So very English. Village cricket is sport played properly, for the shear joy of it.

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This is cricket. Proper cricket, as has been played in England for a thousand years. Proper cricket, chaps who borrow each others pads and bats, chaps who aren't necessarily very fit, maybe a bit overweight; but above all else chaps who just play the game with their mates for the sheer unadulterated pleasure of it. Long live its noble decency.

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Village cricket match in Bromyard. Note the seam on the ball. Village cricket is sport played as it should be played - for the shear joy of it.

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