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[Nickauger]

Why do I play cricket? Honestly...... I have no idea! I appear to have got steadily and dramatically worse with time!

[WalkingWicket37]

Days like yesterday are a good reason to play. Day in the sun with your mates, having a laugh and having a real sense of achievement and unity when we won.
And the decent teas were an added bonus!

[Gingerbusiness]

To echo Mr FatCats brilliant 'call to arms';

I play because 99% of the time, unlike football, I am not called a c*** in the first 10 seconds by some thug with tattoos who spends most of his weekend snorting coke and smacking his girlfriend around.

I play because no-one dives on the floor and rolls around trying to get someone else sent off.

I play because the invention of stopping a sport midway to have a cup of tea, a round of sandwiches and a slice of cake - is absolute genius!

[sarg]

Tried all the sports when I was young and I found cricket the most technically challenging. In fact I was rubbish at it, but I enjoyed the training, improved and found that I could also have a laugh in between overs. This comradeship and the good spirit most games were played appealed the most.

I'm still a student of the game and look forward to each game.

[Vic Nicholas]

I love everything about the game...from it's storied history, to the stats, to watching it endlessly, to actually playing.

I spent 26 years out if the game and missed it every single day, not thinking I would ever get back to it. Then one day six years ago my wife said "why don't you play?" and I could not really think of a compelling reason why I couldn't (other than being 26 years out of the loop).

Started back up and I absolutely LOVE it!

My team mates are more than half my age...but their good natured banter and support make playing a truly fantastic feeling. When I get a standing ovation from the boys after an important or well played innings, I cannot describe how good that feels. When I am mobbed by my team mates after taking a catch...I am on a high. After we win a game, especially a close or important game, the shared joy is out of this world!

Out on the field, I forget my true age and I feel 20 again....surrounded by guys who are all around that age. My youth and my present seamlessly entwine to give me a sense of continuity of all the great things in life that I have always enjoyed.

So many friendships made out of cricket...it really does bring like minded people together.

For me, the game is not just a game...but, is a metaphor for life itself. It's joys, sorrows, trials, tribulations and ultimately, shared accomplishment. What other game gives you all that?

Having been lucky to put on a number of 100 plus partnerships at the top of the order...that feeling of shared accomplishment and a sense of having done a job for the team in its pursuit of victory is indescribable...but, I know everyone of you here knows exactly what I am talking about.

Life without cricket is unthinkable to me.

From childhood, it was love at first sight...and when they bury me, I hope it is with a bat beside me.

Cricket, I owe you everything.

[procricket]

I like scoring runs!!
I like winning!!
I like taking catches and stumpings !!


But I would rather work in the industry than play .