Thailand Needs Cricket

[kevjohn]

brit1984 said

Did you know the current Prime-Minister of the UK, the current Mayor of London and the previous (and probably next) Prime-Minister of Thailand all went to Oxford? (as well as the same high-school

Well Boss

Did you know that kevjonh went to school out the back of Burke, under the shade of a Gum tree, and not far from a creek. eh

and spent most of his time sitting on the black stump when he should have been in school?

Now I know why I'm the colour that I am.....

[David48]

No Ball ... apologies

Edited June 5, 2012 by David48

[brit1984]

Slowly dragging this back on Topic ... christ it feels like the QE II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52rxDQLRPRQ

Well stopped but he should have had a throw at the stumps...

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[David48]

^^ So the above could have been worked around for an over or two and morphed into this captured during a vital Yorkshire v Lancashire game ...

Edited June 5, 2012 by David48

[David48]

... and the mystery of kevjohn's slow or disappearing pigeons could have been solved ...

Edited June 5, 2012 by David48

[brit1984]

Slowly dragging this back on Topic ... christ it feels like the QE II

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52rxDQLRPRQ

Well stopped but he should have had a throw at the stumps...

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Did you know Andrew Flintoff (who grew up in my postcode area and played in the same local cricket league) once hit a huge six into the crowd that landed (maybe coincidentally maybe intentionally) in the hands of his father...

...his dad dropped the ball

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[kevjohn]

Slowly dragging this back on Topic ... christ it feels like the QE II

[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52rxDQLRPRQ[/media]

That one Seagull was nearly a "dead duck" so to speak. I bet it hurt....stupid aussie seagulls, don't they know how to play?

[kevjohn]

Slowly dragging this back on Topic ... christ it feels like the QE II

[media=]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52rxDQLRPRQ[/media]

Well stopped but he should have had a throw at the stumps...

Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules

Did you know Andrew Flintoff (who grew up in my postcode area and played in the same local cricket league) once hit a huge six into the crowd that landed (maybe coincidentally maybe intentionally) in the hands of his father...

...his dad dropped the ball

Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules

See...just like the seagull, doesn't know what to do when he gets the ball in his hands.

[brit1984]

^^ So the above could have been worked around for an over or two and morphed into this captured during a vital Yorkshire v Lancashire game ...

The ultimate sacrifice...

But worth it to protect the Lancashire batsmen

Great work again by the bird

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[harrry]

Thought it was only in golf they hit a birdie.

[David48]

Well gentleman (and Lassie if she makes a return), I bid you adieu for the evening.

Tuesday Nights are squash nights and then I have to undo all that good work and hit the pub because the Union Game is not on the Free to Air TV ... <deleted> ...

[brit1984]

Well gentleman (and Lassie if she makes a return), I bid you adieu for the evening.

Tuesday Nights are squash nights and then I have to undo all that good work and hit the pub because the Union Game is not on the Free to Air TV ... <deleted> ...

We will bat on without you and look forward to your return to the crease

Cheerio

[brit1984]

Thought it was only in golf they hit a birdie.

What about women's boxing?

[BookMan]

Well gentleman (and Lassie if she makes a return), I bid you adieu for the evening.

Tuesday Nights are squash nights and then I have to undo all that good work and hit the pub because the Union Game is not on the Free to Air TV ... <deleted> ...

It's only Australia V Scotland mate...

[kevjohn]

Well gentleman (and Lassie if she makes a return), I bid you adieu for the evening.

Tuesday Nights are squash nights and then I have to undo all that good work and hit the pub because the Union Game is not on the Free to Air TV ... <deleted> ...

We will bat on without you and look forward to your return to the crease

Cheerio

Must be Tea break........been quite for the last hour or so...enjoyed my baked dinner...

had to scrape the toast before I put the beans on, though

[brit1984]

I can't help thinking that we may have lost the focus of the original thread - "Thailand needs Cricket". Phuturatica, in an earlier post, challenged us to explain to her the wonders of the game, and we're not doing that. Then there's those Thais, young Somchai and little Lek, eager to learn why it is that Thailand needs cricket and indeed, what cricket actually is, (other than a nourishing snack, that is). We're not helping them with the basics.

