Sorry, Mike. I didn't anticipate your question, so I didn't ... of holes. But with the French, on ne sait jamais. Although it's worth pointing out that French Cricket as played in England doesn't use stumps. Yes it does - two

Thus spake Isabelle Cecchini: The French really aren't such a bad lot of people ... Do you ever see cricket actually being played in France? Flabbergasting piece of news for me. I'm totally gobsmacked. I've never seen cricket being

The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket. The Entente Cordiale is safe. Or are these leagues populated by ex-pat Brits? Do you ever see cricket actually being played in France? Flabbergasting

Sorry, Mike. I didn't anticipate your question, so I didn't measure. But they used the imperial number of stumps. At least, I presume that they do, as there was the correct number of holes. But with the French, on ne sait jamais. PB

England are the Olympic Champions at cricket, but the French hold the silver medal. Yeah, but the US is the reigning, two-time, undefeated Olympic champions at rugby. .. beating France on both occasions. .. and they're in the same pool as

The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket. England are the Olympic Champions at cricket, but the French hold the silver medal. Yeah, but the US is the reigning, two-time, undefeated Olympic

The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket. England are the Olympic Champions at cricket, but the French hold the silver medal. (Cricket has only been in the OLympics once, in, if memory serves,

I came across a cricket pitch in Brittany last week. Nobody was playing. But it was maintained, so I presume it gets some use. Was it of metric length? Sorry, Mike. I didn't anticipate your question, so I didn't measure. But they used the

The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket. England are the Olympic Champions at cricket, but the French hold the silver medal. (Cricket has only been in the OLympics once, in, if memory serves,

The French really aren't such a bad lot of people after all, if they have taken up cricket. The Entente ... as the England Team, which is comforting. Can we expect the French to follow suit in a few years time? The Netherlands only get to play