High Court Justice Bhagwati Prasad said, "Cricket with tennis ball is not cricket, and playing cricket with a tennis ball would not make you a sportsperson.
I wonder how my wife will react if she reads this. She is always skeptical of my cricketing abilities. Worse, what about my daughter, she will be crestfallen when she learns that the honorable High Court judge has declared her father a person non grata.
BTW, have any of you played cricket with a tennis ball? If so which is your favorite shot?
Some interesting facts about Tennis ball cricket:
Chennai hosts innumerable tennis ball tournament during summer holidays. Most of the popular ones are under floodlights. Sometimes these tournaments are played even up to 4 a.m. They are mostly 12 over's per side however some of them are played 15 over's per side.
The Tennis Ball Cricket Association in the San Francisco Bay Area is ready to host the TCA KNOCK-OUT 2008 TOURNAMENT
HIGHLIGHTS:
- 15 Overs
- Knock Out Format
- Winners advance to further rounds and play for the Cup
- Losing teams play for rankings
- Each team will have minimum of 4 scheduled TCA games
- Tournament duration: 6 weeks
- Tournament Begins:
13 comments:
Likewise tennis with cricket ball is also not possible.
I grew up playing cricket with a tennis ball with electric tape wrapped around it.. I first played cricket with a cricket ball when I was 12 thanks to my school but I know guys, even international cricketers who played "tape-tennis ball" cricket till they were 16-17 before playing with a cricket ball.
Go around Pakistan, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and u'll see thousand of boys playing tape-tennis ball cricket on the streets.
R,
Now, now, lets us not get into who can play with what balls. :)
Q,
The same holds true in Chennai. Very rarely we tape the tennis ball. In order to purchasse it we used to go to the YMCA to get used tennis balls at a discount.
Something close to cricket ball we played in our earlier days was a cork ball and another hard ball we used to play was something called 'Spencer's was spongy but stung when it hit the thigh.
A cork ball is a cricket ball. Atleast thats what they're called here.
Taped-tennis balls re more common in Pakistan than tennis balls. Thats where bowlers learnt he art of reverse swing as well. When the tape starts tearing due to the rough streets bowlers can swing the ball... the ball swings in the direction which is heavier, ie on the side where the tape is more.
Its fun.. u c guys tampering, ie taking the tape off.. batsmen check the ball every now and then to see the tape is fine and ask for more tape layers.
Very common practice.
Q,
A new cork ball looks like a cricket ball. However after a couple of overs the sheen wears off and your are left with the hard cork interior.
Mind you getting hit by it on the nuts is no joke.:)
ottayan, cork balls have the devil in them. weird how they disintegrate, like a gnawed apple.
Q -red tapism in tennis ball cricket?
NC,
Yep they used come off in pieces and if the ball lands on one of those indents it was worse than spitting cobra.
It certainly was devilish. :)
Yep NC, red tapism.. and white during the night games under street lights :-)
The cork ball comes at a terrific speed and may get mixed up with ur..
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ILI,
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Well, Cricket is cricket irrespective of what ball it is played with. It is pathetic to see that cricket played using tennis balls is not accepted as a form of cricket. Not pertaining to this stupid judgement but most of the cricket organisations themselves think of Tennis Ball Cricket is substantard. With time, we have seen that international cricket has evolved and tennis ball cricket is a part of this evolution where you do not require a prepared pitch and protective equpment is optional.
In San Francisco bay area, the CricBay (http://www.cricbay.com) is a very popular tennis ball cricket league and this form of cricket suites mose to the lifestyle in the Silicon vallue. The CricBay league even has the best website you can find on the net.
It is not far when people recognise tennis ball cricket.
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