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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Discuss....

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Is it as dull as it seems? Or is there some secret appeal that I just haven't discovered yet?

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By *assy69Man
over a year ago

West Sussex and Wales

"Is it as dull as it seems? Or is there some secret appeal that I just haven't discovered yet?"

Dear old Jimminy, how I miss the little fella whispering in my ear……..

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By *omad_SolMan
over a year ago

Cheshunt

Uh oh, what have I started?

hahaha

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By *irtydevil666Man
over a year ago

bristol

Comes in various formats now so maybe not as dull as it use to be.....

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By *ik MMan
over a year ago

Lancashire

Best game invented… regardless of the format (except The Hundred)

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By *eliciousDiva69Woman
over a year ago

Schitts Creek

Not dull if you go to a live match, the atmosphere can be good fun, also

helps!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't like cricket.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I don't like cricket."

I love it.

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By *ormerWelshcouple2020Man
over a year ago

Stourbridge

Cricket is a wonderful game.

It’s allowed me to travel to Australia,New Zealand etc to stay with friends who came over hers to play , I’ve introduced it to Germans ,Italians ,Belgians and Americans who all lie love it ,although particularly the one day formats and the copious amounts of alcohol consumed.

I’m more a test fan myself

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By *rownhotnessMan
over a year ago

Cheshire/Midlands

One of the best sports to watch live if the weather is shining. I'm going to the ashes this yr

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is it as dull as it seems? Or is there some secret appeal that I just haven't discovered yet?"

When you go out, you're in. When you're in, you do your best not to get out..... but when you are out, you come in....

Hope that helps.

Ps it's awesome,

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

I like reggae.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Listening to crickets is a comforting thing sound

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By *skyouneverknowMan
over a year ago

Calne

It's wonderful - I've played it in 22 countries - I've been to places I'd never dreamed of visiting as a result

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"Best game invented… regardless of the format (except The Hundred) "

What is the point of The Hundred compared to something like T20 blast or IPL?

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By *ittyandtheboyCouple
over a year ago

Behind the bike shed!

"Discuss....

Its entertainment lies in its slow pace and the feeling feck all is happening.

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

Its a small insect that makes an audible sound

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By *ellhungvweMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

I have never understood cricket - it is all about someone getting hit in the mid wicket googlies with someone else’s off stump. WTF is that all about?

Then you have a match that is drawn after playing for five days and one team has three thousand and forty eight and the other has seven but thirty two not out. Does that mean his googlies are still intact and so he doesn’t lose?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cricket is quite simple.

You have two sides... Ours and theirs, one out in the field, one in. Each man in the side that's in, goes out, and when he's out, he comes back in and the next man goes in until he's out. Then, when they have all been in and are all out, the side that's been in the field goes in and the side that's in goes out and tries to get out those coming in. Sometimes you get men still in and not out. Then when both sides have been in and out, including not-outs, that's the end of the game.

It's really very simple!

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I find the sound of cricket very soothing to listen to. The sound of the ball hitting the bat, the gentle ripple of applause.

Sends me right off to sleep.

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
over a year ago

Manchester-ish

I love cricket! Especially listening to TMS in the garden on a sunny day.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I find the sound of cricket very soothing to listen to. The sound of the ball hitting the bat, the gentle ripple of applause.

Sends me right off to sleep."

Same.

Nothing like watching a game with a few beers, getting into the drama of the minutiae of it, drifting off for a while, the gentle ripples of applause, the occasional crack of a good shot and cries of howsazt? All the while bathing in the sunshine.

It’s also my favourite sport to play as it’s the only sport I am aware of that stops halfway through for a meal ie: tea

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think it's a sport you love or not, I don't think there are many in the middle (cricket pun there).

For me it's a fascinating game, compelling in all forms. Individuals playing as a team but challenging each other.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

But.

Not many sequins though

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By *ock69erMan
over a year ago

Middle o’ Fife

"Cricket…. Is it as dull as it seems? Or is there some secret appeal that I just haven't discovered yet?"

