Last weekend I have been to my hometown (Mangalore) and that Saturday being the Cricket World Cup final I was shocked to see a small tournament being organized for local area teams at the katte (small ground) near my house. It was held as a night event meaning that the matches started only after 10:00pm, which was not surprising considering that during day time Mangalore gets pretty hot and humid; pretty much impossible to play in those conditions. Hence night cricket was a good idea.
The rules for this mini tournament were pretty simple:
- Each team got 4 overs to play.
- The bowling was to be done underarm and from the spot (i.e. bowler is not supposed to come running and bowl).
- If the batsmen hit the ball outside the circle for a six, he would be out and his team would get no runs for it.
Pretty simple rules for everyone to understand and play. There were numerous games which got played and I hear that the matches went on till 8:00 in the morning, which is pretty much shows how many teams were playing and how much people are crazy about cricket.
The winners went home with a cash prize of Rs. 3000 and runners up with Rs.1500, I am not sure of the amount. But I am still wondering how could such cricket crazy people not be watching the world cup final; must be that they were sure Australia would emerge winners. Anyways it is nice to see such events happening in the town, which you wouldn’t see in larger cities like Bangalore.
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