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Loading ...So now on to Faisalabad
Where dust and the flies drive you mad.
Tresco and Freddy
are planning it steady,
and counting the runs to be had!
Pretty bad, I know. No applause, please 
Cricket limerick
By Will 3 years ago, mid-November Leave a comment on this post
Right; a challenge for you. I might try and run this as a weekly thing, depending on how good you all are at it. No prizes to offer, obviously, other than your own self-satisfaction and ego massaging.
For those not in the know, and shame on you if so, a limerick is:
A light humorous, nonsensical, or bawdy verse of five anapestic lines usually with the rhyme scheme
aabba.
For example:
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, ‘It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!’
The last words of the first two lines must rhyme, as must the following two - the fifth line must then rhyme with the first two. Easy.
So, this week’s starting line is: So on now to Faisalabad and to get you going, here’s my horrible attempt:
So on now to Faisalabad
Shabbir, Malik have been had
Trescothick’s going home
And he’s not alone
Sausages are good - not bad!
That is truly dreadful. Your turn…
56 Responses to “Cricket limerick”
November 17th, 2005 at 11.11 pm
November 18th, 2005 at 12.21 am
Nice, Wraye!
So on now to Faisalabad
To prove it’s not just a fad
That cricket is cool
And England still rule
And 4am starts are not sad!
November 18th, 2005 at 12.28 am
So on now to Faisalabad
Where the ball moves about just a tad
And KP may suffer
(he’s really a duffer)
Unless he tries using his pad!
Against the spinners!
Damn, lost it at the end a bit there
November 18th, 2005 at 12.34 am
well played, Nick! good stuff 
Will, I opt for editing rights - in my limerick line 3, we can interchange Vaughey, KP or any other 2 syllable name, right?
November 18th, 2005 at 12.36 am
Repost it, no one will notice
*cough*
November 18th, 2005 at 12.40 am
And now England fans hope and pray,
That Freddie & co show more will to stay,
Faislabad is the the final change
To make them get up and dance,
But damn, the Ashes seems so far away
November 18th, 2005 at 12.41 am
nick, I did, but wont tell. Wink-wink
November 18th, 2005 at 12.51 am
The guy called Rawalpindi Express
Yes, the one who left Gilo’s stumps in a mess
When in full flight
He is some sight
But he chucked that one, I guess
November 18th, 2005 at 4.57 am
So now to Faisalabad,
Where the heat and dust will drive them mad
And Kaneria’s twirl
Will make them whirl
As the ball keeps hitting the pad
November 18th, 2005 at 8.38 am
the poms getting sadder and sadder
good to fair to bad to badder
tresco flies back we’re told
i know the geezer is old
but how the f**k do you fall off a f**king ladder
November 18th, 2005 at 9.35 am
These are superb! Keep them coming
November 18th, 2005 at 10.17 am
Are we supposed to use “So on now to Faisalabad” as the starting line ?
November 18th, 2005 at 11.57 am
Yes Gaurav - them be the rules
November 18th, 2005 at 12.38 pm
So on now to Faisalabad
(With our thoughts to Tresco’s in-law Dad)
Allow Inzi no cuts
And but me no Butts;
There’s a series win yet to be had.
November 18th, 2005 at 12.52 pm
A gruelling Friday afternoon in the office and this gem occured to me: dedicated to all the girls on the KP line!
So on now to Faisalabad,
KP had a plan that was mad.
He’d be the best slogger,
to please Will, the blogger,
and the girlfans he din’t know he had!
November 18th, 2005 at 12.57 pm
Sorry, couldn’t resist, and I know my attempts are really pathetic, but anyways
So on to Faislabad
First cousin to Ahmedabad
Where England play a game
While the Barmy Army gives blame
To a place where drinking is bad
November 18th, 2005 at 1.17 pm
More! More! I want more!
November 18th, 2005 at 1.22 pm
So on to Faislabad
No Goughie in tow as he dances bad
When taking the Lead
He looks like Rudi Koertzen on Speed
No test recall has he had.