…

Cricket is certainly not as dull as it seems…. It’s waaay worse than that!!!

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

"But.

Not many sequins though"

Cricket cheerleaders have sequins

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By *aucasian GhandiMan
over a year ago

from my dad's left nut (Warwick)

"Discuss....

Howzat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Context is everything.

There are times when whacking balls with a large wooden paddle would he both entertaining and entirely warranted.

Cricket is not one of those times.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It was invented as an excuse to drink during the day that's all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I do love cricket though. When I was younger and wanted to learn as much as I could, I'd happily sit there and watch a full test match and absorb the analysis provided. Then as I got older, I had more appreciation for the limited overs game due to India winning the T20 and 50 over World Cup and have now come back round to enjoying test cricket more.

It's the ultimate form of the game and to be able to just relax for a few hours to watch it while the rest of my life moves at 100mph, calmness can just wash over me.

I also defy you to name a more beautiful sight in sport than a Sachin Tendulkar cover drive

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

"I do love cricket though. When I was younger and wanted to learn as much as I could, I'd happily sit there and watch a full test match and absorb the analysis provided. Then as I got older, I had more appreciation for the limited overs game due to India winning the T20 and 50 over World Cup and have now come back round to enjoying test cricket more.

It's the ultimate form of the game and to be able to just relax for a few hours to watch it while the rest of my life moves at 100mph, calmness can just wash over me.

I also defy you to name a more beautiful sight in sport than a Sachin Tendulkar cover drive

Brian Lara's drives were better to watch

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's the ultimate form of the game and to be able to just relax for a few hours to watch it while the rest of my life moves at 100mph, calmness can just wash over me.

I also defy you to name a more beautiful sight in sport than a Sachin Tendulkar cover drive

Brian Lara's drives were better to watch

Wars have been started for less, Grumpy

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

It's the ultimate form of the game and to be able to just relax for a few hours to watch it while the rest of my life moves at 100mph, calmness can just wash over me.

I also defy you to name a more beautiful sight in sport than a Sachin Tendulkar cover drive

Brian Lara's drives were better to watch

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

This just isn't cricket, lads

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By *aucasian GhandiMan
over a year ago

from my dad's left nut (Warwick)

Cricket some of my fondest childhood memories ate from playing County cricket...I loved it and used ut as an escape, the feeling of taking a wicket or hitting a sex is unreal

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I couldn't even feign interest in this for Freddie Flintoff!

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By *alandNitaCouple
over a year ago

Scunthorpe

"Discuss....

Chirpy little critters

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By *naswingdressWoman
over a year ago

Manchester (she/her)

Cricket is probably the only sport you'll catch me watching.

... Maybe swimming during the Olympics

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Sitting in the sun, with a warm breeze billowing your hair, Pimms in hand and a plate of cucumber sandwiches, listening to the echoing knock of leather on willow.

What's not to like?

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

It's the ultimate form of the game and to be able to just relax for a few hours to watch it while the rest of my life moves at 100mph, calmness can just wash over me.

I also defy you to name a more beautiful sight in sport than a Sachin Tendulkar cover drive

Brian Lara's drives were better to watch

Wars have been started for less, Grumpy

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By *rystal DreamtimeTV/TS
over a year ago

horsham

I worked alongside an Australian guy who would tell me how his game of Cricket had gone , ball by fucking ball by fucking ball ... I never really hated the game till that moment ...

I used to like being the wicket keeper at school , there was just more to do ...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I worked alongside an Australian guy who would tell me how his game of Cricket had gone , ball by fucking ball by fucking ball ... I never really hated the game till that moment ...

I used to like being the wicket keeper at school , there was just more to do ... "

I could never keep wicket. The burn on the thighs crouching down every ball would be murder

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

Any sport that builds in time for lunch and tea is just fine by me.

Pure nostalgia, but long school summer holidays, moving the TV into the garden and spending all day in front of the test were dreamy...

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