Monday 4 March 2013

Our World Tuesday - Watching the Cricket

As I drive H to and from karate on Saturday mornings I often see games of cricket going on.  School competition games, which hark back to boarding school Saturdays where work was found for idle hands.  Local club games with parents sitting in collapsable chairs on the boundary cheering on their son (it does seem to be mainly boys).  On the return leg of my journey the school boys have often gone home and the older lads - some very much older - are getting ready for a game.

A few weeks ago I noticed that one cricket pitch seemed to attract an odd crowd of spectators, so I went back with camera in hand (or more accurately - on tripod!)


These birds are Straw Necked Ibis and I'll do a WBW post on them in a couple of weeks.

There are so many Australian things about this picture that I had to post it.  The birds, the cricket, the fondness for wide brimmed hats, even the colour of the summer dried grass.

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22 comments:

  1. Very Ozzy indeed. In Sydney they would have been sacred Ibis. Nice one Stewart, I hadn't seen straw necked ibis before although I have been up and down the coast to Queensland a number of times.

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  2. Too funny! I was so expecting another picture of a real cricket from your title.

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  3. Love the contrast of the black Ibis and the men in white. Nice shot.

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  4. A game I will never understand but those ibis I do. Wonderful looking birds.

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  5. really cute - just playing through.

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  6. Love the birds! Looks as though they're enjoying the game!! Fun shot for the day, Stewart! Hope you have a great week!

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  7. What a deliciously amusing shot!

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  8. This is a new bird for me. How exciting! I do love all the Australian-related goings on in this photo. What a great capture!

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  9. Hi Stewart!What a great picture!Amazing shot!!Very beautiful birds!Hope you have a wonderful week!
    Dimi..

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  10. GReat shot Stewart. I've spent many, many hours on various cricket grounds but never one with such fantastic looking birds.

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  11. Cricket is a game, I know nothing about. Maybe one day you can explain it the game of cricket. The birds Ibis are cool, neat to see a different species, than the Ibis I am use to seeing here. Great shot!

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  12. Ozzie ozzie ozzie, oi, oi oi.

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  13. Perfect for Our World...I have a feeling for what it would be like to live there!

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  14. Looks like teams, the ibis in their dark jerseys, the humans in white. :)

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  15. Fun to see these birds go on the cricket pitch. Wish you a good day :) Hanne Bente

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  16. They came down the pitch,
    tapping at holes
    with the bat,
    kicking a pebble away,
    testing the firmness
    and then
    looked up,
    nodded at the Umpire,
    who nodded at someone
    in the pavilion.

    Very soon,
    a specialist team of
    umpires
    in black coats,
    came down
    and pecked
    seriously
    all over
    the pitch.

    Guys
    in the slips
    ran in then
    to play catch
    with the bowler.

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  17. A wonderful post Stewart... I can't wait to hear how you explain the rules to your followers lol.

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  18. How exciting! I would have been right there with my camera too!

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  19. I love seeing this glimpse of a place I've never been. This is a wonderful shot—so many interesting elements!

    Have a great day! ☺

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  20. This is great, Stewart- an odd crowd of spectators, indeed!
    Thanks for sharing this Australian experience with is all!

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  21. I'm not familiar with a thing in this photograph! I still think it's a great photo though...

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