Cricket
Let the games begin?
Why Cricket?
- It's a gentlemanly game
- Fewer injuries then football
- You get tea and various pastry delicacies if you play
What you'll need to play
- 2 Cricket bats
- 2 Wickets
- A ball
- People willing to play with you
- Hours and hours
My Own Interest in Cricket
My first contact with the game of cricket was in
sixth grade in a gym class. Our teacher decided to introduce a little
athletic culture into the mix and found cricket to fit the bill. She
sat us down, introduced the rules, gave us the equipment, and already
some of us were hooked.
The basic rules are fairly simple: Two wickets are set up about 12
yards apart. Behind each wicket stands a bowler, or pitcher in American
terms. In front of each wicket stands a batter. a distance away from
these players stand the defensive outfielders (band name, man). The
bowlers pitach the ball at the opposite wicket trying to knock it over.
The batters protect the wicket by hitting the ball away to the
outfield. Following a hit the two players try and trade places as many
times as possible beofre the outfield can ge the ball back to the
bowlers. If a bowler knocks over a wicket by pitch or by returning the
ball from the outfield the batters are out.
Here is what I like about cricket. I get a pretentious sense of
refinement when ever I play. I fell civilized, yet there is that
underlying sense of animal competition very, very far below the
surface. Mostly, I am a fan of any sport that embraces meal breaks.