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[impulsereader]

So now I am Learning All About Cricket.

Is it OOC of Sherlock to be a decent bowler?

ETA - I have no idea what this means, but I'm having fun trying to puzzle it out...

The ball following a front foot no-ball will be a free-hit for the batsman, whereby he is safe from losing his wicket except for being run-out.

Edited again - sneering Mycroft aside, do we think the boys actually call their mother Mummy? as adults? I'm not sure I can make myself do that.

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[221b-hound.livejournal.com]

Sherlock would have gone to a good school (or been expelled from several, who can say?) and would probably play cricket. He'd certainly understand the rules. (Original Holmes was quite the athlete and sportsman, as I recall.) He may find it pointless and boring, but he'd probably be irritatingly good as a bowler. Less so as a fielder: I imagine he gets distracted by more interesting things than waiting to catch a ball.

However, I see you're veering away from this. I wonder how John would *react* to a pheasant hunt. I can imagine some of the less pleasant relatives being all 'oh, you brought your doctor friend, what school did he go to again?' and then he just bags all the pheasants, every single time, including the ones that they miss, and he hands over the brace with a charming little smile.

Or maybe he doesn't see the point of shooting things that aren't shooting back.

There's always fencing. We've seen Sherlock being a dab hand with a sword, haven't we? And I bet he learned fencing and swordplay *specifically for Shakespeare at Christmas*.

I hope you don't mind the way I fling ideas around, m'dear. :/ I'm enthusiastic for your fic!

[impulsereader.livejournal.com]

LOL - you just outlined my shooting scene - thanks! I'd gotten as far as - do you shoot? not usually recreationally. eh, come along anyway, we're a jolly bunch - and you've very obligingly provided what follows.

I'm not sure yet if I've been talked out of the cricket. I think it would be a good scene with people running around and yelling a lot, and portraying a team sort of vibe between characters appeals to me. Once I started imaging Mycroft umpiring - and there are two umpires - I felt there would be lots of opportunities for funny there.

Fencing - good call. He could give fencing tuition as well.

Fling away! It's very helpful.

[221b-hound.livejournal.com]

Delighted to be of service. "Do you shoot?" "Not usually recreationally." *BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HAAAA* Ahem. Possibly not funny. Not to John at any rate. :/

With a cricket scene, I imagine everyone looking so crisp and lovely in their cricket whites. A mixed gender match, I take it? Oh, and Sherlock giving fencing tuition! This is shaping up to be splendid!