Cricket

[Kurt Crover]

it seems that only the countries that were members of the British Empire play cricket (exception of Holland)

Like countries like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Australia etc play cricket pretty much as a national sport, but it was English in origin...and cricket has always seemed to be associated with the upper classes, a "gentlemans sport" if you will.

[Sir Aunty Christ]

Well, it's seen as a quissentially "English" sport even though England are shit at it and has middle-class image but I'm not sure that it's exclusively middle-class but its origins are definitely colonial.

I just see it as a shit game mainly.

[Kurt Crover]

well I actually like it, mainly because I fucking hate football, but it's always been seen as that sport that only gentleman play and that if you don't have a posh accent you can't play (with the exception of Flintoff, of course)

[Sentinel]

Cricket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket) is a sport that is popular among the upper layers of society of the old British Empire, sure. I can't see how it would be bourgeois in it's nature so to speak, though, it's just a sport. Or am I missing something? :huh:

Anyways, moved to Chit Chat.

[Comrade J]

Walk through any working class neighbourhood in the summertime and you'll see a few kids playing cricket on the street, at least up here in the north-west. Wander down any urban street in the poor areas of India and Pakistan and you'll see ordinary working people playing cricket. It's definetly not a bourgeois sport, despite its origins or some of it's bourgeois fans. Sports like croquet and polo - they are bourgeois sports!

[Ian]

Seriously though, how shit are england

[Rockfan]

Ian there so shit it's not funny, I love going to one dayers, having some beers and shit, I love watching it but I'm a shit house player.

[which doctor]

Hitting a ball with a stick has nothing to do with the means of production.

Unless of course said ball and stick happen to own several textile factories throughout southern England...

[Fawkes]

No, Polo, that's a hardcore bourgeois sport. That's not to say that only the bourgeois play it, but by far the majority of people that play it are upper-class.

[Qwerty Dvorak]

It sounds weird, but when I lived in Dublin a load of my friends, who would have been about 12, maybe 13 at the time, began to take an interest in cricket. They would all spend hours out on the green playing, and they were mostly working class.

[The Grey Blur]

Most boring game ever

[Rockfan]

Hey redstar, one of my best mates was born in the Republic and moved to NZ when he was 13 or so, he said they weren't allowed to say soccer at school because it was swearing, I know Dublins in the north but would this be true??

Or is he makeing shit up like he ussally does?

[Fawkes]

Dublin's in the Republic. In fact, it's the capital. It's unlikely that it would be considered swearing. Maybe people don't like it because it competes with Gaelic Football there for popularity.

[Ander]

Some of you people analyze things far too much. I really can't believe someone is working whether a sport is bourgeois or not.

Next there will be threads asking if knitting is a tool of the bourgeoisie to oppress sheep by stealing their wool.

[Fawkes]

Well, it is.

[Tekun]

I prefer baseball

[Hiero]

Originally posted by [email protected] 06, 2007 09:24 pm
I prefer baseball
Baseball is boring.

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 05, 2007 03:49 am
Seriously though, how shit are england
Haven't done so well this time round in the Ashes, but last time Australia got their asses handed to them.

But it is hardly a sport many people take seriously, unless they come from Private School, ie toffs. However, having said that I was very glad that it was on this year, because it meant that with the extended licencing laws one of the best pubs I go to was open 24 hours on the nights the cricket was on. So any time they fancy playing cricket let 'em, at least the pub is open for longer.

[Ramachandra]

cricket is one of the most popular games the most popular i guess in the indian sub continent.In india and sri lanka the game has a massive recognition.Earlier it "was" a high class gentlemen's game but now it is a mass sport-you can see even in the remotest villages children and young people get involve in the game with whatever facilities they can get.
Ex-using pieces of wood instead of a cricket bat

[Killfacer]

Seriously though, how shit are england

HAHAHA YEAH. Remember that time, in the olympics when we kicked your ass? Remember that?

Become good at sports that England didn't invent before slagging us off. Do you even have a football team? Or is it just the fact that they are so appauling that they may as well not exist.

[Killfacer]

On cricket however. I used to really enjoy it. I played it in physical education a lot, i even joined the team. I was pretty crap, but it was always good fun.

[Mujer Libre]

<3 cricket. And YAY for South Africa kicking Australia.

To me, summer just wouldn't be summer without cricket. :) And yes, I am South Asian. :lol:

[Pogue]

HAHAHA YEAH. Remember that time, in the olympics when we kicked your ass? Remember that?

Become good at sports that England didn't invent before slagging us off. Do you even have a football team? Or is it just the fact that they are so appauling that they may as well not exist.

Last time England played Australia at football, in 2003, Australia won.

[Killfacer]

Last time England played Australia at football, in 2003, Australia won.

These things happen. Burnley beat chelsea last season, that doesn't mean there isn't an epic gulf in quality.

Having said that i did just get done over.

[spartan]

Cricket is alright.

It is definately not a 'bourgeois' sport, a quick trip to an Indian slum will show you that all the poor people love playing the game.

I hope 20/20 Cricket becomes the most popular form of Cricket.

[Killfacer]

Cricket is alright.

It is definately not a 'bourgeois' sport, a quick trip to an Indian slum will show you that all the poor people love playing the game.

I hope 20/20 Cricket becomes the most popular form of Cricket.

I always pretend to prefer test cricket because it's the way to should be played, but i find 20/20 alot more exciting.

[Pogue]

I don't like cricket! Oh no!
















I LOVE IT!

Don't like Jamaica!

Oh no!

I love her!

[Angry Young Man]

well I actually like it, mainly because I fucking hate football, but it's always been seen as that sport that only gentleman play and that if you don't have a posh accent you can't play (with the exception of Flintoff, of course)

Geoff Boycott. He is from Barnsley, a former mining town that is as far from the afternoon-tea, Eton-educated Passage to India stereotype as you can get.
But cricket is a shag awful game and I am from Yorkshire. My home village even has a cricket club. But it's kinda fun to play.

[Plagueround]

Every time I read threads like this, the only thing I can think of is how much better British slang is than ours. I especially like the phrase "taking the piss". I would use it, but it would sound unnatural and forced. :(

[Angry Young Man]

Keep saying it until it becomes habit. I have a mate from Surrey (a middle-class county (province) down south) and, by force of me repeatedly saying it, he now habitually says "eh up!"

[Ramachandra]

20-20 is kind of a commercialised pattern as i feel which has no big space for the bowlers.Even the rules are made in order to give the fullest advantage to the batsmen.The most classic pattern is test cricket.It is exciting to see that you plan the game for 5 days,balance the bowling and batting and in addition a great power of patience,is required to the game-when u play test.One day internationals(non 20-20 matches)are interesting too but test cricket includes the real spirit of the game i think

[BPSocialist]

Cricket? Shit it!!!