUCKWORTH LEWIS works ?? seriously has anyone understood the intricacies.

I dont think M/s Duckworth and Lewis know this themselves. Each of them would probably point to the other chap if you asked them.

It was invented by two Englishmen and you know how bad they are at the game these days - how good can their mathematical formulae for the game be?

Spitfire · 12th March 2009, 17:52

Cricinfo - Duckworth-Lewis

A brief explanation on how it works.

PS:If you still dont get it, dont ask me. I just pasted the link

harry10 · 12th March 2009, 18:31

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

Cricinfo - Duckworth-Lewis

A brief explanation on how it works.

PS:If you still dont get it, dont ask me. I just pasted the link

Noone can understand it.
And if you somehow do then do tell me how

abhijitaparadh · 12th March 2009, 20:14

If you take that table (on cricinfo link) as baseline, then its simple to calculate from that table. Dont ask me how did DL arrive at that table.
Some statistical methods involved.

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abhijitaparadh BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 222 Thanked: 3 Times	If you take that table (on cricinfo link) as baseline, then its simple to calculate from that table. Dont ask me how did DL arrive at that table. Some statistical methods involved.
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