I love cricket. I love sport. I love commentators that describe a bowled ball as a 'beauty'. I love sporting rivalries. I love the patterns and the narratives that build: favourite grounds, decades-old curses and chokers, overcoming history; people lounging in the sun, decked out in paint and flags, holding homemade signs forming friendships with people they'd never have otherwise met. I love how long cricket runs. I love that you can genuinely escape all reality for a whole day.