Beach cricket sound familiar with the likes of beach volleyball. This cricket what we play is not similar to what Mark vaugh plays in Caribbean with the wooden Pitch in the beach.
Though Sunday morning we like to spend in bed, when we plan to play beach cricket we all manage to get up pretty early. We would get up around 6.00 in the morning get ready, pick a 7 year old bat, 3 tennis balls. We start from porur in 5 - 6 motor bikes to "Pebble beach" in ECR. On the way we never miss hot Kappi, Chai or Horlics with sundana Masal Vadai. Oh we also ensure to pick some packs snacks and few cold drinks to quench our thirst . This isn’t picnic just a normal cricket match !!!!!!.
No red lights, No traffic jams, No mams, who will not enjoy the drive early in the morning along ECR. Finally we all reach the destination pebble beach specifically in the TVS Avenue. The short left lane from the main road will have wonderful bungalow’s on either of the lane. Blue sea makes you wonder weather the horizon is where water and sky meet since they look similar.
Team almost remains same unless couple of guys are absent. Our boundary line are much flexible since depends on the lunar attractions. When the ball touches the sea it’s a boundary, Guess what we still place fielders in the sea, I guess even jonty rodhes would also envy us . Every body dives in full length either in sea or in beach. Coming to the rules it the same like cricket except the bowling and Batting is like baseball. Since the ball cannot bounce on the beach we need to bowl full toss, of course beamers are pretty much allowed. Mostly we don’t keep runs of the leg side as it doesn’t have the sea boundaries. All other cricket rule applies.
After playing 3-4 games you can find the tired bodies trying to run on the tough beach sand. Fielder usually gets some energy by just diving into the salty water. After playing 3 -4 matched finally we agree that we are getting old and admit that we cannot play further matches. Guess what we never upset our spectators, mostly the fisherman kids, Infact every one enjoying the early morning beach also enjoys our new form of cricket
We return tired, wet, bringing enough sand to build at least a compound wall. Our few places for morning breakfast would "hot chips" in adayar or any "kayandi bavan" in road side. Kayandi bavan's are fast and economical. We love hot chips because the rate of speed of delivery is very less than the rate of speed of eating. We just leap on dosa, upma's,vadas what ever like hungry dogs. Though you like to maintain an air of sophistication, the hunger and friendship doesn’t allow you to do so. You will go back to college day just enjoying what to do not bothering about the people sitting near you. Even after fighting over the plates, even after a hour , even the waiters get tired of bringing you food, you will still feel like having some more.
Since it brings all of us together , making fun of each other, pulling legs, fighting over a dosa, it all happens because of Cricket .. So we are loving it !!!!!!!!!!
Monday, July 28, 2008
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