[identity profile] ffutures.livejournal.com 2013-08-24 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
Why not - those mallets are pretty lethal!

Reminds me of my theory, which I must use in a story some time, that cricket was invented by vampire hunters - is there another game where players would routinely carry half a dozen long stark stakes and a few heavy clubs (bats)?
ext_110433: The Magdalen Reading (Bear)

[identity profile] nebroadwe.livejournal.com 2013-08-24 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Seconding the thing about the mallets. Nothing like a good old-fashioned cavalry charge to trample one's enemies into the dust with, either.

[identity profile] mcbadger.livejournal.com 2013-08-24 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
...and, even in these days of floodlights, down tools and hide in the pavilion the moment the light even starts to fade.

[identity profile] iopgod.livejournal.com 2013-08-27 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
That secret history of how the England - Australian series are just an excuse to check that the Ashes are still.. ashes almost writes itself.