It's an English word for the sport that we on this island usually call just "football".Originally Posted by Fragony
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It's an English word for the sport that we on this island usually call just "football".
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Short for association football. I've never understood the fuss about using that abreviation.
On the topic of the cricket, I like a good game regardless of who's winning, but all the players lately have been boring, so I haven't been watching much. I agree with Idaho about all the people who start whinging as soon as we lose a few matches. It's just not cricket.
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What do you call a world class Australian cricketer?
Retired!
"The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney
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Got a better one than that....
A lady walked into a Police Station and the desk Sergeant said "Can I help you?"
"Yes" she said, "I'd like to report a case of sexual assault".
"Where did it happen?" the Sergeant asked.
"In the park just down the road" she replied.
"Can you describe what happened?"
"Yes, I was walking along the footpath in the park near the trees when a man jumped out of the bushes and dragged me in there, removed my underwear then he dropped his pants to his knees and had his way with me".
"Could you give me a description of him?"
"Yes, he was wearing white shoes, long white trousers, a white shirt and he had these two big long pads from his feet up to and over his knees, one on each leg".
"Sounds to me like he was a cricketer, most probably a batsman", said the Sergeant.
"Yes", said the lady, "He was an Aussie Cricketer".
"That's very observant", said the Sergeant, "You worked that out from his accent?"
"No", she replied. "I worked it out because he wasn't in for very long".
There are times I wish they’d just ban everything- baccy and beer, burgers and bangers, and all the rest- once and for all. Instead, they creep forward one apparently tiny step at a time. It’s like being executed with a bacon slicer.
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Agreed. Good job you knocked that one out of the park.
My work is full of cricket analogies, it's always "close of play" this, a "tight field" on that etc etc
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My best cricketing memory was when I was a young lad, playing it. I was out fielding with another guy, talking as the bowler did whatever. We got ready as he ran down the pitch, as we bent, the guys pants ripped. All the way.
Hilarious.
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I love playing cricket - but only when I bowl. I am a natural number 12 in bat, and a total liability in the field. I bowl a reasonable off-spin, and used to be able to bowl leg breaks and googlies too.
"The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney
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