Now that we have beaten England at the Cricket, isn’t time to learn the rules? Not to worry. I have saved you loads of time and effort – I have gone off and after hours of research – I am happy to bring you:

The Rules Of Cricket

“You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that’s in the side that’s in goes out, and when he’s out he comes in and the next man goes in until he’s out. When they are all out, the side that’s out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.”

I’m sure that has made everything crystal clear!

Cucumber sandwiches are usually served on the lawn at cricket matches but I wonder what sliced pan was used to make the sandwiches in Bangalore? I hope it was an Irish baked Johnston Mooney & O’Brien sliced pan – since on the Irish team were: D.T. Johnston, J.F. Mooney and K.J. O’Brien!

If you are thinking of taking up the game – I suggest Cricket on ice in St. Moritz, if you’re going to do it – go the whole hog! http://www.cricket-on-ice.com/

(thank you Stephen Jackson at “T & Cake” for The Rules of Cricket).