Saw the thread about Dizzy Gillespie (sp?) and just thought I would wonder aloud.
I understand the rules (I’m British and had to play as a kid) but honestly can anyone explain the attraction of the game? Or better yet tell me of a more tedious sport?
[quote=“Edgar Allen”]Saw the thread about Dizzy Gillespie (sp?) and just thought I would wonder aloud.
I understand the rules (I’m British and had to play as a kid) but honestly can anyone explain the attraction of the game? Or better yet tell me of a more tedious sport?[/quote]
the fact a game can go on for 5 straight days, to-ing and fro-ing in terms of who is dominating play… bitter struggles, heartbreak, heart ache and loss… and for it to possibly end in a draw and for both teams to accept that and go have beers together and laugh about the previous weeks play… that is the beauty of cricket.
[quote=“AWOL”][quote=“Edgar Allen”]Saw the thread about Dizzy Gillespie (sp?) and just thought I would wonder aloud.
I understand the rules (I’m British and had to play as a kid) but honestly can anyone explain the attraction of the game? Or better yet tell me of a more tedious sport?[/quote]
the fact a game can go on for 5 straight days, to-ing and fro-ing in terms of who is dominating play… bitter struggles, heartbreak, heart ache and loss… and for it to possibly end in a draw and for both teams to accept that and go have beers together and laugh about the previous weeks play… that is the beauty of cricket.[/quote]
I don’t understand the rules. Is there a website somewhere that explains it for dummies?
“rules of cricket”[/quote]
Usually that’s what happens when you ask someone about cricket. It’s like if you don’t already know then you never will. That’s cool I’ll stick to baseball.
“rules of cricket”[/quote]
Usually that’s what happens when you ask someone about cricket. It’s like if you don’t already know then you never will. That’s cool I’ll stick to baseball.[/quote]
Well, if you’d done a google search, you would have found: Dangermouse’s Explanation of Cricket - which attempts to describe the basics for someone who knows about baseball …
Exactly my point. I know people who go to the cricket just for the beer (which I can understand) but what about the guys who sit and watch it on TV for days and get excited about it?
I would seriously rather put a pin in each eyeball than watch a day of cricket, never mind 5 days!
[quote=“Edgar Allen”]Exactly my point. I know people who go to the cricket just for the beer (which I can understand) but what about the guys who sit and watch it on TV for days and get excited about it?
I would seriously rather put a pin in each eyeball than watch a day of cricket, never mind 5 days! :p[/quote]
and you said you were english? i find that hard to believe after that comment
[quote=“Richardm”]It’s too late. The moment has passed. I don’t care to ever know anything at all about cricket.[/quote]You don’t want to know about leg slips, full tosses, sticky wickets, foward short legs, or silly points ?
[quote=“taipei_swan”]
I thought cricket was boring, until I watched a game of baseball on TV during the recent World Baseball Challenge on one of the sports channels here.
In the words of Homer Simpson, at a baseball game in the episode where he gave up beer for a month: “I never realised how boring this game really is!”[/quote]
You got that right. Though American football takes top honours for snooze-appeal, I’d say.