Cricket(1982)

Cricket is a 1997 British comedy film about a village cricket team caught in an absurd conflict with the Forestry Commission. When the amateur players are suspected of operating as a private guerilla force, they find themselves embroiled in an escalating battle against government authority. The film blends sports comedy with satirical social commentary, following the team as they navigate accusations of subversion while trying to maintain their cricket season. With a computerised Wisden Almanac providing commentary in Brian Johnson's distinctive voice, Cricket offers a quirky take on English village life and institutional resistance. The premise plays on the tension between small-town independence and bureaucratic oversight, delivering deadpan humour through its unlikely premise of cricketers cast as unlikely rebels.