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[jaymajik]

And yes, there is a tea time. There is lunch too.

A test match is 5 days.

Each day tends to start at 11am. Lunch is at 1pm.

After lunch, place resumes at about 1.40.

The players leave the field again at about 4 for tea.

They then resume play till about 6 oclcik.

All very civilised and very Engliash.

Cricket is a great game to play, as it is one of the few games one can play while drinking a can of lager, or smoking a cigarett (obviosuly, only while you are fielding).

[jstnrgrs]

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Cricket is a great game to play, as it is one of the few games one can play while drinking a can of lager, or smoking a cigarett (obviosuly, only while you are fielding).

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Sounds kind of like softball.

Umpire: Okay, lets go over the rules. You can't leave first until you chug a beer. Any man scoring has to chug a beer. You have to chug a beer at the top of all odd numbered innings. Oh!, and the fourth inning is the beer inning.

Police Chief Wigam: Hey! We know how to play softball.

[DCWildcat]

Most of the people I've met in New Zealand share the same sentiment as I do during cricket: Why the [censored] would anyone want to watch this [censored]?