Cricket, that strange English phenomena where a gang of men stand around almost motionless in a field while another tosses a ball in the air for yet another to hit with a stick! What a waste of life!
That said, I have been watching the cricket on tv these nights. This is not 'proper' cricket, just a kind of kids game cricket, keeping only the best bits and avoiding the long slog in the sunshine. the bowlers helpfully toss the ball in such a way the batsmen cannot avoid knocking the ball out of the ground. It appears to be an easy game to play. And the crowds! They get so excited don't they? With the half term holidays it means loads of kids are in the grounds in the evenings and they do enjoy it. Every '4' or '6' that flies away is greeted by excited cheers and a waving of pre-printed numbers. On the whole the crowds I have seen in the games are quite well behaved, though kept separate I think. This encourages women to come with the kids but it also encourages others to drink all night. These women are easy to spot!
In the evenings I usually watch football, and in the days without it I realised it was not the football I was watching all to often. No, it was my mind, tired after a day requiring something easy to watch with little thought , and without football my mind would not unwind, there was nothing to ease it down.
Now, T20 cricket takes its place, less cerebral but much more sunshine!
Who got me onto this? A woman! This of course, is not something I would be watching if I was in Scotland. They play proper games there.
I notice it is also available on YouTube.
