Test Cricket is Boring

[antongould]

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Just a little irony in there I thought - but in the land of Emmott Robinson!?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I'm with Robin Williams:-

Cricket is basically baseball on valium.

Well isn't baseball "rounders with attitude"?

[Anna]

I'm with Robin Williams:- Cricket is basically baseball on Valium

Oh, Robin Williams? And, as an American, what does he know about cricket, has he ever seen a match?

I rest my case. And I will not say more. You may, perhaps, enjoy Formula 1, I would not criticise you for that, so, leave us cricket fans alone to enjoy the game. Is that fair?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Anna, it looks as though we had similar thoughts at the same time.

[Anna]

Anna, it looks as though we had similar thoughts at the same time.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

[DracoM]

You have to have been through the slower bits, the twists and turns, the apprehensions, the frustrations to love the fantastic climax to that game.
Bit like a Wagner opera

[scottycelt]

... Bit like a Wagner opera

[amateur51]

I'm with Robin Williams:-



I do find Test cricket the most tedious sport ever conceived, with the possible exception of golf. Days of mind-numbing boredom, and then the end result is determined by the weather. Why not wait until it stops raining and resume play, like they do at Wimbledon? Imagine if the Men's Singles Final just stopped every time it rained, with the winner being declared there and then. Ridiculous.

Oh I'm so pleased that you don't like it.

The less I have in common with you, the better!

[cavatina]

Oh, Robin Williams? And, as an American, what does he know about cricket, has he ever seen a match?

Now now, let's not be jingoistic. The main reason Robin Williams thinks cricket is boring is that he's a bipolar coke head. And for your information, plenty of New Yorkers play cricket recreationally-- even if most of them are podgy middle-aged Indians. Here's a link to the New York cricket association--small potatoes, admittedly, but it does exist:

http://newyorkcricket.com/

I do find Test cricket the most tedious sport ever conceived, with the possible exception of golf. Days of mind-numbing boredom

You wouldn't find it tedious at all if you enjoyed paying attention to details of tactics and strategy. Twenty20 is an abomination...it's like turning chess into tic-tac-toe.

[amateur51]

Now now, let's not be jingoistic. The main reason Robin Williams thinks cricket is boring is that he's a bipolar coke head. And for your information, plenty of New Yorkers play cricket recreationally-- even if most of them are podgy middle-aged Indians. Here's a link to the New York cricket association--small potatoes, admittedly, but it does exist:

http://newyorkcricket.com/

You wouldn't find it tedious at all if you enjoyed paying attention to details of tactics and strategy. Twenty20 is an abomination...it's like turning chess into tic-tac-toe.

Re cricket in New York, it's a central feature of this novel:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netherland-Joseph-ONeill/dp/0007275706/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306827487&sr=1-1

I agree about Twenty20, cavatina but it appeals to young people and attracts them to the game & I hope that recent Test matches in Australia and in Wales will have made them realise what an absorbing and surprising delight the real thing can be

[cavatina]

You wouldn't find it tedious at all if you enjoyed paying attention to details of tactics and strategy. Twenty20 is an abomination...it's like turning chess into tic-tac-toe.

I agree about Twenty20, cavatina but it appeals to young people and attracts them to the game & I hope that recent Test matches in Australia and in Wales will have made them realise what an absorbing and surprising delight the real thing can be

So why don't you agree with what certain people around here have always tried to say about the Breakfast show?
Whoops sorry, please don't answer that. Forget I ever said a thing. BAD troll, BAD!! Er...nevermind.

[Mr Pee]

So why don't you agree with what certain people around here have always tried to say about the Breakfast show?
Whoops sorry, please don't answer that. Forget I ever said a thing. BAD troll, BAD!! Er...nevermind.

[burning dog]

It's the very unfairness of two innings cricket with it's weather interruptions and very lop-sided draws, plus the chance for terrible strategic blunders by the captain, that makes it so fascinating to the initiated.

[amateur51]

So why don't you agree with what certain people around here have always tried to say about the Breakfast show?
Whoops sorry, please don't answer that. Forget I ever said a thing. BAD troll, BAD!! Er...nevermind.

Have I ever expressed an opinion about the 'Breakfast show' , cavatina?

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