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If you play cricket and are not living in a cricket playing nation, then I am sure you must be troubled by people asking you : " Isn't cricket just like baseball ? " ; "How do you play cricket" ; "WoW ! How can you play the game for one whole day ? ". Anyway , here is a probable explanation that you can give to the curious : You have two sides one out in the field and one in .
Each man that's in the side that's in goes out and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out .
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 you get men still in and not out .
When both sides have been in and out including the not outs , THAT'S THE END OF THE GAME !
In a local cricket match , a batsman was given out in an astrocious lbw decision . As he passed the umpire who had given him out , he said : " I wasn't out , you know . " The umpire could not resist
the old , hackneyed retort : " Oh weren't you . Well , you look in 'The Chronicle' next Friday and see whether you were or not." Before he enjoy his triumph , the batsman answered : " No , you look . I'm the editor of 'The Chronicle'." A cricket enthusiast had three trays installed in his office labelled 'In' , 'Out' , and 'L.B.W.' . A visitor remarked as he could see the significance of 'In' and 'Out' but what did 'L.B.W.' mean
? And the cricket enthusiast replied : "Let the B******s Wait." A famous fast bowler was introduced to an areb sheik who boasted that he had one hundred and ninety eight wives . The bowler retorted " You only need two more , and you're entitled to a new ball." A West Indian gentleman was describing his particular island to an american lady : "Our most popular sport is cricket" he said . "Isn't it revolting ?" she asked . "No" , smiled the man . "That's our second most popular sport. " A very keen cricketer asked a divine, allegedly with good connections on high , whether there was any cricket in heaven . The priest replied:"I cant tell you now , but if you come back on Sunday ,
I might have an answer . " On sundaythe priest told the cricketer : "I've had good news and bad news . The good news is : Yes , there is cricket in heaven . And now for the bad news : You are in to bat on Friday !" When Harold Larwood was in his heyday he magnanimously gave up his rest day in the middle of an important match to take part in a Sunday charity game . The umpire had some unexplained grudge against
Larwood . Early in the innings Larwood sent down a dead straight medium-paced ball , which the batsman intercepted with his pads . "How's that ?" said Larwood. "Not out,"said the umpire .With a shrug of his shoulders Larwood bowled a noticeably faster ball, just wide of the off stump . The batsman snicked it , and the wicketkeeper caught it . "How's that ?" said Larwood . "Not out ," said the umpire .
Wearing an expression that this practise would now cease , Larwood took his full run and sent down his fastest ball . Straight as an arrow it sped . The stumps were spread-eagled ; the bales shot over the wicket-keeper's head and came to rest half-way to the boundary .
Larwood said to the umpire : "I darned-near bowled him that time."
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