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ringo
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Message 241 of 356 (703345)
07-19-2013 12:57 PM 		Reply to: Message 237 by Straggler
07-19-2013 10:17 AM

Chirp
Our local track and field track (and field) has a cricket field beside it. Most of the players apparently come from the Caribbean. I've also seen the kids playing cricket in front of the local Sikh temple.
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So... I can recognise cricket when I see it.
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Then there's the Monty Python sketch about the legendary Batsmen of the Kalihari.
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Incidentally, when I Googled "cricket" to find out what a cricket field is called, I was surprised to see that the game comes before the insect.
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07-19-2013 1:23 PM 		Reply to: Message 242 by Straggler
07-19-2013 1:06 PM

Re: Chirp
Straggler writes:
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It's called a cricket pitch.
Wikipedia says it's a "field" and the "pitch" is a specific part of it.
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Straggler writes:
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Given the countries that do play cricket, their combined population and the fact that they speak English....
The pitch is a field. The pitcher is a bowler but he doesn't bowl in a bowling alley. The batter is a batsman but the bowler isn't a bowlman. You call that English?
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And when I Googled "bat", the mammal came up first.
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Message 268 of 356 (703382)
07-20-2013 11:47 AM 		Reply to: Message 246 by Straggler
07-19-2013 1:43 PM

Re: Chirp
Straggler writes:
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In cricket a "pitcher" is a big jug full of Pimms.
What's a Pimm? And how many can you get in a jug?
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Straggler writes:
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Tut tut tut. Link
Cricket bat? Is that anything like a crocoduck?
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07-20-2013 11:50 AM 		Reply to: Message 250 by nwr
07-19-2013 2:42 PM

Re: Chirp
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You didn't even get to the bit about silly mid on...
I knew it. The whole "game" is just a Monty Python sketch.
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... or the bit about bowling a maiden over.
Well, when I was younger....
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Message 276 of 356 (703391)
07-20-2013 1:09 PM

The best movie I can recall that mentions cricket is The Lady Vanishes
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Iris Henderson: I was having tea about an hour ago with an English lady. You saw her, didn't you?
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Charters: Well, I don't know, I mean, I was talking to my friend, wasn't I?
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Caldicott: Indubitably.
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Iris Henderson: Yes, but you were sitting at the next table. She turned and borrowed the sugar. You must remember.
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Charters: Yes, I recall passing the sugar.
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Iris Henderson: Well then you saw her.
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Charters: I repeat we were deep in conversation. We were discussing cricket.
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Iris Henderson: Well, I don't see how a thing like cricket can make you forget seeing people.
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Charters: Oh, don't you? If that's your attitude, there's nothing more to be said! Come Caldicott. "A thing like cricket!"
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Gilbert: Wrong tactics. We should've told him we were looking for a lost cricket ball.
  
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Message 298 of 356 (704602)
08-12-2013 1:15 PM

"I may not know much about golf but I know how to hold the bat."
-- Johnny English
  
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10-31-2013 7:47 PM 		Reply to: Message 312 by Tangle
08-23-2013 10:27 AM

Re: Straggler Oval-Tastic
Tangle writes:
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... batting is sloooooow.
Cricket - the only game in the world that's slower than baseball.
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01-14-2014 12:28 PM 		Reply to: Message 330 by Tangle
01-07-2014 12:44 PM

Re: 5-0 Whitewash
Tangle writes:
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I'm trying not to notice and taking some lessons from Faith on ignoring evidence.
In fact, [insert your favourite team here] won the world championship (or equivalent) and you personally scored the winning touchdown/goal/run.
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