« previous next »
Pages: [1]   Go Down

Author Topic: Badgers .  (Read 2265 times)

Offline bwildered

  • Administrator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2577
Badgers .
« on: April 05, 2020, 05:05:15 PM »
Recent question on BBC cricket website .

Why are cricket obsessives called badgers?
Never known this saying, hence do not know the answer ?


Logged

Offline essexfan548

  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 2511
Re: Badgers .
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2020, 05:31:19 PM »
I think it refers to collecting the badges of each county. You see some people with lots of them on their hats.
Logged

Offline LeedsExile

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1576
Re: Badgers .
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2020, 08:58:16 AM »
It is not that simple. Players sometimes describe their teammates as "badgers". In that case they mean they are obsessed with the game, more than the average player. I have heard Stuart Broad and Paul Nixon both described in this way. I doubt they collect badges. ;)
Logged

Offline Andy

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 7857
Re: Badgers .
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2020, 09:18:08 PM »
Quote from: LeedsExile on April 06, 2020, 08:58:16 AM
It is not that simple. Players sometimes describe their teammates as "badgers". In that case they mean they are obsessed with the game, more than the average player. I have heard Stuart Broad and Paul Nixon both described in this way. I doubt they collect badges. ;)

And Nasser’s late father.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
« previous next »