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#130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 01/03/2007 18:58:25

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Please use this thread for discussion about this card.
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#130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 08/03/2007 09:12:24

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This card will be very difficult if you do not understand cricket. I wont give the answer but to help:
a bowler bowls 6 balls from one end of the wicket and this makes an over, the next bowler bowls the next over from the other end, and this continues until team at bat are all out. an M on the bowling figures means a Maiden Over, no wicket taken and no runs are scored in that over.
hope this helps those struggling a bit.
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#130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 08/03/2007 09:41:10

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kevin0013 wrote:

an M on the bowling figures means a Maiden Over, no wicket taken and no runs are scored in that over.
hope this helps those struggling a bit.


Actually a maiden over just means that no runs were scored in that over. If a wicket is taken during an over where no runs are scored it's still a maiden.

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#130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 08/03/2007 10:01:52

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thanks andy,
bit rusty on that, but I found that a lot of the information on the card was not really of any consequence, just used the game procedure and logic.
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#130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 25/03/2007 12:05:38

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Hmmm One of these cards that you could 'guess' the answer without solving the puzzle. My first guess was correct, but still thinking out why it was him. (whoops! assuming this was not a women's team.)
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help! I know nothing about cricket! 27/03/2007 02:30:46

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What does it mean to "take a wicket" (as in, "Which bowler took the first wicket?")? I know I could just guess, but I'd like to solve it honestly. (Yes, this approach means it's taking me longer to work through the thick stack of cards still remaining!)

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#130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 27/03/2007 09:37:23

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the team in bat keep playing with 2 players batting at the wicket, one at each end. The whole team is out when 10 batsman are out as you have to have 2 players in bat and there are 11 in a team.
when a player is caught out, bowled out, run out, or LBW, that is called taking a wicket (the wicket being the 3 stumps with a bail resting on top of them that the batter is trying to defend).

hope this is some help
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Re: #130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 27/03/2007 09:40:36

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The trick to remember with bowling in cricket, is that the bowling alternates ends after every over of 6 balls is bowled.
This means that there is never a difference of more than 1 over, bowled from each end.
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Re: #130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 21/04/2007 12:14:52

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I also guessed at the answer, and got it correct first time.

Although I guessed, I chose the bowler for the following reasons

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I took a chance that one of the two bowlers with the largest number of wickets would be the bowler to have claimed the first wicket.
One of those bowlers bowled the last over and took the last wicket. I assumed that they wouldn't have been bowling earlier on. (I know, a huge assumption)
The other has much better stats.



I didn't have the patience to work through the figures, but this worked fine for me.
"Out on a limb!"
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Re: #130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 22/04/2007 15:25:43

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Talking of cricket, (and being a South Africa fan,) I did this card in front if the ICC world cup.
I used the same method as Sloth007.
Anyone doing this card, can get it in 4 guesses anyway, (like Gravity, S1!), so its quite easy.
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#130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 23/04/2007 14:00:23

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A belated thanks for all your help cricketers. We're getting cricket more often on TV here, and now that I have a better understanding of the game, I'm actually going to tune in!
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Re: #130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 30/04/2007 20:53:22

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Can anyone explain the title - Golden Duck? Is this a cricket term? Thanks.
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Re: #130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 01/05/2007 07:57:50

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Legotrek wrote:

Can anyone explain the title - Golden Duck? Is this a cricket term? Thanks.


I know nothing about cricket, but I think you use the term when a batsman is bowled out before he makes a run and also before he hits the ball.

Like I said, I only have vague knowledge of the rules but I think that's about right.
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Re: #130 - Golden Duck (blue suits) 01/05/2007 08:08:10

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Legotrek wrote:

Can anyone explain the title - Golden Duck? Is this a cricket term? Thanks.


A golden duck is when the batsmen is dismissed for no runs, off the first delivery he faces.

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