A colleague of mine once told me of a day and evening in his university days. He was out to lunch with his friends and lunch turned into dinner so they stayed for dinner. Eventually - and quietly but terribly drunk - they left to go home (by tram, he was studying in Melbourne). They decided to have a few "cleansing ales" and watch tv. It was late. They turned on the tv and watched a lawn bowls programme. My colleague told me that in their totally intoxicated state they found the green lawn absolutely fascinating (he assured me they were only drinking alcohol).
Cricket has the same effect on me. I would have to be totally off my face to sit long enough to watch it.
Sorry, I know that there are cricket afficionados here who appreciate the subtleties of the game (said colleague used to wax lyrical about it - he liked to go to the cricket when he was sober and leave sober) but it's beyond me.
If you're not from a cricket-playing country then good luck with trying to understand it. I played it as a kid and still didn't understand it. I drive a car but I'm not a mechanic either.
But some great minds over at Wikipedia have done the work so
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket
have fun at silly mid-on or gully or try your hand in the slips.
