The quintessence of cricket

[doesitmatter]

So many i like..
1) Hook or the pull shot.
2) Good back foot punch
3) Leg-cutter taking the edge of the bat and the batsman getting caught behind.
4) spinner drawing the batsman forward and getting the batsman stumped
5) Tail-ender or tail-enders saving a match or scoring runs (this i like only when the team you support does it)

Something unique to cricket is it is probably the only game which is played for 5 days and still there is no winner..

 

[Jager]

Batsmen without helmets

 

[Hurricane]

After two wickets have fallen quickly in a test and the next two batsman batten down the hatches for 5 overs.

 

[weldone]

Any time a bowler or team appeals. Its beautiful man

That's absolutely no fun when DRS is available.

 

[fredfertang]

Hot summer's day with plenty of time on my hands, wander past a village green where a game is in progress and sit and watch for half an hour - better still if the local pub is nearby

 

[benchmark00]

Having my girlfriend sit on my lap while I tell a bunch of people I don't know that Gavin Larsen is a better one day bowler than Brett Lee and Waqar Younis.

 

[fredfertang]

Having my girlfriend sit on my lap while I tell a bunch of people I don't know that Gavin Larsen is a better one day bowler than Brett Lee and Waqar Younis.

Make it someone else's girlfriend, get her to give you a silly moustache with her eyeliner and you'll look just like Allen Stanford

 

[watson]

Hot summer's day with plenty of time on my hands, wander past a village green where a game is in progress and sit and watch for half an hour - better still if the local pub is nearby

 

[smalishah84]

the stumps cartwheeling out of the pitch and the bails flying away......just such an awesome sight....and that sound that comes from the mic at the disturbing of the furniture.....just orgasmic

 

[Hurricane]

 

[Coronis]

That's absolutely no fun when DRS is available.

Thats has reduced the appeal of the appeal significantly.

 

[CricAddict]

I know that there are many here who hate stats, but one thing I love the most about cricket is stats.. Not sure which other sport has so much of stats with varied number crunching that can be done..

 

[vic_orthdox]

Yuk.

 

[GIMH]

I think it's more the way people use stats in debates and as validation that people hate, rather than the fact there's so much out there that people so inclined can investigate/play around with.

 

[vic_orthdox]

The idea that the most enjoyable part of cricket for anyone is stats is just alien to me.

Love the slip reference, it's so true, especially so in lower grades of cricket where a good slipper is rare.

Also, playing on a ripping pitch with some bounce, and there's that few seconds while the ball zings past the batsman; a bit of a gap before the keeper takes the ball fingers up.

 

[uvelocity]

definitely agree with gimh

although i guess yeah, not as the most enjoyable part

 

[CricAddict]

definitely agree with gimh

although i guess yeah, not as the most enjoyable part

Yeah, may be I didn't put it out well..Its not stats that I enjoy the most about cricket..
but compared to other sports, I like it that cricket has so much stats to play around with..

Anyway, to each, his own here..I was answering to the opening post "What, for you, is most uniquely "cricket"?" more than "Which is the most enjoyable part of cricket"

 

[Top_Cat]

I know that there are many here who hate stats, but one thing I love the most about cricket is stats.. Not sure which other sport has so much of stats with varied number crunching that can be done..

Baseball has an entire branch of statistics devoted to it.

 

[uvelocity]

theyre all on the essejuice though

 

[GIMH]

The idea that the most enjoyable part of cricket for anyone is stats is just alien to me.

Love the slip reference, it's so true, especially so in lower grades of cricket where a good slipper is rare.

Also, playing on a ripping pitch with some bounce, and there's that few seconds while the ball zings past the batsman; a bit of a gap before the keeper takes the ball fingers up.

definitely agree with gimh

although i guess yeah, not as the most enjoyable part

Yeah it's not even close to nthe most enjoyable for me either, just to clarify.