Make it More Cricket-ey !!!

it is the time of year when we expect to hear the thwack of willow on leather.
it is also when cricket starts up again after the long winter break.

let us reference anything to do with the Noble Game.

Bring Me the Pad of Alfredo Garcia

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George LBW Bush

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George LBW Bush

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nulli tertius

The Chinaman Syndrome

The Fine Leg (sequel to The Third Man)

Cover Point Break

Noises (at silly mid) Off

WG Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

The Trent Bridges of Nottinghamshire County

South of the Bourda

East of Eden Gardens

Rachel Hayhoe, Hayhoe it’s Off to Bat We Go

We Are The Kensington Ovaltinies

The Happy Wanderers

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Ðeggs

A stump along the way

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Toki the Dumdum

Mankaddyshack

Obstructing the Field of Dreams

The Hateful Runrate

Apocalypse Cow Corner

The Riddle of the Sandpaper

Bodyline - Madonna

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LOL pad

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Bang Outta Order

I know **** all about cricket.

I can do cricket insect puns though like....bugger off.

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Joinedup

Duckworth/Lewis - Modern Talking

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username4406682

I'll have to sit this one out lol

Cricket!

Golden Duck And Still Be Freinds - G Eazy Thorpe

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Muttley79

Star Wars: the umpire strikes back

This T20 ain't long enough for the both of us [Sparks discuss their preference for red ball cricket]

Thick edge of darkness [the bowler gets his man]

[Back later :smile:

]

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flaurie

Volunteer Team

Joe Wickets’ workouts really get me up and moving in the morning :wink:

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ghostwalker

Let me just googlie that for you.

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Good bloke

A Bail of Two Cities tells the story of a game of cricket played via Zoom between teams based in Paris and London during a lockdown.

Rick's Snick at Hanging Rock tells the story of mysterious happenings when a group of Victorian schoolgirls attempt to use an early soft-focus version of the Snickometer in a cricket match against the school's male employees (led by the shooting instructor, Rick O'Shea) and discover that the accuracy is not enough to give clear-cut decisions.

Crease, a musical starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta shows what happens when a young couple get together over a game of beach cricket while on holiday. The most famous songs from this musical are "You're the One that is Out", "Look at Me, I'm Batting Three", "Summer Whites" and "It's Raining, No Sunlight".

Mutiny in the County is concerned with what happens when the players don't hold any respect for the captain.

Straight Expectations is told from the perspective of a spin bowler who gets a lot of wickets against batsmen who don't read his googly.

Pitch Finder General is all abbout the man who inspects the pitches used in first class cricket, and the methods he uses to expose wrongdoing.

And a song - Donkey Drop Women from the Rolling Stones - which laments women's reluctance to join in and play cricket well

I met a gin-soaked, netball queen in Sydney
She tried to take me to the nets for a ride
She heaved the ball across her shoulder
And pitched it miles behind the stumps.

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Muttley79

I follow Essex CCC so this is my tribute to the team:

Sir Alastair Cook with Honey [Judy Collins updates her track]
Nick Browne sugar
Westley side story
Dan Lawrence of Arabia
Tendo is the night
Do no Harmer
Oh Jamie Porter

[Apologies to non-Essex fans and the team member names that stumped me :smile:

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The Batles

Outfield of dreams

Sittin' in the rain

The good, the bad and the umpire

The 39 runs [a crucial innings wins the match]

Invasion of the body liners [the controversial tour of Australia is portrayed on the big screen]

Star wars; return of the jockstrap [Hans Solo searches for his vital protective kit]