G'morning Nicolaas again,

 MM> Is it a straight bat you're playing - or do I need an extra at
 MM> silly man on ?

 NH> I've always been batty. [SHUDDUP in the cheap seats!]

 NH> You got a silly point?  [Oooh-ER!]

 NH> I remember, MANY more years ago than I want to think about, to
 NH> the days of the Sports Post (Wellington equivalent to the old 8
 NH> O'Clock) where cartoonist Nevile (or is it now Sir Nevile?)
 NH> Lodge did a full-page cartoon of all the fielding
 NH> positions, giving an artist's impression of the mental
 NH> image, conjured up by the sometimes unfortunate names of
 NH> the positions - square leg, deep fine leg, silly point,
 NH> cover point, slips, and so on.  Real gut-bustingly funny
 NH> stuff.

I'm not sure if Lodge finished his innings before Helen the 
Horrible declared that NZ's `No Balls' policy meant no further 
knighthoods...   perhaps he scored a ONZ or summat similarly nasty 
as a post-title ?

Anyway,  if you ever come across that piece of text that describes 
cricket to the ignorant newcomer (it includes oxymoronish phrases 
like "unless its the 11th man in when the whole team is out and a 
new innings starts"),   I'd been obliged if you'd post it here...

:-))
 
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