How did you get into cricket?

[Cricketdude]

Got into it from my friend when I was in grade 5. It was a fad at the time in my school too. Then people stopped playing and that's how I got into it.

 

[Hooper]

Watching Shane Warne in the '02/'03 Ashes. But I sort of understood it the summer before against South Africa.

Haven't looked back since and now look at it as an integral part of my life.

 

[Covvy]

Well it's been mainly my Dad because he watches it if it's on and I just came to like it.

 

[Deleted member 13648]

Watching my Dad's old tapes of 'Botham's Ashes', and promptly playing Cricket 04 with my mate the very same day.

 

[Cricketdude]

And that 'game' got you into cricket?

 

[evertonfan]

Used to always play in the backyard with my brother whenever we didn't have a football, but it wasn't until 2000 when I really started watching it. Don't remember much of it, but I remember being glued to Channel 4 that summer.

 

[Hooper]

Yeah, Cricket04 got me into cricket as well actually.

I remember waking up on a saturday morning and just banging that on. Playing as Australia against India - always thrashing them of course with the Waugh brothers.

Oh the memories.

Cricket 2004 Appreciation thread, Culli?

 

[mattfb]

My dad used to watch it all the time so I would watch bits and pieces and he would always take me to NSW games as well. Michael Clarkes debut ton in India was what really won me over but I never watched it fanatically as I was pretty young. I started watching it a lot and as much as I could about a few years back.

 

[OffCutters]

I started when my brother hit me in the head when playing a slog in backyard cricket, i started playing to try and get him back :sarcasm

 

[pcfan123]

IPL ............................... haha just kidding, 1996 World Cup quarter final, West Indies vs SA. Lara's century in that match

 

[OffCutters]

I hate the bloody IPL.

 

[Burnsy1]

Andrew Flintoff and Matthew Hoggard. Watching them 2 in the 2005 Ashes got me into it and It's just taken off from there. At the point now where it's an obsession most of my life revolves around cricket(and getting drunk ofc :sarcasm)

 

[jordox]

Got into it from going into the urban areas of Zimbabwe (the part of Zimbabwe I'm from, Cricket isn't popular at all). So whenever I was in Harare cricket was the thing to do, so I started playing when I was like 10.

 

[nightprowler10]

World Cup 1992.

 

[Aditya]

I got into cricket after 05ashes series it was awesome.