If I need to discredit the game, I need to dissect it. So I looked up images of a pitch. And I’m fascinated that the game shares it’s name with an insect. How ingenious. Tho it’s rare that you’ll see anyone playing a beetle or 12 guys in fancy dress going out there to play termites.
So I investigated. It’s breathtaking. Maybe I am on the path of where no man has gone before. Check out the diagram. It’s a ventral view of the cricket….and I’ve done a bit of analysis and checked against the game’s pitch.
Please tell me the fortunes of nations aren’t rooted in the zoological representation of this bug.
Those of you arm chair critics reading this will have a few tiny pointers on exact location on the pitch. To that I say – just minor adjustments. But look at the big picture. It’s scary!!!
P.S: Check out the pitch. Hmmm…is that why the inventors of the game have something called The Oval??? Maybe that’s how it was supposed to be.
7 Comments
November 27, 2007 at 4:03 am
you’re quite right…. the details are out of order… but as a prolific armchair critic i ought to warn you…. theres a test match this weekend, and the weekend after, then a break for a weekend and then two more tests – one starting on the day after christmas and another on January 2.
Thats 20 days of cricket in the next 36.
Enjoy!
November 27, 2007 at 6:37 am
You mean 16 days of sheer sanity !!! I can’t wait !
November 27, 2007 at 8:57 pm
more power to you girl. though i do like the ‘other half’ writing.
November 27, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Nice work.
November 28, 2007 at 10:26 am
Cool! When do u plan to write about the ‘Bat’?
November 28, 2007 at 7:19 pm
The bat….I’d missed that one. And how can I forget the ball weevil ??? The plot thickens.
December 9, 2007 at 1:35 am
you have many mistakes inthis diagram , check out again!