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[Oracle]

Cricket is the game of anti-colonialism. It should be encouraged in Cyprus.

The great Windies teams of the 1970s were hugely important in promoting a new self-confidence in Caribbean independence.

And of course the Aussies, New Zealanders, South Africans joined the Indians, Sri Lankans and Pakistanis in defeating England.


Cricket is a great revolutionary game (read the work of CLR James, -Guardian cricket correspondent from the 1930s)

Yes and we have the Marxist philosophy to boot ....

Love erstwhile contradictions

[miltiades]

There are two Sri Lankan teams, a mixed Indian/Pakistani team an ex-pat team, an Amdocs team, a couple of British military teams and quite a few Repatriate Cypriots from SA, Australia etc.

lana PS Don't tell Feisty, she will only want to come along and watch!

Why can't I come?
I love cricket.

You would of course ! The game of boring old farts and hot curries !!

[miltiades]

WAS CRICKET DISCOVERED BY A CORPSE ?

[Oracle]

WAS CRICKET DISCOVERED BY A CORPSE ?

Miltiades .... do you know the salient difference between an Invention and a Discovery?




Did you mean to imply you may turn into a corpse watching the game?

[denizaksulu]

I'm not going to pretend I understand LBW or other Cricket rules .... I just miss the sight of those portly athletes in their whites, the sound of leather on willow, crustless cucumber sarnies, Battenburg cake and other metaphors and Double Entendres ...

"The Bowler's Holding, the Batsman's Willey" ....

"What a magnificent shot! No, he's out." - Tony Greig.

Why did the Brits not popularise Cricket in Cyprus ?

What a waste of space Golf courses are

Yes I propose that Cricket can civilise the Cypriot .....

Where's it being played?

Oracle, dont you miss Dickie Bird also?

[denizaksulu]

I'm not going to pretend I understand LBW or other Cricket rules .... I just miss the sight of those portly athletes in their whites, the sound of leather on willow, crustless cucumber sarnies, Battenburg cake and other metaphors and Double Entendres ...

"The Bowler's Holding, the Batsman's Willey" ....

"What a magnificent shot! No, he's out." - Tony Greig.

Why did the Brits not popularise Cricket in Cyprus ?

What a waste of space Golf courses are

Yes I propose that Cricket can civilise the Cypriot .....

Where's it being played?

Oracle can you hazard a guess as whether I like cricket or not ?

As an excuse for quashing down the refreshments I would hazard it meets with your approval ...

When I was a kid growing up in Stroumbi the Great , I remember playing a sort of a cricket type of a game called LINGRI , similar to cricket but not half as boring as bloody cricket I cant stand the stupid game , as I have previously said the most boring people on earth are Asians and what do they do to alleviate their boredom , play stupid cricket !!
I hate the game just as much as I hate Traffic Wardens !
Think I will have another glass of red !

Milti, we should start a Lingiri team. I was brought up with it. I was good at Puffuro, I had big lungs.

[denizaksulu]

There are two Sri Lankan teams, a mixed Indian/Pakistani team an ex-pat team, an Amdocs team, a couple of British military teams and quite a few Repatriate Cypriots from SA, Australia etc.

lana PS Don't tell Feisty, she will only want to come along and watch!

Why can't I come?
I love cricket.

Whats a game without spectators.

[kafenes]

I'm not going to pretend I understand LBW or other Cricket rules .... I just miss the sight of those portly athletes in their whites, the sound of leather on willow, crustless cucumber sarnies, Battenburg cake and other metaphors and Double Entendres ...

"The Bowler's Holding, the Batsman's Willey" ....

"What a magnificent shot! No, he's out." - Tony Greig.

Why did the Brits not popularise Cricket in Cyprus ?

What a waste of space Golf courses are

Yes I propose that Cricket can civilise the Cypriot .....

Where's it being played?

Oracle can you hazard a guess as whether I like cricket or not ?

As an excuse for quashing down the refreshments I would hazard it meets with your approval ...

When I was a kid growing up in Stroumbi the Great , I remember playing a sort of a cricket type of a game called LINGRI , similar to cricket but not half as boring as bloody cricket I cant stand the stupid game , as I have previously said the most boring people on earth are Asians and what do they do to alleviate their boredom , play stupid cricket !!
I hate the game just as much as I hate Traffic Wardens !
Think I will have another glass of red !

Milti, we should start a Lingiri team. I was brought up with it. I was good at Puffuro, I had big lungs.

Deniz, you were brought up with lingerie? No wonder you are good at puffuro. Put me down for the team.

[denizaksulu]

I'm not going to pretend I understand LBW or other Cricket rules .... I just miss the sight of those portly athletes in their whites, the sound of leather on willow, crustless cucumber sarnies, Battenburg cake and other metaphors and Double Entendres ...

"The Bowler's Holding, the Batsman's Willey" ....

"What a magnificent shot! No, he's out." - Tony Greig.

Why did the Brits not popularise Cricket in Cyprus ?

What a waste of space Golf courses are

Yes I propose that Cricket can civilise the Cypriot .....

Where's it being played?

Oracle can you hazard a guess as whether I like cricket or not ?

As an excuse for quashing down the refreshments I would hazard it meets with your approval ...

When I was a kid growing up in Stroumbi the Great , I remember playing a sort of a cricket type of a game called LINGRI , similar to cricket but not half as boring as bloody cricket I cant stand the stupid game , as I have previously said the most boring people on earth are Asians and what do they do to alleviate their boredom , play stupid cricket !!
I hate the game just as much as I hate Traffic Wardens !
Think I will have another glass of red !

Milti, we should start a Lingiri team. I was brought up with it. I was good at Puffuro, I had big lungs.

Deniz, you were brought up with lingerie? No wonder you are good at puffuro. Put me down for the team.

I know the GCs call it Lingri, but in TC vernacular it was Lingiri In TC you dont normally have two consonants adjacent with each other in a sylable. eg in Turkey it was sipor where we say sport. Weird. Puffuro is the only other Lingri term I recal. Great fun it was.

[miltiades]

WAS CRICKET DISCOVERED BY A CORPSE ?

Miltiades .... do you know the salient difference between an Invention and a Discovery?




Did you mean to imply you may turn into a corpse watching the game?

A. Corpse is reputed to have DISCOVERD cricket from Asia and brought it back to the UK , cricket was first invented in Stroumbi The Great , it was called Lingri or Scatoullika and somehow found its way in Asia where it went through a transformation process and became the boring old game as we know it today with its many runs hundreds of them in fact and one or two not outs !!!!
Having discovered the true meaning of life I do not claim that I invented it
neither did the discoverer of penicillin claimed to have invented it , penicillin that is , so as you see O , Cricket was there to be discovered not invented as God was !!!