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S1/E7 - How Cricket Has Influenced British Culture & Language

The British English Podcast

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Cricket and Beer Drinking

The upper class back in the day were able to eat whatever they wanted. They would stuff their faces and then go play a bit of cricket and then get back to the beer. And I think that goes well with, with the cricket, just sitting around all day drinking beer,. preferably in the sun, maybe in the rain. It's often difficult to find four days, four days back to back where the sun is shining. To be rained off. Very good. So they, you can't play because it's raining. The wicket is the 22 yard strip, 22 yards is like 24 meters. That's quite a thing.

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