The wonderful game of Cricket

If you have never heard of Cricket I would like to know where you were in the last decade! We know of cricket but do we know cricket? Do we understand cricket?

The basics:  a ball, a stick and a target. The object of the game from the pitcher’s perspective is to hit the wickets (a target that could be a box, a waste basket, or 3 sticks planted in the ground). In baseball, the ball never hit the ground on a throw.  In Cricket, the ball is seldom delivered without first hitting the ground. The batter will try to defend the target and hit the ball as far as possible.