Here's a thread for all you cricket fans ( lets avoid the usual Aussie/Pom bashing if we can guys ).

Such a gentle, refined sport... till you see the fans ( The Barmy Army for example ).
Haha.

What a disaster the Ashes was. Strauss should have been captain, not Flintoff. And Monty should have been picked in the first two tests. But well done Australia. They completely outclassed us.

Yeah, we kind of got pwned by the Aussies. They played amazing though, they deserved it. But next time!!


Aah I love cricket. I like watching it, and also I like to play it. I generally slug the bat rather than tap it so I either score 4s or one or two by running. I like bowling too, but I'm better at underarm bowling. I can do proper overarm but it's usually extremely wide, hehe.

I like playing it. I'm not very good though. I got out first ball today.

And the whipping doesn't end with the Ashes...

We should just claim their players back, pardoning them for the crimes that got them sent there.

We might have a chance against a bunch of alcoholic Aboriginals.

The ODI today was a disaster as well.

I have one thing to say about this sport. 5-0!!!!!

Didn't you hear what Amanda said? No Pommie bashing.

although I love it

I played this in gym during 6th grade, and got knocked out by the ball, I totally don't get it. Someone explain?

In a nutshell:

Two guys from one team bat while the other team fields. A bowler from the fielding team bowls the ball 6 times (those 6 times are called 1 over) and tries to get the batsmen out. The batsmen hit the ball and depending on how far it goes they run the distance of the pitch as many times as they can. If the ball gets to the boundary but bounces it's immediately 4 runs and if it goes over the boundary on the full its 6 runs. The batsmen can get out by being caught on the full, if the fielders hit the wickets (sticks sticking up from the ground at each end of the pitch) while the batsmen are running and don't get past a white line on the pitch, if the bowler bowls the ball and hits the wickets, or if it hits the batter's leg but would have hit the wicket if their leg wasn't there (called LBW - Leg Before Wicket). The scores look something like 3/198 - that's 3 batters out and 198 runs scored by the batting team.

Also there's a few different types of cricket: One day games go for one day obviously and each team gets one go at bowling and batting. Test matches go for up to 5 days and each team gets 2 goes at bowling and batting. Then theres the new Twenty20 games that only go for about 2 hours with 20 overs for each team.

I probably just confused you even more.

haha how the fuck do you play cricket?

It's a game that has 'lunch' and 'tea' and lasts for 5 days. Both teams wear the same colour kit and the Americans aren't good at it.

You don't play it, you watch it from the other side of a field.

Yay, I may be going to watch a one dayer

Cricket is to long and boring.
My dad played it for years and broke all his fingers (not at once) from it
I dont watch it and like it that much

Its not our fault that the England team are more focused on their tea than playing a match.



They have to face it. They suck at football, rugby and cricket.

Cool. Which one?


How are the N.Ireland cricket team doing?

I don't think we got one.

But Ireland won The European Championship last year. and they're in the 07 World cup.

Really? Wow.

i like cricket. no, correction: i LOVE cricket! i think itz the lankan blood in me. im pissed about the lanka - new zealand tour. is ani1 else, or is it just me?

Umm. I'm not sure. One that's in Sydney though.

I haven't been following it, but I thought the Kiwis were getting smashed.. I guess that was wrong?

except from the fact we always pwn you at football, we won the rugby world cup, and we won the ashes last time.
If we suck, Ireland has inverted itself sucking so hard

Cant beleive we just got pwned by the ozzies again

Good one KP. Getting injured...

So it goes Australia > England > Ireland?

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only in cricket ozzieboy

football = England >>>> Australia >>>>>>>>>>>>> Ireland.

Sure, Katie.

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prove me wrong biach

have any of you guys been to see a live cricket match? not being funny, but isnt it quite boring?

3 - 1 (footie), 5 - 0(cricket). Enough said.

Oh, and we have the A-league which just started here 2005 and it's getting pretty successful.

But I don't wanna fight with you, so end of discussion.

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because you know you shall get PWNED
but we shouldt spam, so okaies....
TO BE CONTINUED MILAD!!

I went to the recent Twenty20 match between Australia and England. When Australia was batting it was quite exciting since there was at least 2 sixies every over. But when England went in to bat...it took until the last over for them to hit a six.

Monty Panesar is a legend by the way

I prefer Twenty20 matches to Test matches and ODIs.

thats cool.
The only time i have really properly watched it was when england won the ashes, and that was exciting

I loved watching the 2005 Ashes. And then Sky nabbed all the rights to live games. So I could only watch highlights of this years.

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Ditto.
i hate sky. i would be watching the arsenal game now, im actually somewhere with sky.... but its on PREM PLUS.
motherfuckers.

I've heard a lot of people do. A lot of people who have never really been into cricket before are apparently getting into Twenty20 because there's more action and it's shorter. I dunno what my favourite is though, it's all good to me

England actually won a match. *faints*

Yeah I know...and it was by 3 wickets...

and we win again today, against the Ozzies!
*faints*

Paul Collingwood is a fucking legend.

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Damn straight!

One of my friends kept making fun of me today because England beat us

Ireland for the world cup, COME ON LADS.

i cant believe they...
didnt lose!!

England lost the world cup lolz!!

My dad watches cricket all the time! It sends me to sleep!
But I must admit, I did like to watch the Ashes that year we won...it was very entertaining! So I'm 50/50 about this sport!

It was more entertaining when Australia won 5-0.

Apparently someone wants to/is going to (can't remember which one) make a bollywood film about that cricket coach being murdered in the world cup.

Yeah some Bollywood director wants to make a movie around the events of Bob Woolmer's death. He said that it'd be a love story between two individuals with a cricket backdrop. He also said that Bob Woolmer will not be directly mentioned but the links with the death will be obvious. It sounds lame to me.

Well it IS bollywood

He says that there's gonna be dance and songs as well.........