Thursday, 30 July 2009

More thoughts on an Ashes drinking game

Seems lots of people are finding this blog searching for an Ashes drinking game.

I had some thoughts in an earlier post but my original thought of a pint for every wicket, while not bad as an average for the day, can be a bit of a killer if a couple of quick wickets go down, or could mean a completely dry afternoon if the Aussies are grinding it out.

I have had a quick search myself and haven't really come up with any other suggestions:
Beer Cricket Not sure about this one - seems only to be for 2 people, and to involve long sessions of watching the other one drink - perhaps I've missed something.
Silent Cricket Much too mathematical and geeky - wouldn't really want to play it in public, but it could be modified for actually being at the cricket - instead of advancing one number at a time, you could take it in turns to perform the correct action every time the score changes. Mistakes would receive the usual penalty.
Beer Cricket 2 Much too much running around and not a lot of beer - in fact, the only use for beers seems to be the empty bottles - so at least you get to drink 4 bottles before you play - could make it more interesting.
Aussie Cricket drinking game Given that we in the UK tend to drink pints, and have never heard of pots, middys, tinnys or stubbys, could be a little one dimensional, and possibly end up with puddles of piss on the floor when playing out for a draw.

I suppose the problem is that cricket can be quite a long game, with periods where not a lot happens. So you don't want to get too trollyed (sp?) too early - ie no shots, but you don't want to be there sipping at your beer whilst it rains with no action to keep you drinking.

Also - to conform to ECB rules, should it only be played with a maximum of 2 cans or a 75cl bottle of wine? I guess that only applies at Lord's now. Mind you, you don't want to go at it like to guys sat next to me at the Lord's test, who managed to finish their 2 bottles of wine before lunch, and then went missing for the afternoon session - where we actually got to see some Aussie wickets fall for a change.

Will give it some more thought and report back.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Simon,

    Sorry to that you are having to survive a dry weekend.....no wickets, no beers!

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  2. So what's happened to the blog or have their been so many wickets you can't type straight?!

    Hope you are well. We are home and I am relaxing......

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