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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby Oceanside50 » Fri Nov 29, 2013 6:01 pm

Are the Cypriots going to call the sport " Tsiripilos"??
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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby Paphitis » Fri Nov 29, 2013 8:47 pm

It's actually a bit of a shame Cypriots didn't take up the sport from the English because they might actually win a game or 2 just like they do in Rugby rather than lose all the time at Football. :lol:
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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby Cap » Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:09 pm

Paphitis wrote:It's actually a bit of a shame Cypriots didn't take up the sport from the English because they might actually win a game or 2 just like they do in Rugby rather than lose all the time at Football. :lol:


Well said Paphitis.
Although we all know it will end one day, but good gawd what a roller coaster of a rush spanning over 5 years.
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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby Paphitis » Fri Nov 29, 2013 9:12 pm

Cap wrote:
Paphitis wrote:It's actually a bit of a shame Cypriots didn't take up the sport from the English because they might actually win a game or 2 just like they do in Rugby rather than lose all the time at Football. :lol:


Well said Paphitis.
Although we all know it will end one day, but good gawd what a roller coaster of a rush spanning over 5 years.
8)


They should be ok Cap because there would be a lot of Rugby Talent in the diaspora willing to play for Cyprus.

Once they establish the sport, then it's fine and rugby is getting established.
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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby kurupetos » Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:42 pm

Oceanside50 wrote:Are the Cypriots going to call the sport " Tsiripilos"??

No, we will just ignore this silly "sport". :lol:
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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby Paphitis » Sat Nov 30, 2013 5:41 pm

kurupetos wrote:
Oceanside50 wrote:Are the Cypriots going to call the sport " Tsiripilos"??

No, we will just ignore this silly "sport". :lol:


Look, we have Cricket and we have the simple game of Soccer, which is the opiate of the masses with an IQ below 100! :lol:

We need to keep the natives busy whilst the rest of us get on with the best and most serious international rivalry in international sport - The Ashes! :wink:

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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby kurupetos » Sat Nov 30, 2013 10:34 pm

Paphitis wrote:
kurupetos wrote:
Oceanside50 wrote:Are the Cypriots going to call the sport " Tsiripilos"??

No, we will just ignore this silly "sport". :lol:


Look, we have Cricket and we have the simple game of Soccer, which is the opiate of the masses with an IQ below 100! :lol:

We need to keep the natives busy whilst the rest of us get on with the best and most serious international rivalry in international sport - The Ashes! :wink:

I would rather play backgammon. :lol:
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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby Paphitis » Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:42 am

kurupetos wrote:
Paphitis wrote:
kurupetos wrote:
Oceanside50 wrote:Are the Cypriots going to call the sport " Tsiripilos"??

No, we will just ignore this silly "sport". :lol:


Look, we have Cricket and we have the simple game of Soccer, which is the opiate of the masses with an IQ below 100! :lol:

We need to keep the natives busy whilst the rest of us get on with the best and most serious international rivalry in international sport - The Ashes! :wink:

I would rather play backgammon. :lol:


I don't know this game. Must be another simple game.

I only play Tavli! :D
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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby Paphitis » Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:48 am

kurupetos wrote:
Oceanside50 wrote:Are the Cypriots going to call the sport " Tsiripilos"??

No, we will just ignore this silly "sport". :lol:


Oh btw, I like Soccer too. I use to be a real fanatic when young but I can tell you that I always enjoyed playing Cricket more than Soccer. It is more diverse, challenging and a roller coaster.

But since not going to any games, I can't bear to watch a full Soccer Game and have not been to a match in years despite having one of the best professional leagues in the world with stars like Del Piero and what not. Clubs are no longer clubs but are franchises owned by big Corporates.

Cricket just has another dimension, which you can never understand since you don't know anything about the game. Whenever you see it, you think it is complicated and can't be bothered, so it does not cater well to the lazy. Takes a while to appreciate this game for what it truly is which you don't know.

I don't think you can get a more fierce rivalry between Australia and England in the Ashes. Since the 1930s Bodyline Series, these countries have never been the same.

When the MCC nominated Jardine as Captain, the Chairman said, " we may win the Ashes, but we are going to lose a Dominion".
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Re: Cricket up and coming in Cyprus

Postby miltiades » Sun Dec 01, 2013 9:29 am

Men sat round a table and decided to have a ...test !! Device the most boringly repetitive meaningless TEST not game but Test, the price for the wicket winners ? A load of ashes !!!

If cricket was half interesting it would have spread in Europe, instead you will find cricket tested in the likes of Asia and of course England and its lost empire.

The game is full of anomalies, scores running into hundreds, stupid names such as ashes and ...test series. Who discovered this boring game ??

Most games enjoyed the world over last but a few hours, but like Eastenders and Coronation street cricket lasts for ...years. :lol: :lol:
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