Most amazing achievement 99.9% of Americans won't care about

[EvilSmurf]

Cricket stuff, but I will provide a vague translation for the baseball folk here. Just today Jason Gillespie, who ordinarily bats at number 8 in the order (think pitcher) just scored 201* (think hitting 4 HR in a match). Absolutley marvellous effort really.
Story here

[BK1248]

I have a ton of his rookie cards, I hope this is the break out game he needed.

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I have a ton of his rookie cards, I hope this is the break out game he needed.

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ROFL

[Patrick Duffy]

I think they did a story about this on The Ocho.

[LearnedfromTV]

That article seems to be written in English.

[Patrick Duffy]

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That article seems to be written in English.

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Every paragraph in that article has exactly one sentence.

Also, I wish I knew anything about cricket, so I could decode these babies:

"Bangladesh was batting for survival at tea on day four at 1-67 in its second innings, trailing by 317, with Brett Lee having already removed Javed Omar (19)."

"He joins Brad Hodge, Bob Simpson, Sid Barnes and Syd Gregory as the only Australians to pass 200 with their maiden Test centuries."

I mean, the dude passed 200 in his maiden Test century! WTF?!

Actually, if this feat is actually comparable to the OP's suggestion (pitcher w/4 HR in a game), this is freaking amazing. However, since 4 other guys have seemingly done what this guy did, I don't think it quite matches up. Still pretty cool though I guess.

[LearnedfromTV]

This does seem impressive, but I don't understand how the scoring works. It sounds like one guy bats a bunch of times in a row and gets points each bat (up to 6?) that add up to a total score. He stops when he makes an out? More than one out? What's an out - same as baseball? Is the number he scores (a "six") how many times he runs somewhere after he hits it, like back and forth to a base? Do cricket fans think baseball words are funny?

[LearnedfromTV]

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Actually, if this feat is actually comparable to the OP's suggestion (pitcher w/4 HR in a game), this is freaking amazing. However, since 4 other guys have seemingly done what this guy did, I don't think it quite matches up.

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More than four people have hit four homers in a game.

I bet scores in the hundreds (centuries?) are relatively common (common enough that they keep track of how many a guy has in his career), but 200 is seen as out of reach.

Oh, I see now that that was 4 people to have 200 in their "maiden test" - maybe this is like scoring fifty in your first NBA game?

It also appears Bangladesh is the Royals of cricket.

[EvilSmurf]

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However, since 4 other guys have seemingly done what this guy did

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Those guys were all specialist batsmen (think outfielders), this guy is a specialist bowler (pitcher). Plus, this guys highest score in any form of cricket was a 90 in a grade cricket match, that's like having 5 HR in a year in an independent league and going and hitting 4 HR in a game in the majors.

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h, I see now that that was 4 people to have 200 in their "maiden test"

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No, "maiden test century" means first test century, so to use a baseball analogy, the first time a guy hit 2 home runs in a game, he hit 4.

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but I don't understand how the scoring works.

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OK, quick primer

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It sounds like one guy bats a bunch of times in a row

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close, it's 2 guys from opposite ends of the pitch (a rectangular bit of turf in the middle of an oval field), a run is scored when both batsmen reach the other end of the pitch. After every 6 balls (an over) a different bowler (pitcher) takes over from the other end.
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and gets points each bat (up to 6?) that add up to a total score.

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Pretty much, you score a 4 for hitting it past the boundary after the ball has hit the ground after it leaves your bat, you score 6 if it goes past the boundary on the full.
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He stops when he makes an out?

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Yup, one out
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What's an out - same as baseball?

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there are several ways you can get out
Bowled - behind you there's 3 stumps, if the ball from the pitcher hits that, you're out
caught - same as baseball
LBW - This one's kinda complex, i'll simplify it - if your leg is adjudged by the umpire to have blocked a ball that was going to hit the stumps and the ball hasn't hit your bat.
Run out - if you're running from one end of the pitch to the other, and the ball hits your stumps when thrown by a fielder.
There's also hit wicket (when your bat or body hits the stumps), handled the ball (when you well, grab the ball) hit ball twice (self-explanatory), timed out (the batsmen takes too long to get out there) and obstructing the field (when a batsman goes and intentionally stops a fielder from doing something) but these are very very rare and hardly bear talking about.

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Is the number he scores (a "six") how many times he runs somewhere after he hits it, like back and forth to a base?

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I explained that one.
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Do cricket fans think baseball words are funny?

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Yes, yes we do.

[Patrick Duffy]

Ahh, I thought all the guys listed were bowlers. It would be less impressive if 4 other bowlers had done it, but if he's the only one then its pretty cool.