To all my UK friends, and cricket fans everywhere: this question is not a joke. When someone writes a poem or song about cricket, do they usually rhyme “wicket” with “cricket?”
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Originally posted by patrickq View PostTo all my UK friends, and cricket fans everywhere: this question is not a joke. When someone writes a poem or song about cricket, do they usually rhyme “wicket” with “cricket?”
Check out the Roy Harper song on YouTube, When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Pitch, easily my favourite cricket song.
Glossary:
'Geoff' is Geoffrey Boycott, a celebrated England and Yorkshire batsman. 'John' is John Snow, a celebrated bowler.
'Silly mid-on' is a fielding position relative to the batsman currently facing the bowler. You can find a plan of cricket fielding positions on the interweb.Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
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Originally posted by Ash Armstrong View PostIt would be hard not to. It's complicated by the 'wicket' referring to different things in a match depending on the context: it can mean the three stumps with the two bails, the 22 yards of pitch between the two sets of stumps (as in batting on a sticky wicket, or a slightly wet pitch), and as that which is taken by the bowler when a batsman is dismissed. [snip]
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Originally posted by patrickq View Post
I always thought it was a bail. Anyway, cricket sounds complicated! You know, you’re always welcome to play baseball instead,
Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
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Originally posted by patrickq View Post
I always thought it was a bail. Anyway, cricket sounds complicated! You know, you’re always welcome to play baseball instead,
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Originally posted by patrickq View PostEngland held on to something that wasn’t theirs? Why have I never heard of this?? ; )
This series is worth a look. Intelligent. Balanced. Fair. Love the title, " Stuff the British Stole" by the Australian Broadcast Commission and the Canadian Broadcast Commission. Narrated by Marc Fennel.
trailer: https://youtu.be/4nvNMNiTXa0
The Koh-I-Noor
The whole 27 minute episode 1 series 1
Last edited by Gilly Goodness; 12-18-2022, 07:44 PM.
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Originally posted by michelforest View PostI had no idea what cricket was all about until I watched a documentary on Netflix that explained the rules.
I had a mild shock when it was mentioned that matches could last *days*!!!
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Originally posted by Ash Armstrong View PostI got into watching baseball in the 90s when Channel 5 here showed two live games late at night. I worked a lot of night shifts back then so I saw it quite a lot. I became a Cubs fan.Originally posted by michelforest View PostMy heartfelt sympathies...
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Originally posted by patrickq View PostMy wife’s favorite team. Though often not the best team… sometimes not even the best in their city lol. But lovable.
I picked the Cubs because of Sara Paretsky and her fictional detective V.I. Warshawski being a fan, books I started reading in the early 90s.Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see.
Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it’s been.
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Originally posted by patrickq View PostMy wife’s favorite team. Though often not the best team… sometimes not even the best in their city lol. But lovable.
Anyway, I'm hardly in a position to make fun of a baseball team: I used to be an Expos fan, until they moved to Washington...
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