Some rum old results coming in. England skittle out the Windies for fewer runs than they scored points against Upper Mombesiland in the Rugby World Cup, and India and Pakistan slog 690-odd runs in a single day of village blacksmith cricket.
Crack! six over long on.
Biff! Uppercut six over third man.
Whapp! Hooked six over Karachi International Airport.
Hardly a moment's peace to get a refill to one's G & T.
One bloke scored 65, and according to one report it included 10 fours and four sixes. I guess he doesn't go in for running much.
But of course, it's not the game it used to be... leather on willow, creased white flannels, maidens in summer frocks, satchels for wickets...
Who said cricket was boring?
Who said cricket was boring?
"Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available" (Benford's Law of Controversy)
From a tea-towel that we have pinned to the wall in the spare room:
Cricket as explained to a foreign visitor
You have two sides one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When both sides have been in and out including the not outs....
Thats the end of the game!
Marlybone Cricket Club
My boyfriend bought it in Australia after someone tried to tell him the rules of the game. He refers all his friends to it when they ask about cricket.
Cricket as explained to a foreign visitor
You have two sides one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out the side that's out comes in and the side that's in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.
Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When both sides have been in and out including the not outs....
Thats the end of the game!
Marlybone Cricket Club
My boyfriend bought it in Australia after someone tried to tell him the rules of the game. He refers all his friends to it when they ask about cricket.