What do all those terms mean? They all refer to the 16th century sport called Cricket.
Tonight I played in my first Cricket match and it was a lot of fun. I play on a PwC team who plays against other business teams in Auckland. We've had 2 games so far in the season, but I have been busy on the other days so wasn't able to attend. It was a great night and we WON!
We scored 162 runs and they only scored 100.
OK I'll give you a few details about the game...if you're interested.
- There's various kinds of games (20/20 cricket, 1 day test, 5 day test matches, etc.)
- 6 balls (pitches) per over (20/20 means that there are 20 overs)
- The wickets (stumps) are the 3 sticks at each end of the pitch (bowling lane)
- The Bails sit on top of the wickets
- If you hit the ball and it rolls over the outer circle you get 4 runs
- If you hit the ball and it goes over the outer circle in the air you get 6 runs
- When you hit the ball, you get as many runs as times you can run back and forth
Our PwC games have some similar rules, but it is co-ed and you have to have at least 2 females on the field for each game. There are 8 ball per over and only 14 overs per game.
Not sure if you guys got any of that, but please let me know what kind of questions you have and I can answer.
3 comments:
Wow - sounds fun, yet confusing! Is there any defense?
Today, we're getting over a foot of snow - and we thought winter was over!!
Love,
Carrie
Yes there is defense. It's normally played with 11 players on each side, but in my league we play with 8 players (6 guys, 2 girls).
If you catch the ball in the air, then the batter is out. In addition if you throw the ball in and hit the bails off of the stumps before one of the batters crosses a white line then they are out. When you get 10 "outs" the team is retired and it's the next teams turn to hit.
Over a foot of snow? That stinks, good thing you guys have a snow blower.
Quite an experience. How big was the boat????
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