Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Binary Cricket!

The Game is called ‘Binary Cricket’ coz there are only two players per team. The matche are played in a box type enclosure like an indoor basket ball court with a rubber or plastic ball.

The game and how it is played:
Binary Cricket is a super condensed version of the Limited Overs Game of Cricket.
Each innings will consist of only 3 overs a side.
The fun part is even if you get out you get to bat on.
However, each dismissal will cost you 2 runs.
It is a batsman’s game so bowlers will be allowed to do only the underarm action.
Each ‘no ball’ and ‘wide’ will be punished with a 5 run penalty.
But batsmen will have to work hard as there are no fours or sixes.
And as the fielding side has only two players they too will have to (quite literally) cover a lot of ground. (No neutral fielders!)
Normal cricketing rules with regards to dismissals, runs, overthrows and other things will apply except no ‘Leg before Wicket’ (lbw) and no ‘leg -bye.’
The onus is on the team fielding to finish 3 overs in less than 15 minutes.
Failing to do so will invite a 10 run penalty per minute starting from the ‘first second’ of the minute.
As the game is played at a boisterous pace that can give Basketball players a complex. The fielding side is allowed one timeout of 1 min and the batting side can take two timeouts of 1 min each.
To encourage women participation the matches are played with a soft tennis or rubber ball.
If you like swing you can try a plastic ball.
The Game requires very nominal Cricketing skills but requires extra ordinary agility and aggressive athleticism plus an extraordinary ‘will to win.’
This is a ‘Unisex’ game any David can kill a Goliath.
Anyone with an able body and a good cricketing mind can play and win. Trust me when I say ‘any one can win.’
Wish you all the best...

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