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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Lapland
Posts: 15
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ex Member
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Lapland
Posts: 15
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You didn't explain to those not familiar with cricket what the Ashes were : Teams travel to the opposite side of the world to play for a few burnt ashes of a ball, or bail or stump - they're not sure what. They don't care either. It doesn't matter who wins the ashes as they stay where they were anyway. They instead get a piece of carved Irish glass. Make sense ?
I preferred watching Trobriand Cricket which is played in the Trobriand Islands in Papua New Guinea. When cricket was taught to the islanders they didn't quite grasp the rules. A curved bat, no wicket, as many as 50 a side, exotic costumes and war paint. The score is kept on a large leaf from a coconut tree. They have a dance when they enter the pitch, another dance and song every time they score, including one in which the entire team imitate a plane taking off.
That's how cricket should be played.
Last edited by Santa Claus; 11-29-2006 at 08:55 AM.
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