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Leg before wicket!

You'd say its very difficult to imagine cricket without Sachin, but wouldn't you bet it'd get impossible without a bat! Seems not in namma Bengaluru :)


Have a look, a unique blend of cricket and soccer: http://flickr.com/gp/sahaab/683403


And you can head the ball too: http://flickr.com/gp/sahaab/9P940Y :)


Not surprising, this is just about a "goal kick" away from the former Indian football captain's residence (Chapman) in Austin town.


Though this brought back a lot of memories of innovative cricket. The rolling of the socks into a ball or an eraser as a ball. Using exam writing pads, stumps, sticks as a substitute for bats. Not very long back, when I was preparing for the FFC3 photography contest, I'd spotted a reverse dilshan scoop in action.


Truely, cricket has gone beyond the heroes, deep into the souls of the fans.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

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@rakesh: thanks for the name!
Nilesh-Hiray on 31 Aug 2010, 12:49 PM
And there are many more smaller versions of the game on the streets and schools of bangalore even now., :)
Leg cricket, book cricket, hand cricket, short pitch cricket, Boundary matches and others. :)
rakesh-katti on 30 Aug 2010, 10:55 PM
Dude thats called LEG CRICKET. And I remeber my self playing that when I was in school and our teacher refused to give us a bat to play. :)
rakesh-katti on 30 Aug 2010, 10:53 PM
gud 1.
imagine players playing like this with leather ball.
CNP on 30 Aug 2010, 04:32 PM
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