it's not cricket

Sometimes I think to myself, you know, it would be interesting to learn about cricket. Figure out how it works. So I take a look at some London newspapers’ coverage of the noble sport and I come across this:

Benn was bowling to a six-three off-side field with the leg-side covered only by a short-leg, mid-on and a man on the sweep. To the off were two close fielders, at slip and silly point, and a ring set back, with men either side of point, extra-cover and mid-off.

Okay. So, it’s time to move on. In a decade or so the memory of those sentences will finally have faded from my brain, and when that happens I’ll think to myself, you know, it would be interesting to learn about cricket. Figure out how it works.