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Why do you play a game for five days, US Consulate employees ask

Watch the video of attempts to understand the gentlemen's game

Sports Desk August 05, 2016

Screengrab from the video

The US Consulate in Karachi has released a video asking questions about cricket after watching the current England versus Pakistan Test match.

The video shows the US Consulate staff trying to decipher the game of cricket, asking ‘why is everyone so quiet’, ‘what are they running 30 yards to throw the ball’, and most importantly ‘why do you play a game for five days’.

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They also comment on the audience’s choice of attire, since members of the crowd usually wear a tie and a blazer to Test matches in England.

Watch the video here:

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COMMENTS (9)

curious2 | 8 years ago | Reply You have to admit that if your not born in a country where Cricket is played it's a sport that is difficult to understand. Nice to know that these Consulate employees are trying to understand something so important to Pakistanis.

NKAli | 8 years ago | Reply US Consulate employees...I could not agree more with you. Five days...five days on the field is a total waste of time, money and energy. The name of the game where power play is concerned is ODIs and T20s. That is a fast and combative format where only the best in all-round performance and ingenuity reach their winning goalpost. However, cricket is cricket and it's in the genes. Salams

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Humayun Ali | 8 years ago | Reply I just wish the British should have left something better behind in the subcontinent, other than Cricket. Something worth emulating, like Research and love of Science, education, etc. This also proves what British were doing in the subcontinent most of the time, spending time in leisurely activities, having fun, instead of building schools, institutions, factories, mills, etc. The Indian subcontinent would have been the richest place on Earth, and people would have been immigrating to this subcontinent from all over the world. But British had other plans on their mind when they were here, and Cricket is the only substantive thing that they left behind that is found in every corner, every street, every town big and small, instead of Education, and love of science.

faizan | 8 years ago | Reply by playing cricket british ruled almost half of the world. and by playing basketball and baseball americans are not able to win a single battle after world war one.

Zain - USA | 8 years ago | Reply When the Victorian Era British started the game of Cricket, it was mainly for the Elite - Aristocrats. And these elite group of people who were rich, wanted to spend time in leisurely activities and to pass some time. Back in the 1700's elite people had a lot of time on their hands, and it made sense to play a game that could last for days, specially on their newly acquired lands such as in India, where ruling class got bored easily and came up with such sports to pass time and have fun. 5 day test has lunch breaks as well as tea breaks, typically Victorian English Tradition.

Brainy Bhaijan | 8 years ago | Reply Yes, test cricket is excruciatingly long and boring and its not even about being an american.

Prada | 8 years ago | Reply Test Cricket does not belong in the modern world. Sad but true.

Khilari | 8 years ago | Reply Why don't you ask that question from Britishers, after all they are the ones who introduced this game and still play it?

Umar Buttar | 8 years ago | Reply How could american understand cricket?!?. Its Gentlemen sport.

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