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    due to lack of other sports, mainly football i am watching cricket. i have no idea what's going on. and i understand baseball, thought it was similar, but those points man, overs, wickets and all that - nothing is clear.
    is that the idea? confuse people until it's tea time?
    *and yeah, what kind of game pauses for lunch and tea LOL

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    • stick with it, there's a nerdy world of wonder waiting. It's not quite so esoteric as it seems. And the food intervals are key pinch points in the *action*Fax_Benson
    • something genuinely thrilling will probably happen at some point - maybe Sunday afternoon. All the more thrilling for the relative tedium that precedes itFax_Benson
    • ^will try, i just have to understand how points are counted first... i think :)renderedred
    • commentators sound like a monty python sketch i swear!renderedred
    • 2 x innings each. Dismiss other team (10 wkts) twice to win. Chances improved by batting 1st and scoring big = pressure on opponent. Draw acceptable outcome.Fax_Benson
    • assuming you're watching the test matchFax_Benson
    • so i'm to watch this until sunday every day to experience something significant? yes :) who's the favorite in this nz or en?renderedred
    • i heard (over tea break) england is playing "frantically" whatever that means.renderedred
    • but there are elements similar to baseball thorenderedred
    • Eng would have been slight faves but are without more of their better players, so not much in it. frantically = shitFax_Benson
    • it's well worth the effort but yes a little confusing if you didn't grow up playing/watching it. This test match is 2 miles from my house.fadein11
    • Wish I'd gone now, a couple of friends have.fadein11
    • Only the English could invent a game so interminably dull that it takes four days to reach a draw.face_melter
    • That's a bit unfair. The only "Only The English could.." here is "..make a sport that has to stop and have the field covered up every time it drizzles".Nairn
    • Cricket is one of our greatest gifts to the world. If you can't see the joy in a beery sat afternoon at a packed test match in the summer sun, it's your lossFax_Benson
    • +1 faxfadein11
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