'Its just not cricket' - Vieri

juninho-paulista · Nov 16, 2003

soccerage.com said:
Vieri: I Want To Be A Cricket Pro
11/14/2003. Christian Vieri said that he has always dreamed of being a cricket professional.

"I would stop playing football right now if I could earn as much money playing cricket as I do with Inter," he said.
"I went to the Maldives recently and played cricket for the whole holiday".

soccerage.com said:
Vieri Would Quit Football For Cricket
11/14/2003. Inter Milan striker Christian Vieri has revealed he'd stop playing football if he was offered the same contract to play cricket.

The Australian-born Italian claims to have been a bit of an all-rounder at the sport during his school days.

"I would have loved to have been a cricketer," the 30-year-old told the official Champions League magazine.

"I was telling a friend last week, I would stop playing now to play cricket if I could get the same contract. I was a bit of an all rounder at school."

Hehe.. looks like more trouble for Inter

You cant really expect anything less, being brought up in Australia..

Another thing i read about this statement (which came from the UEFA magazine) in the Sydney papers was he said our own Gennaro Gattuso is also a fan of Cricket after his stint with Rangers in Scotland..

Rivaldo-11 · Nov 16, 2003

Cricket is a great game, but most of you wouldnt have a clue what we are talking about. England is the only European nation that plays, unless you count Scotland but they so bad they cant be considered yet/

savicevic10 · Nov 16, 2003

Rivaldo-11 said:
Cricket is a great game, but most of you wouldnt have a clue what we are talking about. England is the only European nation that plays, unless you count Scotland but they so bad they cant be considered yet/

Do you count scotland's football team?

ferruginouz · Nov 16, 2003

Seems that every player who play for inter slowly become silly.... :tongue:

Cescania · Nov 16, 2003

From previous games of Inter, Vieri expressed his unhappiness many times.

Melbourne · Nov 16, 2003

juninho-paulista said:
soccerage.com said:

Vieri: I Want To Be A Cricket Pro
11/14/2003. Christian Vieri said that he has always dreamed of being a cricket professional.

"I would stop playing football right now if I could earn as much money playing cricket as I do with Inter," he said.
"I went to the Maldives recently and played cricket for the whole holiday".

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soccerage.com said:

Vieri Would Quit Football For Cricket
11/14/2003. Inter Milan striker Christian Vieri has revealed he'd stop playing football if he was offered the same contract to play cricket.

The Australian-born Italian claims to have been a bit of an all-rounder at the sport during his school days.

"I would have loved to have been a cricketer," the 30-year-old told the official Champions League magazine.

"I was telling a friend last week, I would stop playing now to play cricket if I could get the same contract. I was a bit of an all rounder at school."

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Hehe.. looks like more trouble for Inter

.. You cant really expect anything less, being brought up in Australia

Another thing i read about this statement (which came from the UEFA magazine) in the Sydney papers was he said our own Gennaro Gattuso is also a fan of Cricket after his stint with Rangers in Scotland..

He IS Australian. Cricket - Australia > World.

milan_my_love · Nov 16, 2003

I doubt Vieri can fit in Aussie team.What about "Cricket Azzurri"???

juninho-paulista · Nov 16, 2003

Rivaldo-11 said:
Cricket is a great game, but most of you wouldnt have a clue what we are talking about. England is the only European nation that plays, unless you count Scotland but they so bad they cant be considered yet/

Holland too. They play in the World Cup, im not sure if they have played tests yet.

scharatz · Nov 16, 2003

well, i'm from england and i still find cricket a complete waste of time :rolleyes:

i think it's sad that aussies have nothing better to boast of than a good cricket team :tongue:

and by the way, we're gonna roast you on saturday!!! : devilfir

:

EEEEEEEEEEEEENNNGGGGLLLAAAAAANDDDD!!! :blackeye:

juninho-paulista · Nov 16, 2003

Rugby...... urghhh.......... for the last month or two thats all ive heard about, and that compounds the fact ive been at an elitist rugby dominated school for the last six years.. :rolleyes:

And i hope the English beat the wallabies.. that would shut them the hell up. I woke up this morning to find headlines like "Magic Wallabies" etc. on the Sunday papers.. i wish i lived in Siberia.. :rolleyes:

btw Scharatz, i prefered your previous signature

scharatz · Nov 16, 2003

juninho-paulista said:
btw Scharatz, i prefered your previous signature

it will come back after the final

Passion for *9* · Nov 16, 2003

Whoever said it's a complete waste of time.... I agree !

Even watching paint dry is probably more exciting... :tongue:

mikez sheva7 · Nov 16, 2003

I think it's a shame that one of the best football players in the world comes out and says the only reason he's playing it is for the money. That is absolutely pathetic. No football fan should want to hear such a thing from someone considered to be a top footballer. A true shame to the sport.

K-J · Nov 16, 2003

juninho-paulista said:
Rivaldo-11 said:

Cricket is a great game, but most of you wouldnt have a clue what we are talking about. England is the only European nation that plays, unless you count Scotland but they so bad they cant be considered yet/

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Holland too. They play in the World Cup, im not sure if they have played tests yet.

Yeah we rock!

Cricket? Isn't that the game that looks like baseball? Or hockey? or..?

DIAVOLETTA · Nov 16, 2003

ferruginouz said:
Seems that every player who play for inter slowly become silly....

I agree with you completely, So Vieri would like to play cricket. What about Materezzi playing rugby. He is tall and a little skiny but according to his fouls he could be the number one in rugby.

