Your Cricket Where is the strangest place you've played, or seen cricket be played?

[IceAgeComing]

I thought that this might be an interesting topic after listening to Viv Richards on the TMS podcast talking about playing a game in Toronto. Where is the strangest country that you've ever played or practiced cricket?

I took a ball with me when I went to Lithuania last summer. Couldn't fit a bat into my luggage (would be hard to explain as well!); so it was just practicing bowling at a wall but I got a few odd looks from the locals when I was doing it in the market square round from my hotel. Might be doing a year of my masters in Kazakhstan if I get onto the course that I want to do; and if I do you bet that I'll be taking cricket stuff with me there because that would be a really interesting story to tell people!

 

[barmyarmy]

Did a lot of beach cricket in February in Sardinia. Got a lot of funny looks from the locals...

 

[lion100lion]

Used to play cricket in the classroom at lunch, in schooldays.

 

[Paki007]

My Aunt's Kitchen Actually it's quite big for a kitchen.So in childhood when we were forced to stay at home we used to play there

 

[Umair7]

KSA with ARABS

 

[Dipak]

Used to play cricket in the classroom at lunch, in schooldays.

Who didn't!? We've broken tubelights, got sent to the princi innumerable times for that

 

[Paki007]

^I remember during our exams,we used to make a paper ball by wrapping tape on paper and used our clipboards as bats to play in classroom

 

[lion100lion]

I remember during our exams,we used to make a paper ball by wrapping tape on paper and used our clipboards as bats to play in classroom

This is why cricket is growing in it's popularity and even different from other popular games like football.
Balls of paper, Book as bat, wall as stumps.. etc
Even street cricket has got it's own rules.

You can't play football in classroom or in a street !

 

[Dipak]

You can't play football in classroom

We've done that! Not the hardcore football though, normal passing and some tricks.

 

[Parmesh killer]

We've done that! Not the hardcore football though, normal passing and some tricks.

I once tried to play football in my uncle's hall and ended up breaking his tubelight. It was like a bombblast. I was really ashamed and got good threatening from my parents.

 

[IceAgeComing]

Did a lot of beach cricket in February in Sardinia. Got a lot of funny looks from the locals...

Isn't that the whole point of holidaying abroad, though?

 

[Dutch]

Badminton racket, rolled up socks, washing basket as wicket keeper, small chair as wicket.......front room. Dog as brilliant all round fielder....man....doggy...thingy....best games ever

 

[Markkkkk]

Badminton racket, rolled up socks, washing basket as wicket keeper, small chair as wicket.......front room. Dog as brilliant all round fielder....man....doggy...thingy....best games ever

Ashes Cricket 13?

 

[ethybubs]

England... got some funny looks from the locals.

 

[Jine]

Most enjoyable place is playing cricket at muddy area. At rainy season. Ground full of mud pits. Taking revenge of batsman by pitching the ball at muddy area. Shirt,face messed with muds. what more you have enjoyed than this ?