Grayling

So you believe in self-help then?

Beoz

Ah the biggest chip of them all returns. Brisbane must have been a killer.

Pollyana

Can i have vinegar on my chips please?

Grayling

But you are more English than I am.....and have a bigger chip...so sydney doesn't seem to do much better

Beoz

If it works for you, it works for me.

I don't support England in sport so bad luck old boy

Grayling

Do you have a plastic Aussie accent as well?

.....and a southern cross tattoo?

BEVS

I might take this opportunity, during this interlude from the subject of cricket , to state that I simply do not understand the game of cricket.

Yes. I know a very hard ball is thrown in all manner of ways and that the bloke at the other end needs to not only hit the thing but then to decide to run for points or .....not which is also for points

I have watched m'Dad play when I was a kid, but ice-cream & a picnic tea was involved in that.

So. How does cricket work other than a way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

Worth a watch? Not worth a watch?

Grayling

Treat it a bit like 'muzak'....something to have on in the background while you get on with the more important things in life

Beoz

If you are struggling to put me in a category, and its causing you sleepless nights, I'll be whatever you want me to be, just to help out the chip. Even one of these.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XAAXuMAXyiU/Tzp9BXdKgBI/AAAAAAAAApI/E7HO4cKSEqM/s1600/tumblr_lvec74FNz41r26wf7.jpg

Grayling

There you go again...full of your own self importance....a bit sad really.

I think the 'Walter Mitty' category would suit you well

Beoz

You seem to be very interested in it for some reason. Isn't there fishing to be done?

Grayling

Plenty of 'whoppers' to be found on here

Proper fishing later, and tomprrow as well.

Presumably you have been called up to open for Australia tomorrow after your spectacular performance the other day

scrubbedexpat098

In fairness I'd say you were fairly easy to categorize

Pollyana

If you want a quick game where you just go for a day & want to see a result, try and get to a one day international. I know a lot of people prefer Test cricket, and I do love it myself, but not everyone has the frame of mind to sit through a multi-day game.
If you can get to a one-day game you would see both teams bat and bowl Well worth a watch.
To put it at its most basic, its like rounders One team is batting and tries to get as many runs as possible (between the wickets) the other team tries to get them out by bowling at them and catching balls. There is a lot more to it, and I will probably get slammed for reducing the game to its lowest common denominator, but if you really know nothing, thats where to start. One team bats, the other bowls & fields. Then you work up from there to start learning the tactics which come into play depending on whether its a one day game or a longer one.

Pollyana

Shame you three are all so busy scoring points off each other that you don't have time to share thoughts on the game with someone who is trying to get interested in it.