tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post4646577074041509719..comments2023-11-05T08:46:06.975+00:00Comments on IDLE: Idle as ArlottIdlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633477263913264410noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-20363207268901511482013-06-03T14:43:33.215+01:002013-06-03T14:43:33.215+01:00They used to teach kids how to play cricket at sch...They used to teach kids how to play cricket at school. I started at 5. I was never that good at it - over 6 foot from an early age, I could swing the ball like buggery but never knew which way it would swing. I also had a prodigious fast leg cutter - but again, never knew when it would turn up. So 5 for 11 as I got in one school match could just as easily be 0 for 111. <br /><br />Regardless, a day at the cricket is one of the great pleasures of life, and one of the few things I miss from being Bristol based, where I was 20 minutes walk from the County Ground. Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-54413893504408195432013-06-01T09:20:16.927+01:002013-06-01T09:20:16.927+01:00Well "civilisation" isn't a spectato...Well "civilisation" isn't a spectator sport, so to that extent I can agree with you. Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-43339247739752759372013-06-01T00:22:26.432+01:002013-06-01T00:22:26.432+01:00My last house backed onto a cricket club and whils...My last house backed onto a cricket club and whilst I found the sight and sounds comforting I had no idea what was going on, I'll try harder.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-71665662586181226902013-05-31T20:28:16.871+01:002013-05-31T20:28:16.871+01:00Elby is wise.
Cricket is comfortably the greates...Elby is wise. <br /><br />Cricket is comfortably the greatest game created by man. What imagination!<br /><br />It is also an excellent proxy for war.<br />idlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09938525768274527540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-44963329209440930052013-05-31T15:00:15.797+01:002013-05-31T15:00:15.797+01:00Sebastian. Cricket is Civilisation. That is all yo...Sebastian. Cricket is Civilisation. That is all you need to know. Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-24377450542090765812013-05-31T09:49:13.268+01:002013-05-31T09:49:13.268+01:00Never understood the game. I'm with Lord Melbo...Never understood the game. I'm with Lord Melbourne; the English, not being a religious people, need cricket to give them an idea of what eternity means.Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-73454659427981655902013-05-31T07:46:17.744+01:002013-05-31T07:46:17.744+01:00That is what happens when you get silly mid ons or...That is what happens when you get silly mid ons or offs with square legs in your team. Batty in the atticnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7748920856459488211.post-29997363742761687782013-05-30T15:35:23.181+01:002013-05-30T15:35:23.181+01:00Agreed. And it's odd - Flower is Zimbabwean ye...Agreed. And it's odd - Flower is Zimbabwean yes? And colonials are usually more up at at 'em than us Brits. Strauss a defensive captain as well, and I suspect Cook is rather following in his footsteps. <br /><br />Regardless - playing not to lose against the Aussies, even at the relatively low ebb that they are currently in, is not advisable. <br /><br />Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.com