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Sperglord Firecock posted:As an American, Cricket vaguely scares and confuses me. Mostly the concept of Test Cricket. How can anyone play a game that lasts that long and not get dreadfully tired of it? Cricket is weird and idiosyncratic and has no place in the modern world with its fast cars, fast women and demand for more, more, now, now But that's the beauty of it. Over the course of five days, you can see grown men brought to their knees as they enter into a psychological and physical Test of endurance. As a spectator, you can have the radio or TV on in the background, and slowly soak up the tension and drama as the match heads towards its conclusion. But all it takes is a batting collapse and suddenly a losing side is bearing back down on their opponents with renewed gusto. Even on the last day, anything is possible. Tail-end batsmen (bowlers) making 100 runs. Commentators cars being wrecked by six-hits that exit the stadium. The tips of men's penises smashed in against their protective boxes by the force of a 95mph in-swinger. The art of leg-spin. Or you can be more active, and take to watching a day or two at the ground, whilst doing the crossword and getting absolutely shitfaced on gin over the course of 7 hours It also comes in three convenient format: 20/20 - 240 max. balls are bowled, whoever hit these balls the best wins (takes maybe 2-3 hours) One-day - 600 max. balls are bowled, whoever hits these balls the best wins (takes about 7 hours) Test - An epic 5-day battle of wits and steel and moustaches, with varying victory conditions too lengthy and nuanced to bother mentioning o.m. 94 fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Nov 26, 2014 |
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Also this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtxnfqDJUWg
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