Peeping on the cricket game

Posted by Aaron Schmidt (Auckland, New Zealand) on 21 March 2006 in Sport & Recreation.

If I was gay and/or was obsessed with cricket and/or had a mental illness that forced me to sneak through the woods, this is how I would pass my time on the weekends. Calmly hiding behind the trees as my favourite batsman spun another crick off the wood. Please note that I do not believe that being gay implies that you are obsessed with cricket or that you have a mental illness that forces you to sneak through the woods. I also do not believe that all people who sneak through the woods necessarily have a mental illness (although the percentage is probably pretty high). However, I do believe that cricket is an insane game that makes no sense whatsoever.

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Comments (8)

Shuva from Hyderabad, India

Just because Canada listed at the bottom on the list in the last cricket World Cup does not mean that it makes no sense to you---or does it?

Cricket is the world's best game --- at least in this part of the world. Both NZ and Australia play this game big time.But there should be more people than shown in this view. Right now as I write this comment England and India are playing in Mumbai with India leading the series so far.

Let me tell you one more thing: BCCI (Board of Cricket Control for India) is now the richest sport's body in the world beating the football body of Europe, which makes the Indian cricket team the richest sports team.

21 Mar 2006 12:46am

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

hahaha - this one gave me a good laugh thinking of your fancy prancing cricket peeping.
Go back to Canada with your losing team and leave the sweet Kiwi Cricketeers alone!

21 Mar 2006 3:00am

Hervé from Paris, France

I don't really understand because I often take picture of criquets and I do not feel insane. Or do not feel able to judge if they are gay, or insane...
But if I can give you advises Aaron, you should not hide in the trees to take pictures of grasshoppers, because they are very little animals and it is very difficult to see them on your picture.
Actually, I did not see your criquet in the grass. And the picture is polluted by 5 men learning golf in a strange way...

21 Mar 2006 3:38am

Shuva from Hyderabad, India

omme d'Oh! Herve. Nous sommes parler du jeu appelé le "cricket" que vous pensez est une version étrange du golf. La chose la plus étroite semblable au cricket est le jeu du base-ball. Elle a été présentée au monde par votre voisin, Angleterre. Équipez- quevous les types frustrent vraiment. La communauté am3 devrait autrefois réunir et jouer un jeu de cricket. Est-ce que je vous ai dit qu'il peut durer pendant 5 jours?

21 Mar 2006 3:57am

Hervé from Paris, France

LOL ! Very funny traduction ! I think I cannot attend 5 days any sport ! ;)

21 Mar 2006 7:22am

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

Shuva - you should know that Canada came in last only by choice! We Canadians judge cricket to be a weak sport unworthy of effort. If it's not played on snow or ice then it can't be good.

and Herve - in the full resolution version, the crickets are quite visible, biting and thrashing around through the tall grass.

21 Mar 2006 2:22pm

Harlem from Canada

Cricket would be a superb sport if only they froze the field, put up two nets at either end, gave the chaps sticks & a puck and called it "hockey".

21 Mar 2006 6:24pm

Steve Kravitz from Florence, NJ, United States

I like the way you posed this photo through the trees and at a distance. It makes for a postage stamp view of the event.

21 Mar 2006 9:27pm

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