Crickets and the Laws of Diminishing Returns & Orgasmic Explosions

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I always used to get it mixed up with croquet.

The recent world cup has been a revelation for me,
because I had no idea that Canada had a cricket team, let alone that
it almost fed the English their hats, or helmets.

Apparently, me-so-proud England came within 17 points/runs/downs (whatever)
of losing. And since teams usually score half-a-million points,
over their 3-day games (Yaaaaawwwn), that was a close call.

Anyway, on a more academic note, a law of Economics seems to apply to
the Sociology of Cricket, that most confusing of sports.

The Law of Diminishing Returns
definition from Princeton: a law affirming that to continue after a certain level of performance has been reached will result in a decline in effectiveness."
Now, for humans that means that, after a certain point, stuff gets pointless, so you choose not to partake of it. e.g. after the second hooker, I'm usually sated, and turn away the other 5.

What's with cricket and 3 days of games, eight hours a day?
And their fans?
Don't they have a life? More placid, motion-less automatons I've never seen.

There's also Cost67's law of Orgasmic Explosions, a perversion of a psychological law
that I'm too busy to look up, with regards to the psych benefits of sports-watching.
Basically, it says that games bring pleasure when some 'goal' is reached,

like a goal in a hockey game, once every 10-15 minutes
(if nobody breaks a leg or if there's no fight)
or football match, about once a week.

This creates endorphines in the watcher making him/her want to go home and
plow (have intercouse with) the spouse, th blow-up girlfriend, the pooch, etc.
But, if there are too many highs, the game operates to stupify the fan.
Such is the fate of basketball and cricket fans. They become

inured to the game, life,
existential angst and
the need to piss.

Anybody for an hockey match?
Ice hockey, of course.

-Cos67 (%^D>

checkitout: from : http://www.cricket365.com/scorecard/12396/Canada-v-England-16-02-2011-03-30

[don't ask me for an interpretation]

Canada
227 All out (46.1 Overs)
vs
England
243 All out (49.4 Overs)

England won by 16 runs
World Cup warm up | 16th Feb 2011 | Ground: Fatullah
Innings: Canada 1st England 1st

England won the toss and decided to bat [selfish- serves them right-Cos67]

UMPIRES: Asad Rauf and Enamul Haque