November 18th, 2005 at 1.23 pm
So on now to Faisalabad
Who to leave out, and who now to add?
Selection decisions
Are made with precision
By Tresco, his wife, and her Dad.
November 18th, 2005 at 1.39 pm
Good stuff Caroline, miles better than my attempt at the Tresco/dad theme. Instead, here’s another one for the KP girls:
So on now to Faisalabad
Where KP will be driven mad
No glitz and no glamour
And a complete lack of clamour
From women who are scantily clad
November 18th, 2005 at 2.44 pm
OK, so this is a my first post of CoU. Suppose things can only get better from here!
So on now to Faisalabad
England must improve a tad
Vaughan should be back
And will take up the attack
Another defeat would be sad
November 18th, 2005 at 2.46 pm
Laugh! This is loads of fun! I’ve got a very silly one lined up if Will let’s us start with “a girl from Lahore”
November 18th, 2005 at 2.56 pm
I gave it a couple shots:
So now on to Faisalabad
The first test result was quite sad
They had a great start
but it all fell apart
They must find the form they once had
So now on to Faisalabad
It’s a tough trip so far for the lads
Though KP held a catch
they lost the first match
And bad luck for Tresco’s wife’s dad
November 18th, 2005 at 3.02 pm
i love the one by caroline..
November 18th, 2005 at 3.14 pm
So now on to Faisalabad,
The England team know they’ve been had,
But with Collingwood dropped
Duncan Fletcher can opt
To replace him with Tresco’s wife’s dad.
November 18th, 2005 at 4.02 pm
Ok, this doesn’t quite rhyme, but I’m hoping for brownie points…
And so on to Faisalabad,
The result at Multan left me sad,
But now on the train
I can email again!
And surf the cricinfo scorecard
November 18th, 2005 at 4.23 pm
Most of these are England centric, but they were funny alright, at least some of them, I’ll have a go at making some thing with a more Pakistani flavor
And so on to Faisalabad
Where the English will go mad
We’ll sink their ship
We will not blip
We will just make us them sad
I know, sounds evil, but you have to be ruthless
November 18th, 2005 at 4.30 pm
Corrected version, without typos
And so on to Faisalabad
Where the English will go mad
We’ll sink their ship
We will not blip
We will just make them sad
And so on to Faisalabad
After Multan, where the English where bad
We will make them pay
They’ll have to make way
For our good lads
November 18th, 2005 at 4.32 pm
By God, my typing is useless, another version, this time, no errors:
And so on to Faisalabad
Where the English will go mad
We’ll sink their ship
We will not blip
We will just make them sad
And so on to Faisalabad
After Multan, where the English were bad
We will make them pay
They’ll have to make way
For our good lads
November 18th, 2005 at 4.46 pm
This one, if for KP, just in case, you want to decide whose try was the worst :p
And so on to Faisalabad
Where KP will have to give up his fad
Because at Multan he wasn’t at his best
But again he’ll fail this test
Because his skunk is just downright mad
November 18th, 2005 at 5.00 pm
Ok, enough, this is going to be my last attempt:
And so on to Faisalabad
Where our record isn’t bad
I hope that again they flop
But now I’ll have to stop
Because my limericks are really bad
November 18th, 2005 at 5.02 pm
So now on to Faisalabad,
Time for KP now - come on lad,
Don’t be a wally,
Nor you Fred nor Colly,
Nor Straussy – you’ve all been quite bad.
****
Rubbish I know, but this is jolly good fun.
November 18th, 2005 at 6.03 pm
the batting is badder and badder,
the fans getting madder and madder,
in hopes of a falling,
back home the rest are calling,
“Honey, get YOUR dad up a ladder”
November 18th, 2005 at 6.27 pm
ok heres one by the rules:
So now on to Faisalabad,
oh boy, the first game was bad,
so this time around,
expectations are down,
just hoping we don’t s**t the bed!
November 18th, 2005 at 6.51 pm
So now to Faisalabad,
Home of the punjabi undergrad
Where Shakoor Rana and Gatting
had their world famous spat in,
and Pakistan, 1-0 up, are glad
November 18th, 2005 at 7.40 pm
Sean, that’s really good!
