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  • bayamo
    Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 411

    Zen Sports: Cricket

    just wanted to know if there are any other cricket fans here? i see there are a few posters from austrailia and englsnd, so i was just curious..
    gassho
    Last edited by Jundo; 11-12-2023, 08:30 AM.
    Oh, yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd go completely psycho on all you guys all the time.
    Carl Carlson
  • Jinyu
    Member
    • May 2009
    • 768

    #2
    Re: cricket fans?

    ... Love the animal... but don't know about the sport...

    Luis
    Jinyu aka Luis aka Silly guy from Brussels

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    • Jundo
      Treeleaf Founder and Priest
      • Apr 2006
      • 40955

      #3
      Re: cricket fans?

      Originally posted by bayamo
      Originally posted by Taigu
      I am...

      Love them.

      gassho

      taigu
      i meant the sport.. (nothing against the insect though)
      but you knew that right?
      gassho..
      I watch week-long test matches with the sound off ... combined with not knowing any of the rules or players or score ... very 'Zen'

      Bring me into a very deep place. 8)
      ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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      • Taigu
        Blue Mountain White Clouds Hermitage Priest
        • Aug 2008
        • 2710

        #4
        Re: cricket fans?

        indeed...


        Taigu


        who after all prefers Sumo to everything else

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        • bayamo
          Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 411

          #5
          Re: cricket fans?

          Originally posted by Jundo
          Originally posted by bayamo
          Originally posted by Taigu
          I am...

          Love them.

          gassho

          taigu
          i meant the sport.. (nothing against the insect though)
          but you knew that right?
          gassho..
          I watch week-long test matches with the sound off ... combined with not knowing any of the rules or players or score ... very 'Zen'

          Bring me into a very deep place. 8)
          i once watched the undubbed version of iron chef, after a while i tuned out the audio, and i followed cooking process much more "step by step", which i thought was cool..
          gassho
          Oh, yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd go completely psycho on all you guys all the time.
          Carl Carlson

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          • Heiso
            Member
            • Jan 2019
            • 834

            #6
            Originally posted by bayamo
            just wanted to know if there are any other cricket fans here? i see there are a few posters from austrailia and englsnd, so i was just curious..
            gassho
            Yep, I'm a cricket fan. As Kokuu mentioned we regularly discuss English cricket and the ups and downs of Essex and Kent at the county level. The first test of a three match series between England and New Zealand starts this Thursday which should be interesting.

            Gassho,

            Heiso

            StLah

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            • Jundo
              Treeleaf Founder and Priest
              • Apr 2006
              • 40955

              #7
              Like actual cricket ... this thread took 13 years (!!) to make some headway ... (most recent post until today: November, 2009)

              Gassho, J

              STLah
              ALL OF LIFE IS OUR TEMPLE

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              • bayamo
                Member
                • Nov 2009
                • 411

                #8
                County I'm a Notts fan... on the international level I really have no rooting interest although it's fun to watch India lose (sorry, not sorry) just to watch all the reactions, excuses, finger pointing..
                #sattoday

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                Last edited by bayamo; 05-30-2022, 06:58 PM. Reason: Spelling error
                Oh, yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd go completely psycho on all you guys all the time.
                Carl Carlson

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                • Kokuu
                  Dharma Transmitted Priest
                  • Nov 2012
                  • 6918

                  #9
                  My son is currently doing work experience at Kent County Cricket during the T20 matches. Kent are not having a good season, though.

                  Watching England recently has not been entirely pleasurable either!


                  Like actual cricket ... this thread took 13 years (!!) to make some headway ...
                  It is a game that takes time to mature!

                  Gassho
                  Kokuu
                  -sattoday-

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                  • Prashanth
                    Member
                    • Nov 2021
                    • 181

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Kokuu

                    Watching England recently has not been entirely pleasurable either
                    -sattoday-
                    Cricket is never watched for pleasure, Sir. It's life itself, between the wickets, with slips and bouncers, and googlies and last-minute sixers turning everything around.
                    Cricket is watched for tea. [emoji847]

                    Gassho.

                    Sat.


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                    • Kokuu
                      Dharma Transmitted Priest
                      • Nov 2012
                      • 6918

                      #11
                      Cricket is never watched for pleasure, Sir. It's life itself, between the wickets, with slips and bouncers, and googlies and last-minute sixers turning everything around.
                      Cricket is watched for tea.

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                      • Heiso
                        Member
                        • Jan 2019
                        • 834

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Jundo
                        Like actual cricket ... this thread took 13 years (!!) to make some headway ... (most recent post until today: November, 2009)

                        Gassho, J

                        STLah
                        Well not entirely surprising for a game that can last 5 days, stops several times for tea, and can still be rained off or end in a draw!

                        I'm quite fond of Indian cricket and Tendulkar was one of my favourite players. The politics though, is worthy of a soap opera.

                        If anyone is interested, I recently listened to an excellent podcast on the history of the game which discusses, amongst other things, the class division between batters and bowlers, which is something I'd never really considered before but makes sense - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/t...cket-140173163

                        Gassho,

                        Heiso

                        StLah

                        Apologies for running long, but better to overrun than overthrow.

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                        • Prashanth
                          Member
                          • Nov 2021
                          • 181

                          #13
                          I lost my taste for Indian Cricket ever since its "corporatisation" and mass media celebrity penchant in India. They appear from morning to midnight in every place, except playing the game on the field. A famous cartoon from late R.K. Laxman summarized it well.

                          Gassho.
                          Sat.

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                          • bayamo
                            Member
                            • Nov 2009
                            • 411

                            #14
                            7/3, 7 overs... not a good start for the Kiwis
                            #sattoday

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                            Oh, yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd go completely psycho on all you guys all the time.
                            Carl Carlson

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                            • bayamo
                              Member
                              • Nov 2009
                              • 411

                              #15
                              Turned my attention to Brazil x S Korea (4-1 right now) and man, NZ not doing well this opening session
                              #sattoday

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                              Oh, yeah. If I didn't have inner peace, I'd go completely psycho on all you guys all the time.
                              Carl Carlson

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