GB Rules Proposal version 2

[Rheged]

I've always appreciated the old fashioned rules of cricket, where every rule is prefaced by "If, in the opinion of the umpire....."   Chris has achieved a similar outcome  by a set of rules that effectively say   "If, in the opinion of the moderator(s)......"thus implying that we the participants are individuals of sense and decorum.   Well done, Chris, and thank you.  I'm very impressed with your work  on our behalf, and very glad that it wasn't me that had to do it.

[Rick Lowe]

6.  No rule 6 - is there ever a rule 6? It's one rule or another so from now on it's 6.

I think this should read:

6. There is no Rule 6! No, don't ask! The consequences are ... messy

   !

LOL!!     

"If, in the opinion of the moderator(s)......"thus implying that we the participants are individuals of sense and decorum.   

Speak for Yourself!! 

and very glad that it wasn't me that had to do it.

Ditto.

[zenrat]

Only one minor thing mate.  A typo in rule 5.

"at the discretion of the Moderators providing they are not too close to being finished"

Amended.

Thank you.    I've never got my brain around that at school or since. Indeed our English master, "Bert" (never to his face  ) Royal wasn't actually bothered about the use of to/too, he was much more interested in your overall use of English.  That and I took my "O" Level in the third year so haven't done formal English since I was 14. Oddly we were warned that our History "O" Level markers would probably be more interested in our use of English grammar than the English masters 

Yeah, I wasn't quite sure and had to check before I posted.
I'm not a spelling nazi (not here anyway) but as it was going in the rules...

[zenrat]

I've always appreciated the old fashioned rules of cricket, where every rule is prefaced by "If, in the opinion of the umpire....."   Chris has achieved a similar outcome  by a set of rules that effectively say   "If, in the opinion of the moderator(s)......"thus implying that we the participants are individuals of sense and decorum.   Well done, Chris, and thank you.  I'm very impressed with your work  on our behalf, and very glad that it wasn't me that had to do it.

GBs should be run in "The spirit of Whiffing"   

So no underarm bowling OK?

 

[Old Wombat]

I've always appreciated the old fashioned rules of cricket, where every rule is prefaced by "If, in the opinion of the umpire....."   Chris has achieved a similar outcome  by a set of rules that effectively say   "If, in the opinion of the moderator(s)......"thus implying that we the participants are individuals of sense and decorum.   Well done, Chris, and thank you.  I'm very impressed with your work  on our behalf, and very glad that it wasn't me that had to do it.

GBs should be run in "The spirit of Whiffing"   

So no underarm bowling OK?

 

Or body-line, for that matter!

[NARSES2]

Ashes start in a few weeks 

[scooter]

GBs should be run in "The spirit of Whiffing"   

So no underarm bowling OK?

 

How else does one throw a bowling ball down an alley?     

[NARSES2]

GBs should be run in "The spirit of Whiffing"   

So no underarm bowling OK?

 

How else does one throw a bowling ball down an alley?     

   Although last time I was in New York I was surprised to see the number of games of cricket being played in Central Park on the Sunday  Civilization dawns ?   

[Old Wombat]

GBs should be run in "The spirit of Whiffing" 

So no underarm bowling OK?

 

How else does one throw a bowling ball down an alley?     

Well, I tend to come in with a mid-length run-up with the ball held in front of my chest, at the end of the second-last step I swing my left foot well forward & angle my toes well out, in a sort of skip-like motion, & plant my left foot firmly onto the floor; at the same time I drop my right hand, holding the ball, down my right side & slightly behind; I then slam my right foot hard down onto the boards just on the bowling line, simultaneously swinging my right arm, held straight, up & over my head, & my left arm down as a counter mass to the swing of my right arm; as the right arm passes vertical I twist my wrist, to give a bit of clockwise spin to the bowling ball as I release it just past the vertical; as I prefer to bowl a yorker slightly to the left, so the spin brings the ball in, crossing to the right through the pins.

     

[NARSES2]

  

I was a pretty good 10 pin bowler back in the late 60's, early 70's before most of the chains in the UK turned into bingo halls    but if I'd ever have tried to put my actions into words I'd of ended up banging my head against wall    Purely instinctive.

So no underarm bowling OK?

 

Wasn't it Australia who broke the spirit of the game back in the day against New Zealand ?

[PR19_Kit]

The late Mrs_PR19 had a 'unique' approach to 10 pin bowling, she counted the pins knocked over as 'hers' so long as she'd fired the ball. It didn't matter which lane they were on, they counted as 'hers'!!!

Once she scored a strike TWO lanes away from the one she was on!   

[Dizzyfugu]

I play (10 pin) bowling, amateur sport level in an official league (not wacky "house league" stuff). 

2022/23 season just over, but my team has the opportunity/must play relegation in June because we have the opportunity to step up into a higher league next season (we ended 2nd place in our division).

[AeroplaneDriver]

GBs should be run in "The spirit of Whiffing"   

So no underarm bowling OK?

 

How else does one throw a bowling ball down an alley?     

   Although last time I was in New York I was surprised to see the number of games of cricket being played in Central Park on the Sunday  Civilization dawns ?   

Cricket is quietly spreading in the US.  Charlotte, NC has a quite active amateur cricket club.  I think a lot of the growth has to do with hi-tech industries attracting people from South Asia to the area. 

[Wardukw]

Might seem kinda strange but I've never played cricket or rugby and I do mean ever...ive been to a bowling rink ..picked a mate up who's car got nicked..he ended up quite happy as insurance paid up and he brought a modified VN SS Commodore..so swings and round abouts 

[zenrat]

 

I was a pretty good 10 pin bowler back in the late 60's, early 70's before most of the chains in the UK turned into bingo halls    but if I'd ever have tried to put my actions into words I'd of ended up banging my head against wall    Purely instinctive.

So no underarm bowling OK?

 

Wasn't it Australia who broke the spirit of the game back in the day against New Zealand ?

Correct.  Much to our disgrace.
The underarm bowling incident of 1981 is a sporting controversy that took place on 1 February 1981, when Australia played New Zealand in a One Day International cricket match, the third in the best-of-five final of the 1980–81 World Series Cup, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
With one ball of the final over remaining in the match, New Zealand required a six to tie the match. To ensure that New Zealand were unable to achieve this, the Australian captain Greg Chappell instructed his bowler (and younger brother) Trevor Chappell to deliver the last ball to batsman Brian McKechnie underarm along the ground. Trevor Chappell did so, forcing McKechnie to play the ball defensively, meaning Australia won. This action, although legal at the time, was nevertheless widely perceived as being wholly against the traditional spirit of cricketing fair play.
The outrage caused by the incident eventually led to an official amendment to the international laws of cricket to prevent it from occurring again.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underarm_bowling_incident_of_1981

Ashes start in a few weeks