| I find it very difficult to ignore every time I see a | | | | a bat and ball team sport that originated in southern |
| cricket match on the television. Like most British and | | | | England during the 16th century. Its popularity spread |
| Australians I am hooked on this sport. I also had a | | | | from then on, especially during the British expansion. |
| chance to play in the junior league when I was in high | | | | Today there are 140 members of the International |
| school playing as a batsman. Time passed, I have my | | | | Cricket Council. When I was born, cricket was already |
| own family now but my penchant for cricket lingered | | | | a phenomenon. My father too is a big cricket fan, I |
| on. Like father like son they say, my son also shows | | | | can still remember him teaching me how to play while |
| a certain fondness for cricket. My wife and I used to | | | | mom watches eating some treats from sweet |
| go to cricket games before but because of the tight | | | | hampers during family picnics. |
| schedule of our work, we can barely do so. But we | | | | I have many fond memories of cricket. All my cricket |
| don't let that spoil our interest for cricket - we can | | | | uniforms are still intact, I even had one of them |
| always watch cricket at the comforts of our own | | | | framed to preserve the precious moments I had |
| homes while feasting on sweet hampers that we all | | | | with it. My mother was a photographer so I have |
| love. | | | | tons of photos during my junior cricket years. My son |
| Cricket is well-known in countries with British | | | | and I would occasionally browse them while we eat |
| association in their history like India and Australia. It is | | | | some candies from sweet hampers. |