Sometimes they don't see the point of the game but you have to love them.

With the cricket season only a few weeks away now, I remember taking my then girlfriend to her first match of cricket. She sat through the first innings although plainly bored, she was so relieved when we lost our last wicket.

She was then shocked to see after a short break the other team going out to bat. When an opposition batsman gave a tremendous swipe and knocked the ball out of the ground, she was very quick to her feet 'Thank goodness they got rid of it,' she yelled. 'Now we can all go home”.