Cricket thread

[Oldhippy]

I am totally sport illiterate but I have always imagined that a cricket match on a nice day must be quite a pleasant way to pass some time.

 

[T4tomo]

pity b BESS isn't available, too busy ironing b Broad headbands, we could have had them bowled out by now! and once we get to the second innings, I wonder how many overs our 4 medium/quicks will get through?

 

[matticus]

Does this qualify as a fightback? I think so, but I suspect it will be a flashinthepan (if I may mix my sporting metaphors)

Still, a bit of excitement is welcome!

 

[T4tomo]

I am totally sport illiterate but I have always imagined that a cricket match on a nice day must be quite a pleasant way to pass some time.

It certainly is. I had a mate a college who was similar and hopeless at cricket, but loved to turn out for the college 2nds to have a laugh in the sun, a bit of banter, hopefully avoid having bat - as the quick bowlers scared him, and beers afterwards. He once caught a catch in the gully, his only notable contribution to the sporting cause in 3 years.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

A b ROOT of a ball!

 

[matticus]

Have you read Penguins Stopped Play? (either of you!)

A delightful account of many matches played in that spirit (and some other humorous matches).

 

[Oldhippy]

I managed to get through the school system in the 70's never doing sport. That is how adverse I have been to sport.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I managed to get through the school system in the 70's never doing sport. That is how adverse I have been to sport.

I was in my 30s before I really started playing cricket. (No talent whatsoever for it but it got me out into the sun.)

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Mad stuff happening in the Test. Just saying.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Good grief, there's a match on!

 

[Dayvo]

Have you read Penguins Stopped Play? (either of you!)

A delightful account of many matches played in that spirit (and some other humorous matches).

Two VERY funny cricket books, at grass roots level are a must-read for anyone who has at least a passing interest in cricket, or someone who just has a sense of humour:

 

[Dayvo]

WTF is going on?

 

[BrumJim]

Who is this 'Joe Root' bowler, and where has he been until now?

 

[matticus]

WTF is going on?

Root	5.0	3	6	4	1.20

!!!
This guy needs to be playing every Test, in my humble view.

 

[Dayvo]

Have never seen bowling stats in any form of cricket like this, let alone Test cricket.