I bought one after reading those posts (second hand). It was great, but unfortunately I broke the hose and after trying and failing to replace it I gave up and bought a different vacuum.

Not sure what it’s availability is like outside the UK but numatic Henry vacuums are cheap, simple, easily repairable and robust. If you don’t mind the silly smiley face in the front it’s a great option.

Cricket is great and it takes a lot of time to get under the skin of the sport and understand the intricacies. It’s also easy to take the piss out of because of the slow paced nature of 5 day test matches and the funny jargon.

Sounds like he was either being a little bit gatekeepy because he couldn’t be bothered to explain the rules or he was a bit sensitive to having his sport ridiculed… or maybe he was just being polite and turned it off to socialise