What do you think??

MookyRookie · Nov 17, 2003

Inter players become silly if they play too long for this rubbish club...
its not news that Vieri is not the happiest with Inter, he should think about to change the team and not the sport... he only said because hes frustrated, no success with Inter, and sometimes, if u do a thing all day, everyday, always training, u get bored or frustrated, if the hard work dont pay out!!!!!!!

juninho-paulista · Nov 17, 2003

Passion for *9* said:
Whoever said it's a complete waste of time.... I agree ! Even watching paint dry is probably more exciting...

Only the test form of cricket (5-day match) is that boring...

The one-dayers (day-nighters) actually are quite interesting to watch because the pace of the game is much faster and you get more reckless batting.

Melbourne · Nov 17, 2003

milan_my_love said:
I doubt Vieri can fit in Aussie team.What about "Cricket Azzurri"???

no.. he cant, i cant believe u tihnk he woukld even get look in.

Melbourne · Nov 17, 2003

juninho-paulista said:
Rivaldo-11 said:

Cricket is a great game, but most of you wouldnt have a clue what we are talking about. England is the only European nation that plays, unless you count Scotland but they so bad they cant be considered yet/

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Holland too. They play in the World Cup, im not sure if they have played tests yet.

No. Holland dont play test.

Test Nations.

Australia
New Zealand
England
India
Pakistan
Zimbawe
Bangladesh
South Afirca
Sir Lanka
West Indies

i feel like ive missed one

Melbourne · Nov 17, 2003

scharatz said:
well, i'm from england and i still find cricket a complete waste of time i think it's sad that aussies have nothing better to boast of than a good cricket team

and by the way, we're gonna roast you on saturday!!! ::

EEEEEEEEEEEEENNNGGGGLLLAAAAAANDDDD!!!

Hey dickhead -

Australia 3 Enlgand 1
football

Melbourne · Nov 17, 2003

juninho-paulista said:
Passion for *9* said:

Whoever said it's a complete waste of time.... I agree ! Even watching paint dry is probably more exciting...

Click to expand...

Only the test form of cricket (5-day match) is that boring...

The one-dayers (day-nighters) actually are quite interesting to watch because the pace of the game is much faster and you get more reckless batting.

Test Match cricket is far better than One Day crciket. I enjoy both.

juninho-paulista · Nov 17, 2003

Melbourne said:
juninho-paulista said:

Rivaldo-11 said:

Cricket is a great game, but most of you wouldnt have a clue what we are talking about. England is the only European nation that plays, unless you count Scotland but they so bad they cant be considered yet/

Click to expand...

Holland too. They play in the World Cup, im not sure if they have played tests yet.

Click to expand...

No. Holland dont play test.

Test Nations.

Australia
New Zealand
England
India
Pakistan
Zimbawe
Bangladesh
South Afirca
Sir Lanka
West Indies

i feel like ive missed one

Nope, youve got them all

scharatz · Nov 17, 2003

Melbourne said:
Hey dickhead -

Australia 3 Enlgand 1
football

hey mate -

next time you call me or anyone else a dickhead you're gonna be banned
got that?

MookyRookie · Nov 17, 2003

whats this game about? do they sometimes play all night long or all day long for only one match, i dont even know how they count the points and all that, Australia has good cricket and rugby team all i know...

juninho-paulista · Nov 18, 2003

MookyRookie said:
whats this game about? do they sometimes play all night long or all day long for only one match, i dont even know how they count the points and all that, Australia has good cricket and rugby team all i know...

Cricket is two forms:

1) Test Matches - all the players wear white and they play for 5 days maxiumum, (match length depends on the quality of the teams).
The team that bats first has to score as many runs as they can, and if they get enough and bowl well, they can beat the other team without batting twice (while the other team bats twice) - i.e. the team that bats first has to get more than the other team gets in two innings (innings = batting session)

2) One dayers - these are played in two ways, as "dayers" or "day-nighters".. dayers are simply played during the day and both team bats and bowls just once.. day-nighters are the same but are started later in the day and are played into the evening, finishing around 10pm-ish.

gee... Cricket is really hard to explain.. maybe if your bored you can visit cricket.org, that'll explain the basics of the sport better than i can. :cool:

PaTtA_9 · Nov 18, 2003

id love to see vieri play cricket... im sure australia would give him a run
or maybe we can move the australia A team to italy and add vieri and gattuso for the italian team

abubasky · Nov 19, 2003

I never could understand what Cricket is about :head:

I guess I'll have to go back to school and have a course on Cricket

BTW I think gardening is more interesting than cricket....Maybe Bobo should retire and start planting flowers

AUSRossoneri · Nov 20, 2003

One day Cricket is great fun to watch, but I find the Tests to be really boring since we (Australia) seem to win in three days all the time.

And Cricket at Adelaide Oval is very, very cool.

juve-gray · Nov 22, 2003

Wow, there's a few Australians in this forum

There's a couple over at Juventuz too, but i've only been here for 20 minutes and it's pleasant to see a few Aussies watching the right type of football (not so sure about the team though

)

One day matches are pretty fun to watch, but test matches are so damn boring, because the batsmen just wait for perfect balls, and nothing else

juninho-paulista · Nov 23, 2003

AUSRossoneri said:
One day Cricket is great fun to watch, but I find the Tests to be really boring since we (Australia) seem to win in three days all the time.

And Cricket at Adelaide Oval is very, very cool.

So is Bradman oval.. right near my house :cool:

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