a civilized game

January 6, 2006 at 3:12 pm | In Uncategorized |

I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a cricket match. But I just read this at Wikipedia:

Test cricket is played between two teams over five days, with three two-hour sessions per day. (Sessions are usually interspersed with a 40-minute break for lunch and 20-minute break for afternoon tea.)

Five days. Breaks for lunch and tea. Amazing. Not so civilized are the matches where one team outscores the other by hundreds of runs. On the other hand, sometimes they come down to a difference of only one. Can someone who understands cricket explain it to someone like me from a non-cricket playing land?

2 Comments

  1. 2006-01-08 Cricket

    Ted Ernst is mystified by cricket.

    Ted, you are not alone. But we can work this out - it’ll be worth it. At least you’re not French or German - they really don’t get it.

    I found this explanation of cricket, it’s quite good. You need proper il…

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  2. That really is a good explanation of cricket. I’d really like to see some video to really understand it.

    Comment by ted — January 8, 2006 #

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