November 18th, 2005 at 7.48 pm
Thank you.
November 18th, 2005 at 7.58 pm
Splendid work Fran, Gnasher and Sean!
November 18th, 2005 at 11.45 pm
I like Christopher’s.
This is addictive . . . I can’t resist another go. This has more of a patriotic, blindly optimistic-type slant:
And now on to Faisalabad
There can be no excuses now lads
Is Vaughany’s knee dicky?
Are the wickets too sticky?
We’ll truimph, regardless, by gad!
Hee hee . . .
November 19th, 2005 at 4.08 am
And now on to Faislabad
the last one left the english sad
will their effort go in vain?
mostly yes, if they have the king of spain
who turns the ball just a tad.
November 19th, 2005 at 10.58 am
Haha, poor Ashley Giles, insult by limerick now…
November 19th, 2005 at 2.25 pm
NO! NO! Giles can’t be insulted, the cricketer with the coolest pair of sunglasses and the most ingenious nickname ever just cannot be insulted, here’s the counter attack from KoS fan club:
And now on to Faisalabad
Where Gilo will prove that he’s more than a fad
That east or west
He is the best
And so he will make all his fan very glad
November 19th, 2005 at 2.38 pm
More, more, more. These are flipping excellent! But I still want more
November 19th, 2005 at 2.51 pm
So now on to Faisalabad
Last time the English where bad
But now Will has has caught us in his limerick trap
And it has revealed how we’re all very crap
Let’s hope the test it self won’t be this bad!
November 19th, 2005 at 7.34 pm
And now on to Faislabad
The picture certainly looks sad
The King of spain is gonna be around
his nose is gonna hit the ground
plenty of fun is to be had.
November 19th, 2005 at 7.47 pm
So now on to Faisalabad
where Vaughen thinks his knee ain’t too bad.
If it comes to the rub,
there’s no runner or sub
He’ll bat on with a prayer and a jab.
November 19th, 2005 at 7.53 pm
3B,
Jab doesn’t rhyme with Bad!!!
November 19th, 2005 at 7.55 pm
So now on to Faisalabad
where there’s no booze at all to be had.
So the poor Barmy Army
Look to Freddy and Harmy
For the thrill of the month in Punjab!
November 19th, 2005 at 8.02 pm
hi Zany, it does in English! How are you doing? You wrote some great stuff here. Well done!
November 19th, 2005 at 8.04 pm
ok, so I’m cheating a bit - getting desperate
November 19th, 2005 at 8.15 pm
I’m fine thank you 3B. I had a good day today!
And I’m proud of my last effort, the one about our limericks being crap!
You’ve put in some good ones here too.
This is a very addictive time wasting exercise though, I have to admit.
November 19th, 2005 at 8.19 pm
That is very true, but a lot of fun! Will should do this more often and publish a book of all our limericks, I think.
I am spending the evening now with my children, watching a film.
Talk to you all tomorrow!
November 20th, 2005 at 7.49 am
So on now to Faisalabad
First session Pakistan were bad
England look to Ramadin
to learn how to play Spin
And hope to make the fans glad
November 20th, 2005 at 1.57 pm
So on now to Faisalabad
First session Pakistan were bad
Second session was a bit more steady
But Third belonged to a guy called Afridi
And now Pakistani fans are going Mad
November 21st, 2005 at 6.09 pm
So now on to Faisalabad
Where the umpires have messed up a tad.
We had no doubt
about Inzy’s run out
So Woolmer and fans must be mad! 
and in the same vein …
So now on to Faisalabad
where Afridi went just a bit mad.
He scuffed up the wicket
and that’s just not cricket!
The good boy turns out to be bad.
November 21st, 2005 at 8.16 pm
Inzy limerick is, in retrospect, too ambiguous. here an improvement:
So now on to Faisalabad,
where the umpires have buggered up bad.
We all had no doubt
that Inzy was not run out
So Woolmer and the fans must be mad.
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