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I hate cricket for other reasons. It is the most sexist sport around. The only use for women at a cricket match (I'm talking village green stuff here) is to make the teas and wash up afterwards. A long time ago I went out with someone who played cricket. I was encouraged to go along and watch. No sooner had I sat down on my beach towel and put on my sunglasses, ready for a quiet snooze, than I was whisked off to make sandwiches and cut up cakes. I deliberately put too much mayonnaise in the egg so that it oozed out everywhere when the cricketers bit into the sandwiches, all over those lovely cricket whites. Needless to say, I wasn't asked again. Result then ![]() |
Which is worse, cricket or baseball? |
I too think cricket is useless...why is it even called 'cricket'? I always thought they were insects. But, did you hear about the Irish cricket match? It was cancelled because both teams turned up wearing the same colors... |
I love cricket, but I agree that five day county matches would try the patience of even the most stoical of souls. There's nothing to beat the gradual ebb and flow of a Test, though. It's enjoyable precisely because it's the complete opposite of a thrill-a-minute sport. It's all about a shared appreciation of what's going on. I think that's why most people's idea of cricket is actually listening to Test Match Special. I know people who avidly listen to it who've never even seen cricket being played. I was lucky enough to go to a Test match last year, and a great deal of the pleasure came from being able to sit and chat to people about the game, coupled with a sense that this day would be factored into the great monolith of memory that is created out of Wisden, TMS and so on. It's a very nostalgic game. |
Cricket - the perfect sport to watch on teletext. Cricket - the sport you can go to work during without missing anything important. Cricket - yet another sport we invented that the rest of the world regularly thrashes us at. Baseball - the only sport where the World Series involves only two countries. |
yawn - is it over yet? Ace team names DG (lol) |
'I'm a celebrity...' was won by an ex-cricketer. Well he is now. |
Philistines! Barbarians! Rounders-players! C'mon - What other sport is there in the world where you can stop for Lunch and then Tea? And where a Pakistani, a West Indian and an Englishman can unite in a common hatred of the Aussies? Besides, how many cricketers have you seen wearing Alice bands? |
I totally agree about the names - added solely for marketing. The same thing has happened with the best contact sport in the world - Rugby League. Creeping Americanisation again don't yer see. It's not boring. You just need to understand what is happening. Now real life. That's boring. |
And Rugby Union. Sale Sharks my arse. |
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