Cricket the Sport of Kings

So Sunday we all woke up excited and ready for round two of our surf lesson. Especially all of us that went out then night before. This time it was only 10 of us. We started out with a brief review of our extravagant techniques and learned also about the rip tides which happened to be a little stronger then they were the first day we surfed. We were all so excited to hit the water and start shredding it up, until we actually got in the water and it felt like it was 40 degrees and the waves felt like we were in the movie the perfect storm. So after getting bashed around for a couple hours it was time to carry the boards back to town and hit the cricket fields. We met up at the field at 12:45 and started out with a presentation on the wonderfully smelling equipment. We then all learned how to become professional bowlers. We didn't exactly meet the criteria when we tried though. It's pretty difficult i must say to through at ball without bending your elbow and then attempt to hit 3 golf club size poles about 90 feet away. We then got a diagram of what the field set up was suppose too look like. It was basically like giving a 5 year old a calculus problem. There was no way any of us could figure it out until he set us up. It a pretty difficult game to play and to understand but got easier after a few practice runs. I felt like a penguin trying to run with all the equipment on. your also suppose to run with the bat and its pretty hard to do when its 2nd nature for most Americans to drop the bat and run. After two hours of hitting, catching, running, and switching in and out of smelly equipment we were all pretty pooped. We split up after that and some continued their sporting adventures to play lawn bowling and the rest of us went and practically inhaled lunch. we were all pretty sore the next day but it was still an interesting game to learn and play. I also found out that the game can last up to 6hrs and they play 5 day tournaments. We all agreed our attention span isn't quite that long.