The Ashes

Hi Straggler,

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It is the best sport in the world!!

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Cricket isn't a sport. It is not even a game. It is a religious ritual. It's main purpose is the generation of statistics.Umpire = priest. Just look at all the confusing jargon that only insiders understand, the impractical costumes, the fanatical followers... I'm telling you, it's a cult!It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. - Bill Bryson

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When's the game itself going to begin? - Groucho Marx, watching a match at Lord'sMutate and Survive

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"A curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it." - Jacques Monod