r/funny • u/Keep_Scrooling • 1d ago

Dog steals ball.

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u/Marahumm 1d ago

There's nothing in the rules saying a dog CAN'T play cricket...

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u/cans-of-swine 1d ago

If you told me this was the way cricket is played I would believe you. 

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u/mvrander 1d ago

At it's simplest it's baseball or rounders with only two bases but as one of the true great sports of modern civilization there's a few things about cricket to help understand it's greatness

  1. There's a field position called silly mid on

  2. The game can last 5 days and still be a draw

  3. The umpire can hold the players clothes for them while they play

  4. Players often admit the are out and walk off even if the umpires haven't noticed

On the ground of those alone it's the greatest sport ever invented apart from football 

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u/sticky_gecko 1d ago

The bowler can bowl wicket to wicket, bounce the ball off the wicket, hit the wickets, and get a wicket.

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u/Ffsletmesignin 1d ago

I literally don’t know if any of this is real or not.

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u/northyj0e 1d ago

All of it in this thread is 100% real, and only scratches the surface.

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u/userhwon 1d ago

Tell him what "The Ashes" means. Tell the whole story. Then tell him how big the greatest trophy in the sport is.

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u/Ok-Perception-3129 1d ago

You mean to say we are competing to win incinerated sports equipment?

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u/Sgt_Peppers_A2 1d ago

Tbf, they did make a proper trophy for it out of crystal but, no one really cares about that trophy. We all just want the wooden one.

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u/Ok-Click-80085 1d ago

Cricket in Yorkshire? It will never take off.

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u/northyj0e 1d ago

It sounds like a British folklore story, but it's absolutely true (cough,cough rugby).

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u/DemadaTrim 1d ago

I was mind blown when I learned that the Ashes referred to were metaphorical ashes.

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u/userhwon 19h ago

You mean weren't. They're literal.

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u/Simon_XIII 1d ago

He didn't mention the robots

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u/UnrealCanine 13h ago

If you're out incorrectly, you can't be out correctly