On the sports bulletin on BBC News24 a few minutes ago the presenter
said that Paul Collingwood had been added to the England cricket squad a
couple of days ago in case the Edgbaston wicket remained wet after the
recent tornado!

Norman.
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England

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:51:56 +0100, Norman Lynagh
wrote:

On the sports bulletin on BBC News24 a few minutes ago the presenter
said that Paul Collingwood had been added to the England cricket squad a
couple of days ago in case the Edgbaston wicket remained wet after the
recent tornado!

So many cricket/weather myths.

The much missed radio team of Johnson, Arlot, Blowers used to make me laugh by
insisting that high cloud was less likely to produce prolonged rain than low
cloud. Also the complete unscientific nonsense about cloud cover and humidity
affecting whether the ball would swing (move in the air).

Martin




Norman.
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The tornado apparently missed Edgbaston by only about a mile so
presumably, the cricket ground suffered very heavy rain from the cunim
responsible for the tornado.

But I do agree that cricket commentators often take the most ridiculous
drivel when they "knowledgeably" comment on the weather.

Jack

It may be unscientific, but it does happen, regularly, you just have to
like cricket to notice it.

I have been interested in this for many years, wondering if vapour
pressure was the culprit, but vapour pressure can be high on a summers
day with a high dewpoint but no low cloud and the ball doesn't swing at
all. However, on a cool morning with low stratus the ball will move in
the air until the stratus burns off and then not swing for the rest of
the day.
The Australia-Bangladesh odi at Sophia Gardens was a superb example of
this.

I have to admit that I am stumped, for an explanation.

Norman Lynagh wrote:
On the sports bulletin on BBC News24 a few minutes ago the presenter
said that Paul Collingwood had been added to the England cricket squad a
couple of days ago in case the Edgbaston wicket remained wet after the
recent tornado!

Norman.
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A decent Oklahoma-stylee F5 would have removed the turf - preserving us
from the interminable boredom of the match - or at least providing a
surface to challenge the ozzies

--
Chris (not a cricket fan)
http://www.ivy-house.net
Swaffham, Norfolk

Felly sgrifennodd :
It may be unscientific, but it does happen, regularly, you just have to
like cricket to notice it.

It's not necessarily unscientific, it's just that science hasn't explained
it yet. There's a scientific explanation of swing at
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/STUDE...ter/swing.html
where the author concedes that:
blockquote
Despite being widely observed in practice, there is currently no theoretical,
or experimental, evidence for humidity having any affect on the amount of
swing.
/blockquote
(note the first six words).

It will be explained, eventually.

Adrian
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Adrian Shaw ais@
Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber.
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac.
http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk

"Chris" wrote in message


Might:
the interminable boredom of the match

be something to do with the fact you English always lose to the Aussies?

Yes:
- or at least providing a surface to challenge the ozzies

It sounds likely.

Nobody ever watches cricket unless the Brits are winning.

Do they?


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Michael Mcneil wrote:

be something to do with the fact you English always lose to the Aussies?


Having worked in Oz a few times with a sister company to the one I work
for, I've realised why the Aussies are so good at sport. They don't do
much else! Right from early school age, they have sport "colleges" and
"clubs" - and when they get to work, they roll up at about 10am after a
jog/gym session and bugger off from work at 3:30ish, via the pool or
cricket club.

--
Chris
http://www.ivy-house.net
Swaffham, Norfolk

Chris wrote:

Right from early school age, they have sport
"colleges" and "clubs" - and when they get to work, they roll up at
about 10am after a jog/gym session and bugger off from work at
3:30ish, via the pool or cricket club.

Sounds marvellous.

Seconded!
Dave
"Simonb" wrote in message
.. .
Chris wrote:

Right from early school age, they have sport
"colleges" and "clubs" - and when they get to work, they roll up at
about 10am after a jog/gym session and bugger off from work at
3:30ish, via the pool or cricket club.

Sounds marvellous.