Topic: Cricket is canny and England are rubbish against spin

[Dan]

i love it.  my second favourite sport after football.

but although prefer to watch football on telly, i think watching a live international is a far better day out than a visit to st james.

the banter at the cricket is like an away football game, expect it lasts all day and you can have a good old drink while you watch the action.

i was at the last two days at edgbaston and it was superb. my best two day outs of the year so far.

[Morph]

What do you think of Cricket? I've always tried to get into it but it is just to boring. Utter crap and I am amazed how much coverage it gets.

i think it gets all the coverage cos it clearly isnt crap.

in my opinion its better than football and the cricketing superstars are a better bunch than the footballers, they dont go round cheating and play the game for the love of it not for 6 million grand a week.

[Morph]

who here plays cricket in the Durham Senior League?

think im coming to play in that league next season.

need a club.

any recomendations?

[Skeletor]

Thank god someone else thinks Cricket is still crap. This whole cricket is great fad will die again when England go back to being s***.

[The College Dropout]

Thank god someone else thinks Cricket is still crap. This whole cricket is great fad will die again when England go back to being s***.

Aye, ths thread has turned into my worst nightmare- A cricket jizzfest

[Sima]

Thank god someone else thinks Cricket is still crap. This whole cricket is great fad will die again when England go back to being s***.

Sweeping generalisations \o/

[Morph]

'the cricket fad' will never die.

its the second biggest sport in the country.

grow up and stop being ignorant.

[hggcraig]

people who sit and watch cricket for hours on end must lead boring lives with nowt else better to do

[Sima]

people who sit and watch cricket for hours on end must lead boring lives with nowt else better to do

Wrong.

[Gemmill]

In the past I've slagged cricket off having not watched it in years (since probably the 80s).  Having watched some Twenty20 stuff, one dayers and the latest Ashes tests, I have to admit that the game is a lot more interesting than I've given it credit for in the past.  Having said that, the cricket I remembered from when I was a kid really was very boring a lot of the time.  The game seems to have changed a lot though and the last two Ashes test haven't just been good cricket matches....they've been as good as it gets as far as sporting contests and tension are concerned.

[Aphrodite]

Aye, the days of Boycott seem to have gone. Block, block, leave, block, block, single.

[PM]

Cricket is the dogs bollocks. It's a shame people don't have patience these days, with your flashing lights and things, argh!

Great sport when you understand it, as is Formula 1.

agreed

F1 is GREAT

[Skeletor]

Thank god someone else thinks Cricket is still crap. This whole cricket is great fad will die again when England go back to being s***.

Sweeping generalisations \o/

Totally \o/.

[The Shaman]

Cricket's been crap since the retirement of Viv Richards, Greenidge, Marshall, Lloyd and Co...... but more importantly due to the shortage of talent in the West Indies, and the subsequent failure to replace it's former greats, cricket has lost it's true entertainer/ticket seller.

[Morph]

footballs pathetic compared to cricket.

when do you see a cricketer cheating or moaning about the umpires, or fans beating the s**** out of each other?

just listening to 5 live, all the txts are from football fans saying theyd prefer to be listening to the cricket.

[Papa Lazaru]

people who sit and watch cricket for hours on end must lead boring lives with nowt else better to do

Wrong.

More complete bollocks than wrong!

As other people on the thread have said, cricketers are so much better as people and professionals than your average footballers and the recent Ashes battles have been the eptiome of what great sport is about.

That said, much as i love cricket, football and NUFC will always be number 1, though i suspect these days i'd much rather watch England cricket than England football team.

[Bellers]

people who sit and watch cricket for hours on end must lead boring lives with nowt else better to do

Wrong.

I totally agree

More complete bollocks than wrong!

As other people on the thread have said, cricketers are so much better as people and professionals than your average footballers and the recent Ashes battles have been the eptiome of what great sport is about.

That said, much as i love cricket, football and NUFC will always be number 1, though i suspect these days i'd much rather watch England cricket than England football team.

[Syrette]

Thought I'd bump this topical thread.  bluewink.gif

[Geordiesned]

I'm going to Headingly next Saturday for the 3rd day of the 3rd test. Admittedly it is more for the drink than the cricket though!

[smoggeordie]

Got any spare tickets?

[Geordiesned]

Nope.

We've got a coach load going down so should be a canny day.

[HyDrO]

Cricket is the dogs bollocks. It's a shame people don't have patience these days, with your flashing lights and things, argh!

Great sport when you understand it, as is Formula 1.

ditto.

[PM]

I'm going to Headingly next Saturday for the 3rd day of the 3rd test. Admittedly it is more for the drink than the cricket though!

Could be wrong but I think Saturday is the 2nd day next week.

[Geordiesned]

I'm going to Headingly next Saturday for the 3rd day of the 3rd test. Admittedly it is more for the drink than the cricket though!

Could be wrong but I think Saturday is the 2nd day next week.

Really? I just assumed it would be the 3rd day. What the hell. I won't remember much of the cricket anyway!  mr2j.gif

[PM]

I'm going to Headingly next Saturday for the 3rd day of the 3rd test. Admittedly it is more for the drink than the cricket though!

Could be wrong but I think Saturday is the 2nd day next week.

Really? I just assumed it would be the 3rd day. What the hell. I won't remember much of the cricket anyway! mr2j.gif

Aye, the next test starts on Friday as they're back-to-back.