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My Favourite Club
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Posted by: rixzta
This is my favourite summer pastime.....(next to taking the boat out fishing of-course)
I have been a member of this Club for many years and am proud to be associated with a great Club such as the Mandurah Cricket Club
Posted by: forwardone
Cricket`s one of my favorites too, Rick.
And, as England have within the last couple of hours beaten the West Indies in the first Test, things aren`t looking too bad at the moment. 
Geoff
Posted by: admin
Well I must admit that I am a cricket fan too
I used to love to listen to the ashes tests matches in England broadcast via the BBC thro relay to Radio Australia, to all hours in the morning but I haven't done that for a while. I also enjoy watching a test match for 5 days straight on the TV
but I never get any time to do that anymore
Posted by: forwardone
Tests are for the purists, so they would have us believe.
Personally I slightly prefer the one day matches, and even more exciting now are the new 20/20 matches, with just 20 overs per side.
Now they ARE exciting to watch, and can sometimes be quite funny with silly runouts etc. No time to hang about in those games.
I`m not sure our American cousins would agree with any of this though.
Geoff
Posted by: rixzta
You may just be surprised at the amount of cricket that is played in the continental USA. There are several associations and dozens of very competative teams !
Posted by: forwardone
Yes, I am surprised at that. From much of what I`ve read cricket is considered far too slow for many Americans.
Well we`ve got them playing soccer, so why not cricket? 
Wouldn`t it be great to watch a USA V Australia fixture some time in the future?
Geoff
Posted by: rixzta
It certainly would Geoff. Here are just a couple of US Clubs (and one from Canada ) They take the game very seriously too. It warms my heart. (and makes a hell of a lot more sense than baseball ! ) Besides whats not to understand about cricket when the rules are as easy as:
You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.
Each man that's in the side that's in, goes out, and when he's out, he comes in, and the next man goes in until he's out.
When they are all out, the side that's out, comes in, and the side thats been in, goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.
But sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When both sides have been in and out, including the not outs......that's the end of the game.
Connecticut Cricket League
Massechusetts State Cricket League - USA
Alberta Cricket Club - Canada
Posted by: forwardone
Completely agree, Rick.
How on earth can anyone not understand `over the wicket, round the wicket, leg spin, off spin, on side, maiden, slips, square, wide, no ball, lbw, seam, mid wicket, bouncer, chinaman, duck, follow on, run out, short leg, cover drive,` and just a few dozen more terms?
I reckon there should be a school to learn cricketing terms.
Geoff
Posted by: rixzta
Not to mention the "wrongun" and the Shane Warne "Flipper" or the Muralitheran "doosra" 
