Posted By MUhammad Basharat
The game requires a very small monetary investment with the mandatory entities being a ball and shoveled quality Indian piece of wood called the bat / stumps. Tennis balls usually taped up with some insulation tape, specially made for cricket and slightly heavier than usual tennis balls are normally used. (Rubber balls are sometimes preferred because they are cheaper.)
A dustbin, broom sticks or canes serve as stumps at the batsman's end while a piece of brick or a pipe serves as the stumps at the bowler's end. When sticks and canes are not readily available, two stones with a gap of around 10 inches are kept on the ground. The players then assume the stumps to be at an imaginary height (usually above the waist level of the batsman).
This leads to many interesting events as to whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not had the stumps been there for real. Sometimes the stumps are drawn on the walls: the advantages being, there isn't a need for a wicket keeper and the ball doesn't run away even when the batsman misses.
A very important rule that is almost always used in Street Cricket is "one pitch catch" or "pitch catch". This rule declares the batsman as out if a fielder catches the ball after it has pitched once after the batsman hits it. One pitch could mean bouncing off the ground/wall/tree etc. This rule typically puts the batsman at tremendous disadvantage/pressure. So, many times this rule is tweaked to "one pitch one hand".
As can be guessed, this means that the fielder has to use only one hand in catching a ball after it has bounced once; if the fielder uses both hands to catch a ball after it has pitched once, then the batsman is declared not out. In Australian and English informal cricket, this rule is often known as "one hand, one bounce"
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_cricket
http://www.google.com.pk/images?q=streets+cricket+in+pakistan&hl=en&biw=1152&bih=730&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbs=isch:1&ei=gx1VTayMJITWrQe_tsGeBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBMQ_AUoAQ
The game requires a very small monetary investment with the mandatory entities being a ball and shoveled quality Indian piece of wood called the bat / stumps. Tennis balls usually taped up with some insulation tape, specially made for cricket and slightly heavier than usual tennis balls are normally used. (Rubber balls are sometimes preferred because they are cheaper.)
A dustbin, broom sticks or canes serve as stumps at the batsman's end while a piece of brick or a pipe serves as the stumps at the bowler's end. When sticks and canes are not readily available, two stones with a gap of around 10 inches are kept on the ground. The players then assume the stumps to be at an imaginary height (usually above the waist level of the batsman).
This leads to many interesting events as to whether the ball would have hit the stumps or not had the stumps been there for real. Sometimes the stumps are drawn on the walls: the advantages being, there isn't a need for a wicket keeper and the ball doesn't run away even when the batsman misses.
A very important rule that is almost always used in Street Cricket is "one pitch catch" or "pitch catch". This rule declares the batsman as out if a fielder catches the ball after it has pitched once after the batsman hits it. One pitch could mean bouncing off the ground/wall/tree etc. This rule typically puts the batsman at tremendous disadvantage/pressure. So, many times this rule is tweaked to "one pitch one hand".
As can be guessed, this means that the fielder has to use only one hand in catching a ball after it has bounced once; if the fielder uses both hands to catch a ball after it has pitched once, then the batsman is declared not out. In Australian and English informal cricket, this rule is often known as "one hand, one bounce"
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_cricket
http://www.google.com.pk/images?q=streets+cricket+in+pakistan&hl=en&biw=1152&bih=730&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbs=isch:1&ei=gx1VTayMJITWrQe_tsGeBw&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CBMQ_AUoAQ
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