Cricket is very simple, Ferren. It is a form of offensive-defensive
play like soccer invented by the English so they could impose it on
other peoples then demonstrate pseudo humility when beaten on the
field by those people whom they look down on.
there is one major difference between the two games -- soccer, being
essentially lower class, is essentially fair in that both sides have
an equal number of men (or persons, these days) on the field with the
same territory, while cricket, being essentially upper class, has a
significant element of bullying, with only two batsmen on the field
(and one of them rendered helpless), being attacked by all 11 men of
the other team.
it ought to be said that while soccer might be lower class in its
origins it is still distinctively English in its eccentricity -- who
else would not only invent a game in which you stood out in the snow
and encouraged a cold, wet, leather-covered ball to hit you on the
head ... and then have gall to "sell" it to a startled world as a
serious game?
:D
As you say -- thank goodness for Kino re. macros.
Cheers, geoff
>I did get a satisfactory explanation of the strategy, tactics, and
>raison d'etre of rugby when I was in New Zealand: 'There's a
>position for everybody in town, and we all work up a thirst.' But
>this doesn't seem to stretch far enough to cover either cricket or
>Nisus macros, which I still find impenetrable. 'Lagaan' helped with
>cricket; Kino helps with macros--but I don't think I'm going to
>master either one at this stage. Keep up the good work, Kino!
>
>-- Ferren
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