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Hello everyone, this episode should give you everything you need to

know about the world's second most popular spectator sport cricket.

I'm joined by my dad, Rick Thompson, and we describe the rules,

the appeal of the game, and also some expressions in English that come from cricket. So it's summertime in the UK at the moment and at this time of year

there are various sounds that you might hear in a typical English village. The sound of bees buzzing, kids playing in the playground, an ice cream

van and perhaps the smack of leather on willow. That's the sound of a cricket ball, a very

hard heavy ball covered in leather, being hit by a wooden cricket bat made of willow.

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