THE DREAM - I was watching a cricket match. The other team were batting and were 40 for 1 wicket.

GUESSWORK The night before the dreamer had been thinking about the main task which he had to complete at work. He was thinking that he should be making major progress but everyday he seemed to be stuck in something.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. Cricket. The game of cricket is so often linked to the wish to build up a large total by relentless hard work. In cricket the object is to build up a huge score over a long period. This can easily be a metaphor for real life. In real life the dreamer had been trying to work relentlessly on a major project but was unable to get going properly. In this dream its the other side that are batting which perhaps is a symbol for his frustration at being unable to work hard on the task he was wanting to complete.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers thoughts about a major work task. He wanted to work relentlessly on this but seemed to get caught up in various delays. The dream deals with the following themes
- Working hard on a task over a long period

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture these thoughts -"I am wanting to get cracking with my work task but I seem to get stuck in one delay after another"