We have forgotten that for nine months of our lives, we too, were ignorant of "The Noble Game" but upon our emergence into a world of sporting beauty we learned swiftly and effortlessly and by the age of five could doubtless recite the names of every county player, together with their batting, bowling, wicket keeping and fielding statistics as well as the details of all the famous umpires of their day.

Because we already know most of what needs to be known, we forget that the peripherals now under discussion, such as cheer leaders uniforms and team logos mean little to the new initiates. They need the basics. In my next post, if you think it a worthy idea, I propose to offer a course designed to inform and educate - none of this multiple choice nonsense so prevalent in the nation's education and graduation process today.

Don't mis-understand, I'm as interested in the cheerleaders, their uniforms and personal habits and preferences, as any other red-blooded male, but we owe a duty to those enquiring faces surrounding us, don't you think?

I thought my next post might start with an explanation of "The Ground" - what it encompasses, how it's laid out and its purpose, for without a ground, we are without cricket. It would be a start.

Indeed, the ground would be an interesting topic for another well-structured post.

As we discussed earlier in the thread, there are some potentially amazing backdrops for cricket grounds in Thailand.

For example, the larger shopping malls in Bangkok should all have a cricket ground on the roof.

For those with a preference for natural scenery, how about a cricket ground on the edge of a cliff looking over the Andaman...

[kevjohn]

What about these for the scenery over the Andaman.

Not up to the same caliber as our PM David48 but

He did say he was taking a break.

Edited June 5, 2012 by kevjohn

[brit1984]

What about these for the scenery over the Andaman.

Not up to the same caliber as our PM David48 but

He did say he was taking a break.

It is always great to see when the substitute fielder takes a dramatic diving catch, or runs out the opposition star batsmen with a direct hit from the boundary. Excellent work KJ; I am so proud of you.

[kevjohn]

Streetcowboy

Just found an appropriate means of transport for Thailands PM to use when attending our games.

Hope it comes up to your standards.

[kevjohn]

What about these for the scenery over the Andaman.

Not up to the same caliber as our PM David48 but

He did say he was taking a break.

It is always great to see when the substitute fielder takes a dramatic diving catch, or runs out the opposition star batsmen with a direct hit from the boundary. Excellent work KJ; I am so proud of you.

Yeah Boss...got a good teacher....... David48 is number 1 but you are number 1+

Edited June 5, 2012 by kevjohn

[brit1984]

Streetcowboy

Just found an appropriate means of transport for Thailands PM to use when attending our games.

Hope it comes up to your standards.

Which one is you?

[kevjohn]

Streetcowboy

Just found an appropriate means of transport for Thailands PM to use when attending our games.

Hope it comes up to your standards.

Which one is you?

I'm the one driving....... but don't tell anyone.... ..I don't have a work visa..

[David48]

I'm watching ...

[kevjohn]

I'm watching ...

Ahhhh! and so am I....

[kevjohn]

Hope we have better roads than this when travelling to our games in the Andaman.

[brit1984]

Hope we have better roads than this when travelling to our games in the Andaman.

Cricket is safer

[brit1984]

Hope we have better roads than this when travelling to our games in the Andaman.

Which one is you?

[StreetCowboy]

Hope we have better roads than this when travelling to our games in the Andaman.

Lucky they're wearing helmets, eh?

By the way, I don't mind cycling to home games, but not the away games. Not if the pitches are in places like that...

SC

[kevjohn]

Hope we have better roads than this when travelling to our games in the Andaman.

Which one is you?

None...I'm driving the PM's chariot in post #1759

[David48]

Since you boys are in a playful mood today ... I've been saving this one for the appropriate moment.

Just quietly, I think that kevjohn has been pulling the wool over our eyes.

When I dusted off the Cricketing archives I found this shot of who, I have been informed was the aforementioned in his Cricketing heyday!

Edited June 5, 2012 by David48