That’s not cricket….. but it’s quite straight forward

I have never been a great lover of ‘the sound of leather on willow’, but I am led to believe that it has a strong following both here and in former colonial countries, the other countries like me though, thought nah, that’s not for me, and if you read on, probably not surprisingly.

Now the following definition has been around for as long as I remember and probably is one of the reasons the sport isn’t as popular as (Association) Football or Soccer to the other counties, and not to be confused with (Rugby) Football or (American) Football or Aussie Rules…..are you still with me….

So for the uninitiated and those of a younger age who may not have seen it or to those that have and had forgotten, I give you….

The Rules of Cricket

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.

Each man that’s in the side that’s in the field goes out and when he’s out comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.

When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side that’s been in goes out and tries to get those coming in out.

Sometimes, there are men still in and not out.

There are men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

Depending on the weather and the light, the umpires can also send everybody in, no matter if they’re in or out.

When both sides have been in and all the men are out twice (including those who are not out), then the game is finished

….and despite that, I didn’t even get to the part about Lunch, Tea, or when it rains the Duckworth Lewis method…..

….We British (actually English in this case) do know how to do things….