So this is cricket. Know for phrases like "leather cracking wood" "catch it" and "run run run". How is it played? The Offence - There are 2 batsmen who each have bats (made of wood), their objective is to hit the cricket ball (made of leather and cork or rubber) as far as possible and run along a pitch 22m long to get a run. There is a boundry line which is protected by 11 fielders (1 of which is a dedicated wicket kepper and about 7 who alternate between bowling the ball). If the batsman hits the ball over this boundary he/she scores 6 runs off of a hit that doesn't come into contact with the ground and four runs for when the ball crosses the boundary but makes contact with the ground first. A batter get "go out" when he/she is caught, run out, bowled, LBW or stumped. The Defence - 11 fielders are spread out around an oval/circle shaped field. 1 is the dedicanted wicket keeper. About 6 other fielders are specialist bowlers, and the others specialist fielders. The bowler bowls the ball at the batsman who is protecting his/her wicket (wickets are 3 wooden poles an inch in diameter and about 70cm tall, stood next to each other with 2 bails on top). If the bowler is successful they bowl the batsman out by getting the ball to hit the wickets and knock the bail(s) off. The other way for the bowler to be credited with the out is if the batter is seen to place his her leg infront of the wickets to cover them which out offering a shot with the bat. The bowler with then appeal to the umpire by saying "Hows That" and the umpire will either give the LBW (leg before wicket) or not depending on their judgement. If a fielder catchs the ball, hit by the batter into the air, without it touching the floor then the batter who struck the ball is out. A runout is when the batter is out of their crease (A 50cm area on the pitch between the wickets and the start of the area to run along to acore) and the ball hits the wickets and knocks the bails off. When the wicket keeper does this action it is known as a stumping. So this shot was done with me lying in the grass obviously and trying to avoid the cricket ball being hit back. While we were practicing in the nets one Saturday. The shot being play by the batter is known as a hook shot. I thought the shot turned out very well... Tx for viewing! Comments and questions welcome. I will try and post some more cricket equipment to try and show you all that I'm talking about... For more proffesional info Click Here