Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveWe dont like cricket! Oh no!
Cricketers use a cricket bat made of willow.
Cricket should be compulsory in all countries - it builds moral fibre.
Anything else is just not err...cricket. 😉
We love it! Oh yeah!
If only you would come up with a magic or hallucinogenic potion where we could convert the world to the game of cricket, world peace would ensue.
Originally posted by Michelle PlassanI think they should have 3 bowlers at once, would that speed the game up?? LOL!
Come on it is the slowest game ever, as a woman I hate it... You can go for a shower, out to dinner, see a show and when you get home and flick it on you havent missed a thing.. Dont you think they should speed it up a bit?
Originally posted by Michelle PlassanActually, it's worse than that! You can go on a mini-break for the weekend, come back and find you haven't missed anything too.
Come on it is the slowest game ever, as a woman I hate it... You can go for a shower, out to dinner, see a show and when you get home and flick it on you havent missed a thing.. Dont you think they should speed it up a bit?
However, that's part of the appeal. You don't have to sit glued to the TV, beer in one hand, smokes in the other, shouting loudly everytime anything happens. You can watch it while you do other things. It's a bit like watching goldfish. Goldfish are ultimately dull but strangely compelling.
It is remarkably hard to get to like though because it does, on the surface, seem like a remarkably stupid game that goes on for five days and is quite likely to end in a draw. A game where a player can be said to be a "great leaver of the ball" i.e. very good at not doing anything is bound to be a bit difficult to get into. However, given a little time, you discover that it is a remarkably tactical game and what you get out of it is not the instant gratification of other sports but something much more subtle yet ultimately more satisfying. If buckaroo is football (soccer) then chess is cricket.
However, I disagree with the premise of this thread anyway because Rugby Union is the number one sport as everyone knows.
Originally posted by Michelle PlassanBut it is a game of chess like strategy, using live people with all their random elements to make it unpredictible. You have an idea of the persons capabilities but not structured set permissable moves of a chess piece.
Come on it is the slowest game ever, as a woman I hate it... You can go for a shower, out to dinner, see a show and when you get home and flick it on you havent missed a thing.. Dont you think they should speed it up a bit?
My five sisters go to test matches and watch all of it.
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Originally posted by Michelle PlassanOh and also, there have been attempts to speed it up. 20/20 cricket for example which is basically a slog fest and one day cricket too.
Come on it is the slowest game ever, as a woman I hate it... You can go for a shower, out to dinner, see a show and when you get home and flick it on you havent missed a thing.. Dont you think they should speed it up a bit?
One day cricket is interesting because it's pretty much the same rules as test cricket, played over a day and is very exciting (well the afternoon tends to be) and you get out of it something completely different to the five day test games.
Originally posted by Dr StrangeloveThere's a famous quote and I don't know who wrote it, but it goes along the lines of:
Cricketers use a cricket bat made of willow.
Cricket should be compulsory in all countries - it builds moral fibre.
Anything else is just not err...cricket. 😉
The English don't understand the concept of eternity, so that's why they invented cricket.
Originally posted by lordhighgusThey are probably going because its a meat market...
But it is a game of chess like strategy, using live people with all their random elements to make it unpredictible. You have an idea of the persons capabilities but not structured set permissable moves of a chess piece.
My five sisters go to test matches and watch all of it.
😀🙄🙄😀