Thread: Does anyone here like cricket?

"I don't like crickeettt- I love it"
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Ha ha!! 'But the bat, its so narrow its perverse'. not seen that!

I tried really, really hard to get into the cricket when I was a teenager, but I just find it so dull.

And all those cliched paintings/phrases about a village green with men in whites playing a gentleman's game, can't beat the sound of leather on willow, etc.

If anything's a bad advert for the English being snobs and looking down their noses at everyone, bloody cricket is.

To be fair I did go to a 20/20 game last May but after an over ended up in the Guinness tent B-)

Originally Posted by swipezster

I tried really, really hard to get into the cricket when I was a teenager, but I just find it so dull.

And all those cliched paintings/phrases about a village green with men in whites playing a gentleman's game, can't beat the sound of leather on willow, etc.

If anything's a bad advert for the English being snobs and looking down their noses at everyone, bloody cricket is.

To be fair I did go to a 20/20 game last May but after an over ended up in the Guinness tent B-)

You've obviously never been around any Aussies when either watching or playing!!!! :ymparty:
I quite like the cliche but thats all it is (I play in the Victoria park cricket leauge in east london and I can assure you theres no snobbery there... proper mixed bag there!)

Originally Posted by eskimo

Originally Posted by swipezster

I tried really, really hard to get into the cricket when I was a teenager, but I just find it so dull.

And all those cliched paintings/phrases about a village green with men in whites playing a gentleman's game, can't beat the sound of leather on willow, etc.

If anything's a bad advert for the English being snobs and looking down their noses at everyone, bloody cricket is.

To be fair I did go to a 20/20 game last May but after an over ended up in the Guinness tent B-)

You've obviously never been around any Aussies when either watching or playing!!!! :ymparty:
I quite like the cliche but thats all it is (I play in the Victoria park cricket leauge in east london and I can assure you theres no snobbery there... proper mixed bag there!)

Yeah, I looked at my post and thought that it was a bit harsh - places like Asia & Australasia it's more of a communal thing and part of every day life.
I was going to say that it's only the English who treat it as the sweater-around-the-shoulders brigade, but you've countered my point eskimo

ATEOTD it's just not my cup of tea, but then again I like tennis (Check out a decent thread <here> and snooker

Ha ha, theres still a bit of that ie; all that old Nazi's at Lords with the MCC and there arrogant, snobbish attitude. Mind you the Indian Premier Leauge has shat on that a bit though... Rock stars owning cricket teams ... only on the sub continent... then again Mick Jagger is partial to a bit of a knock!

Tennis is similar when it comes to wimbledon (though I don't really get on with either tennis or snooker... I'm shit at both so that might be something to do with it!)

I personally love cricket...I grew up with my Dad teaching me to bat and bowl - my Dad also played in the Central Lancashire leagues, against the likes of Joel Garner, Curtley Ambrose and Carl Hooper before they went on to have professional careers for the West Indies!

The old cliches or images of old people dozing at boring elonagated cricket with staid-talking Yorkshire Boycott blocking the next 50 balls is totally outdated....the game is slicker, meaner and more aggressive in all formats. The 2005 Ashes has to rank as one of the best series, perhaps one of the best sporting contests of the Norties to date...it had everything, thick with drama, tension and great climaxes - not to mention Flintoff and Pieterson in fine form - both during and post-Ashes! And England's win in the 2009 series was no mean feat either....being over here in Oz, I also get to watch the Aussies host anyone who tours, so if cricket's on, I've usually got it on.

I don't like cricket....OH NO! ...I love it!!!! :p

Originally Posted by tomahawk

I personally love cricket...I grew up with my Dad teaching me to bat and bowl - my Dad also played in the Central Lancashire leagues, against the likes of Joel Garner, Curtley Ambrose and Carl Hooper before they went on to have professional careers for the West Indies!

The old cliches or images of old people dozing at boring elonagated cricket with staid-talking Yorkshire Boycott blocking the next 50 balls is totally outdated....the game is slicker, meaner and more aggressive in all formats. The 2005 Ashes has to rank as one of the best series, perhaps one of the best sporting contests of the Norties to date...it had everything, thick with drama, tension and great climaxes - not to mention Flintoff and Pieterson in fine form - both during and post-Ashes! And England's win in the 2009 series was no mean feat either....being over here in Oz, I also get to watch the Aussies host anyone who tours, so if cricket's on, I've usually got it on.

I don't like cricket....OH NO! ...I love it!!!! :p

good call pal who did your dad play for ? i used to live nr rishton and lowerhouse and i would go on every now and then. would love to do the barmy army tour of aus

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Ha ha,' what's your average?'

His phone bill must of been fookin huge!!

i love cricket ... watching the aussies v the windies in the t20 as i type

england doing great, but will have a tough semi against sri lanka on thursday (unless the windies batter the aussies in this game ... very unlikely)

no its shit. i-) i-) i-) i-) i-)

still love it ... watched England batter Sri Lanka earlier to reach the T20 final

Originally Posted by oothefuxthat

still love it ... watched England batter Sri Lanka earlier to reach the T20 final

top game tonight ... roll on sunday

Originally Posted by oldskoolrules

Originally Posted by oothefuxthat

still love it ... watched England batter Sri Lanka earlier to reach the T20 final

top game tonight ... roll on sunday

We made it look easy. In all the years i've watched the game i've never been as confident as i was today that we were gonna beat their total. Usually waiting for the mid-innings collapse!!

well it's going to be us and that down under mob so lets have it

as long as we win, i don't care who it is ... but the aussies would be niiiiice

They've exceeded my expectations just making the final. We're not exactly renowned for our T20 prowess are we!

^ deffo a change in policy ... picked a team spefically for the tournament, instead of rolling out the test 11 ... good job lol

just got the build up to the final on ... c'mon England

Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, Dame Edna, Mick Dundee, Harold Bishop, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Rolf Harris - can u hear me?

YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING!!! :ymparty: :ymparty: :ymparty: :ymparty:

I'll be honest with ya, I gave up watching it to watch Barca Not my cup of T that 20/20 Business, But well done anyhow Lads

I just don't get excited about cricket. (-| i-) Always nice to fuck the Aussies though! HaHa!!

I'm not mad keen 20/20 meself but

Originally Posted by waard

Always nice to fuck the Aussies though! HaHa!!

Originally Posted by dodders

Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting, Allan Border, Dame Edna, Mick Dundee, Harold Bishop, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan, Rolf Harris - can u hear me?

YOUR BOYS TOOK ONE HELL OF A BEATING!!! :ymparty: :ymparty: :ymparty: :ymparty:

... always good to see a losing aussie

it's all about beating them we played well from game one.... nice one england t20 world champs :ymparty: :ymparty: