My congratulations to Shane Watson whose heroic performances for the Rajastahn Royals have seen him called up to the Australian one-day squad in place of the injured Matty Hayden. Go Royals!
Shaun Marsh is doubtless disappointed. He must have thought he had a chance, given that he and Hayden are specialist opening batsmen and Watson is not, but I’m sure that his time will come.
You know…when I read this kind of post I can’t help but think: “man…she REALLY likes cricket. Cricket!!!” It’s just too weird for me.:D
It’s an intellectual game, Jacques. 🙂
But seriously, have you ever seen a Twenty20 game?
Never. Well, only in movies, internet videos, etc. But in a general way it’s quite alien for me.:D
You may have seen cricket in movies, but I doubt that you have seen a Twenty20 game.
Do they play baseball in Brazil, or is Futbol literally the only game in town?
There are some baseball teams, mostly in southern Brazil, but most people wouldn’t recognize a match if they saw one.
Futebol is the national sport, of course. But Brazil loves any kind of sport. We have special tradition in volleyball, basketball, handball, gymnastics, tennis, racing and martial arts like judo and jiu-jitsu…but no cricket, I’m affraid.:D
There’s something that looks like a distant cousin of cricket. It’s called bocha. Italian immigrants brought that. Again, mostly in southern Brazil and played almost excluseviley by the Italian community.
I’ll try to find som Twenty20 game in Youtube. Try to understand that.;)
Guess what I’ve found?
http://www.brasilcricket.org/
Like I said, we love ANY game.:D
Bocha (or Bocce in Italian, I think) is related to games like lawn bowls and Pétanque. There’s no bat involved or runs scores.
Good to see that Brasil plays cricket, though apparently not very well. You folks need to get involved in the World Cricket League, where you get to see strange things like the USA getting thrashed by Jersey. (Jersey, of course, were playing at home, which may have helped, but even so.)
As for YouTube, a quick search for “Rajasthan Royals” should hit paydirt, but I doubt that you’ll find a whole match. Highlight reels are OK, but almost by definition they can’t capture the tension.