Fuji Cricket on the cheap - the Fuji 50-230 at the crease

[nickthetasmaniac]

I can't resist pointing out that the highest "scorer" in Australia's first innings at Trent Bridge this morning is "Extras"...

I'm sure there's a great deal of other things we could talk about...

 

[Lightmancer]

 

[Luke]

There's a man in Liverpool who claims to have invented a game that in certain respects is a bit like cricket. What he doesn't know is that the England team has been playing it for years.

 

[PJacobs]

Bicycle stage racing is similar IMHO - to the uneducated viewer it can be an incredibly boring sport to watch except for the occasional sprint finish or mountain climbing attack. But there's an incredible amount of overall strategy and moment by moment tactics that, once you understand, make for a hell of an interesting viewing experience. Not to mention all of the incredible scenery in the Tour de France and Giro de Italia! And if you ride, you appreciate just how insanely fast they're going. It doesn't always look like it on TV, but if you've ever ridden with high level amateur racers (who couldn't hang with the pros for long at all), you realize that trying to keep up with these guys on their "easy" days would put most of us in the hospital after about 10 minutes...

Great photos too - they really convey the action of the sport, even if we don't have a clue what that action is about...

-Ray

That's certainly true. This gives a sense of speed for the uneducated viewer:

I don't have a clue about how cricket is played, but nice shots Bill. Also really shows the capability of that lens.

 

[nickthetasmaniac]

That's certainly true. This gives a sense of speed for the uneducated viewer...

That Stage 3 crash was one of the nastiest things I've seen in sport...