It’s very much cricket

 

Cricket is a most precarious profession; it is called a team game but, in fact, no one is so lonely as a batsman facing a bowler supported by ten fieldsmen and observed by two umpires to ensure that his error does not go unpunished. …

Credits: Littlefields CC via GifCities and Internet Archive, SPORTS Feel Good Stories

Vijay’s classic GIFs 2007-2011 – 415

 

A GIF made to celebrate the Indian team’s win at the Cricket World Cup of 2011. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil. India’s Yuvraj Singh was declared the man of the tournament. This GIF plays on the still-popular ‘Deal With It/Thug Life’ meme.

GIF: 060rH                                                                                                              DATE: 03/04/2011

Credits: Deal with it via Ratedesi Forums

Chirping crickets

 

Now that spring is firmly established and it’s getting warmer, we’ll be hearing a lot of these guys around.

Credits: Le site web du deuxième cycle via GifCities and Internet Archive

Vijay’s classic GIFs 2007-2011 – 94

 

Witness cricket history in this video clip/GIF of a scorching sixer in a match between South Africa and India many years ago. The batsman may have been Sachin Tendulkar, but difficult to tell here.

GIF: south africa cricket sixer sszv0                                                                    DATE: 21/03/2008

Credits: Ratedesi Forums