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'You have to be fit to play cricket, don't you?'

'You certainly do. I get up at five, run for two miles, come back and do four hours of exercises'

'How long have you been doing it?'

'I start tomorrow.'

In a far-off eastern country, the game of cricket was the most popular sport. Everybody played it, even the royal family. But one day, the king died and a new king took his place. The new king hated cricket and outlawed it, so all the games had to be abandoned.

"REIGN" stopped play.

In a village pub, a traveler was talking with a local cricket supporter.

'Does your town boast a cricket team?' he asked.

'We don't boast; we endure,' was the gloomy reply.

The English teacher confronted the class hoping to get them to learn something
about classical literature, he asked,' What do you know about' The Cricket on the Hearth''?'

Johnny had the answer,' Easy. It was a game played by Charles Dickens when
his mother wouldn't let him go out!'

Two boys were playing cricket in the street. This always annoyed the man outside whose house they were playing and he ran out and accosted the one who was bowling.

'How many times do I have to tell you? I don't want you playing cricket outside my house! D'you understand?'

The boy said nothing.

'I said, do you understand?'

The boy remained silent and walked away.

The irate householder turned to the other boy.' He's not much of a talker, is he?'

'He's not much of a bowler either. He just put the ball through your window!'

An American had been told to go to a cricket match while he was in England. He watched with pleasure as the teams came out and the batsman scored four runs off the first six balls.

Then the umpire called "OVER".

"Well," he said, getting up, "it's a nice game - but it's very short!"

A cricket enthusiast died and went to hell. After a few days, the Devil came up to him and said,' What do you feel like doing today?
You can have anything you like.'
'Well,' said the cricketer, I can't think of nothing better than a game of cricket. Can we do that?'
'Certainly,' said the Devil, and off they went to get changed. They arrived at a beautiful pitch, and the batsman in his new gear took up a stance. Nothing happpened.
'Come on then,' he said to the Devil,' bowl the first ball.'
'Ah, that's the Hell of it,' said the Devil.' We haven't got any balls.'