Ronn Blankenship wrote: > At 06:04 AM 2/3/02, Russell C. wrote: > >> Nah - they'd call someone a right arm batsman, or a left-handed >> bowler... We wouldn't know what they meant. >> (can only have x-handed batsmen and x-arm bowlers - noone knows why >> but that's the way it is... it's the ultimate sport for confusion. > > > Is that "x" as in an abbreviation for "cross", or is the other hand > known as "y" or maybe "o"?
x as a generic variable - you can be a left-arm bowler and a left-hand batsmen, but never a left hand bowler (pitcher with lots more rules, but you can bowl yorkers, googlies, inswingers, etc etc). It really does have a whole other language. Cheers Russell C.
