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Old 26-06-2006, 08:29 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Non-Playing Cricket Fans

Now during my short time on this forum i've noticed that a good deal of members tend to have played cricket at various levels and i just wondered having myself never played any level of orgainsed cricket (i'm 20 now so there's no chance of that changing) how many other people are regular cricket fans without being regular players?
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Old 26-06-2006, 08:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I've never played outside of the schoolgrounds, etc.

Then again, I'm a huge US football fan and I've never played that, playground or otherwise (I've played flag football though).
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Old 26-06-2006, 08:48 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I've never played outside of playgrounds/streets with friends. Nothing in an organized manner. But I'm still a HUGE fan. I think if I hadn't moved to the U.S when I was 12, I may have played for my school at the very least (or at least tried). In the U.S, there was no chance to do that at that young age. Instead, I took up baseball and played that throughout High School.
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Old 26-06-2006, 09:27 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Huge fan, never played, from a non-playing country, and being 39, I doubt I will have a chance
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Old 26-06-2006, 09:41 AM   #5 (permalink)
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i haven't played seriously, or much at all, since half way through school
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Old 26-06-2006, 02:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Huge fan, never played, from a non-playing country, and being 39, I doubt I will have a chance
Same here, except in my case it's caused by wearing glasses the thickness of a decent slice of beef.
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Old 26-06-2006, 02:16 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Same here, except in my case it's caused by wearing glasses the thickness of a decent slice of beef.
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Old 26-06-2006, 03:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I haven't played for about 12 months, but that may change rather soon.
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Old 26-06-2006, 05:13 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Old 26-06-2006, 06:43 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Old 26-06-2006, 07:50 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Old 26-06-2006, 07:57 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Old 26-06-2006, 08:43 PM   #13 (permalink)
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