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Celerity

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12. All it takes to basically understand the game to a decent level is watch about 10 matches with

Reply to Lochloosa (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 14, 2019, 04:02 PM

Jul 2019

a person well-versed to explain it. It looks crazy complicated to a novice, but it it fairly simple once you grasp the basic rules and nomenclature.

It is the 2nd most popular sport in the world after football (real football, aka soccer, not the US type) with 2 and half plus billion fans.

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Craziest Cricket World Cup final ever!!! England finally won their first and it went to a Super Over [View all] Celerity Jul 2019 OP

I don't know why, but I'm strangely elated to see the British being more open to effusive Aristus Jul 2019 #1

That's the movie version of Brits. DavidDvorkin Jul 2019 #21

Just finished watching it EarlG Jul 2019 #2

the Stokes deflection for a total of a six was MADNESS, my whole house (I am a dual UK/US citizen, Celerity Jul 2019 #7

Martian would be an improvement. 😂 Lochloosa Jul 2019 #8

All it takes to basically understand the game to a decent level is watch about 10 matches with Celerity Jul 2019 #12

I called my parents back in the UK after the match EarlG Jul 2019 #14

Martian? No. gratuitous Jul 2019 #17

I have absolutely no idea what you all are saying but it sounds great underpants Jul 2019 #3

Seven flobs in only three squirmishes! jberryhill Jul 2019 #4

Snort grantcart Jul 2019 #19

Congrats,England. virgogal Jul 2019 #5

I do not know much about cricket, but congrats and glad you all enjoyed it. Tech Jul 2019 #6

Flannels (aka cricket white dress) is only for full Test Cricket, the World Cup is a series of ODI's Celerity Jul 2019 #9

Thank you. I will read up on it and try to understand better. Tech Jul 2019 #16

White is traditional; for the limited overs form, they introduced team colours muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #11

+10000 Celerity Jul 2019 #15

I know next to nothing about Cricket but I recognize it as an important sport beloved by many Tom Rinaldo Jul 2019 #10

I think 99% of cricket fans wouldn't have seen a "super over" before muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #13

yes! and now it is..... Celerity Jul 2019 #18

Reading that, I got this ornotna Jul 2019 #20